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“Face Off ” hits the mainstream a er four
seasons of obscurity. Read more on page 8.
What does Austrian economics have to do with Chris anity? Find out what
Peter Melnik thinks on page 10.
Men’s club lacrosse is fi nally under way. Gary Horvath tells us what to expect on
page 12.
Date with a Doctor? Find out how students pick
their professors’ brains in an unconven onal se ng
on page 4.
Life E! Perspectives SportsThe CollegianVol. XXI No. VIII
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February 15, 2013 The Grove City College Student Newspaper
Pope resigns, cites failing health
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Lamie earns 200th winPhoto courtesy of Grove City College Athletics
Men’s basketball coach Steve Lamie led his team to a last-minute overtime victory last Saturday.
Grove City grads have 96% employment rateBethany DzielskiContributing Writer
According to a survey of
recent graduates, 96 percent of
Grove City College’s new alum-
ni were working in a job within
their fi eld of study or were ac-
cepted into graduate school six
months after graduation.
This year’s response rate to the
survey was 95 percent, so the re-
sults can be considered accurate,
Dr. James Thrasher, the director
of Career Services, indicated.
“We’re really excited. These
numbers are extremely high,”
Thrasher said. He attributed this
success to two factors.
“First, students are excited
about their calling. They under-
stand that God designed them
uniquely. Second, I work with
exceptional people who have
devoted their lives to helping
students,” Thrasher said.
In addition to the high job
placement rate, Career Services
was rated highly by alumni.
Last fall, the Princeton Review
ranked Grove City College
among the top 20 in career
placement services based on
satisfaction of students who
graduated from the College.
These ratings refl ect the fact
that the Career Services Offi ce
has a good reputation on cam-
pus and that a high number of
students take advantage of their
services, Thrasher noted.
High participation in career
services is rare among college
students. According to Forbes.
com, a recent study found that
only 29 percent of students use
their career services offi ce.
Many Grove City alumni
found the services off ered by the
Career Services Offi ce vital to
their job search.
“The things I found most
helpful from career services were
getting feedback on my résumé
and doing a mock interview,”
Brittany Cobb ’11 said. Cobb
is working as a residence hall
director at Fordham University.
“I highly recommend [Career
Services] to all students,” Cobb
said.
The survey
results indicate
that the CSO
Alumnus pursues theater life Elise HomanManaging Editor
After being involved in many
productions during his time at
Grove City College, Tyler Crum-
rine ’12 is pursuing his passion
for theater in Pittsburgh.
During his senior year at the
College, Crumrine wrote a paper
and sent it into the Kennedy
Center’s Undergraduate Theatre
Writing Competition. It won
second place
nationally, so
Ian MikrutStaff Writer
Last Saturday, just hours
after the 2013 Grove City
College Athletics Hall of
Fame inductions, the men’s
basketball head coach Steve
Lamie earned his 200th win
in an 80-75 overtime win
against Geneva College.
“It was great to get a win
for all the former basketball
players entering the Hall of
Fame and for coach,” senior
forward Steven Battaglia said.
He and fellow senior Nate
Rambacher were also hon-
ored as part of Senior Day
before the start of the game.
“Coach has worked extremely
hard for
every single one of those
wins,” Battaglia said.
The Wolverines matched
Geneva point-for-point
most of the game in front of
packed stands. Trailing 69-66
with only 10 seconds remain-
ing in the game, sophomore
forward Brian Giesler nailed
a three-pointer to tie the
game and send it into over-
time. Giesler fi nished the
game with 17 points and fi ve
rebounds.
“The win Saturday was a
crucial win for us, not only
in that it was an important
day for us seniors but also a
special day for coach and be-
ing able to play in front of the
large hall of fame day crowd,”
Rambacher said. Rambacher
had been sidelined with an
ankle injury, and the Wolver-
ines felt his absence as they
were out-rebounded by
Geneva 45-28.
In overtime, fast scor-
ing and clutch free
throw shooting were
crucial for Grove City
as sophomore guards
Mitch Marmelstein,
Josh Patterson and
Christian Durban, as well as
Giesler helped close out the
game. As the other high-
point player for the Wol-
verines, Marmelstein tallied
17 points along with four
rebounds. Sophomore guard
J.T. Schwartz also contributed,
adding 14 points, seven assists
and three steals.
Grove City is hitting its
stride at just the right time,
with the Presidents’ Athletic
Conference tournament ap-
proaching.
“We have lots of mo-
mentum going into the
fi nal stretch of the season.
We are really excited about
that,” Battaglia said. “We are
confi dent that we can make
a strong push in the PAC
tournament. We are playing
great basketball, but we know
we haven’t reached our full
potential yet.”
“It was great to get a win
for the crowd that continu-
ally supports us day in and
day out,” Battaglia said. “The
atmosphere was exciting and
thrilling.”
For a young
team that LAMIE 12
EMPLOYMENT 3
CRUMRINE 3
Tony Campolo draws crowdLast Tuesday, renowned
Christian author and sociolo-
gist Tony Campolo spoke to
a packed Harbison Chapel
audience as part of the 2013
Christian Life Conference.
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Crumrine (right) starred in
several Grove City College
theater productions.
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Benedict XVI fi rst to resign since Middle AgesAnthony RosselliContributing Writer
On account of his failing
health, Pope Benedict XVI
has decided to resign from his
ministry. On Feb. 11, 2013 the
85-year-old pontiff announced
that “after having repeatedly
examined [his] conscience
before God, [he has] come
to the certainty that [his]
strengths, due to an advanced
age, are no longer suited to
an adequate exercise of the
Petrine ministry.”
Pope Benedict’s resignation
marks the fi rst time a pope
has renounced the Chair of
Peter since the Middle Ages.
The witness of his predecessor,
Pope John Paul II, who strug-
gled with Parkinson’s disease
but retained the papal seat
until his death in 2005, was a
testament and message to the
modern world about Christ’s
sacrifi ce and passion. While
John Paul II’s illness was pre-
cisely the action which fulfi lled
his vocation as pope, Pope
Benedict has reached prayerful
certainty that his weakness and
frailty will prevent him from
fulfi lling his own vocation as
pope.
Elected pope in 2005, then-
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
was already 78 years of age.
Catholic Bishops are required
to submit papers of resignation
when they reach the age of 75,
and Ratzinger was expected to
retire quietly after a career as a
prolifi c theologian and aca-
demic. His unexpected eight-
year pontifi cate was marked by
service toward Christian unity
and commitment to the fi ght
against what his predecessor
Pope John Paul II called “the
culture of death”—a modern
society marked by abortion
and euthanasia. Pope Benedict
referred to today’s cultural
mindset as a “dictatorship of
relativism that does not recog-
nize anything as defi nitive and
whose ultimate goal consists
solely of one’s own ego and
desires.”
In response to the Roman
Catholic Church’s horrifi c
sexual abuse scandals, Ratz-
inger, as cardinal, insisted that
the handling of such cases be
managed by his own curial
department, the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith,
in order to respond to what he
called “the fi lth of the Church.”
As prefect of this congrega-
tion, his unwavering commit-
ment to truth and orthodoxy
earned him the nickname
“God’s Rottweiler.” His
personal piety and theology
was marked by reverence for
the compatibility of faith and
reason as well as a real spiritual
encounter with the person of
Jesus Christ. As he explained in
his fi rst papal encyclical, “Deus
Caritas Est” (“God is Love”),
“being Christian is not the
result of an ethical choice or
a lofty idea, but the encounter
with an event, a person, which
gives life a new horizon and a
decisive direction.”
“The Holy Father brought
the tender heart of a pastor,
the incisive mind of a scholar
and the confi dence of a soul
united with his God in all he
did,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan,
Catholic archbishop of New
York City, said. “His resignation
is but another sign of his great
care for the church. We are sad
that he will be resigning but
grateful for his eight years of
selfl ess leadership as successor
of St. Peter.”
Wiki Commons
Pope Benedict XVI was revered for his teachings on the person of Jesus Christ and his commitment
to combatting relativism and secularism in modern society.
Pope resigns due to declining healthOutside the Bubble
Benedict XVI fi rst to resign since Middle AgesAnthony RosselliContributing Writer
On account of his failing
health, Pope Benedict XVI
has decided to resign from his
ministry. On Feb. 11, 2013 the
85-year-old pontiff announced
that “after having repeatedly
examined [his] conscience
before God, [he has] come
to the certainty that [his]
strengths, due to an advanced
age, are no longer suited to
an adequate exercise of the
Petrine ministry.”
Pope Benedict’s resignation
marks the fi rst time a pope
has renounced the Chair of
Peter since the Middle Ages.
The witness of his predecessor,
Pope John Paul II, who strug-
gled with Parkinson’s disease
but retained the papal seat
until his death in 2005, was a
testament and message to the
modern world about Christ’s
sacrifi ce and passion. While
John Paul II’s illness was pre-
cisely the action which fulfi lled
his vocation as pope, Pope
Benedict has reached prayerful
certainty that his weakness and
frailty will prevent him from
fulfi lling his own vocation as
pope.
Elected pope in 2005, then-
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
was already 78 years of age.
Catholic Bishops are required
to submit papers of resignation
when they reach the age of 75,
and Ratzinger was expected to
retire quietly after a career as a
prolifi c theologian and aca-
demic. His unexpected eight-
year pontifi cate was marked by
service toward Christian unity
and commitment to the fi ght
against what his predecessor
Pope John Paul II called “the
culture of death”—a modern
society marked by abortion
and euthanasia. Pope Benedict
referred to today’s cultural
mindset as a “dictatorship of
relativism that does not recog-
nize anything as defi nitive and
whose ultimate goal consists
solely of one’s own ego and
desires.”
In response to the Roman
Catholic Church’s horrifi c
sexual abuse scandals, Ratz-
inger, as cardinal, insisted that
the handling of such cases be
managed by his own curial
department, the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith,
in order to respond to what he
called “the fi lth of the Church.”
As prefect of this congrega-
tion, his unwavering commit-
ment to truth and orthodoxy
earned him the nickname
“God’s Rottweiler.” His
personal piety and theology
was marked by reverence for
the compatibility of faith and
reason as well as a real spiritual
encounter with the person of
Jesus Christ. As he explained in
his fi rst papal encyclical, “Deus
Caritas Est” (“God is Love”),
“being Christian is not the
result of an ethical choice or
a lofty idea, but the encounter
with an event, a person, which
gives life a new horizon and a
decisive direction.”
“The Holy Father brought
the tender heart of a pastor,
the incisive mind of a scholar
and the confi dence of a soul
united with his God in all he
did,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan,
Catholic archbishop of New
York City, said. “His resignation
is but another sign of his great
care for the church. We are sad
that he will be resigning but
grateful for his eight years of
selfl ess leadership as successor
of St. Peter.”
Wiki Commons
Pope Benedict XVI was revered for his teachings on the person of Jesus Christ and his commitment
to combatting relativism and secularism in modern society.
Pope resigns due to declining health
Elected pope in 2005,
then-Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger was already
78 years of age.
February 15, 2013 News 3
College hosts Austrian economics conference
Josh EvansStaff Writer
Throughout this evening and
tomorrow, Grove City College
will be hosting the Austrian
Student Scholars Conference.
Graduate and undergraduate
students present their papers
on a variety of topics regard-
ing economics and political
philosophy.
The event kicks off to-
night with dinner followed
by a lecture from Dr. David
Howden, assistant professor of
economics at St. Louis Univer-
sity in Madrid. Throughout the
day tomorrow, students from
across the world will present
their research papers in various
sessions. Of these presenters,
14 are students at the College,
including sophomore Claire
Vetter, who will speak about
market structure and govern-
ment regulation in the national
mobile wireless telecommuni-
cation market.
“It’s defi nitely an honor,
given that I’m a sophomore
and I’ve only taken intermedi-
ate microeconomics,” Vetter
said. “I’m honored to be able
to present it and discuss my
research and conclusions.”
Senior Evan Gruver will
also present his paper, which
addresses the fi nancial crisis in
Europe. For Gruver, this con-
ference represents the culmina-
tion of years of hard work.
“It’s a good feeling to know
that I’m fi nally at that point
where I have a paper that’s
worthy to be talked about at a
conference,” he said.
In addition to providing
valuable experience, the pros-
pect of presenting at the con-
ference has also pushed Gruver
to higher goals.
“I’m taking my main idea on
austerity and writing another
paper that I’m going to try to
get published in an economics
journal,” he said. “I really like
the topic, and it’s not a topic
that’s written on a lot.”
Following the presentation,
cash prizes will be awarded for
the top three papers. The prizes,
along with the rest of the event,
are funded by a
grant from the
Richard E. Fox
Foundation.
Following the
awards, the confer-
ence will conclude
with a lecture
from Dr. Peter
Klein, professor of
economics at the
University of Mis-
souri and mem-
ber of the President’s Advisory
Council. Both Klein and How-
den are well-known in Austrian
circles and will be familiar to
many students in attendance.
“Our students know these
guys, so it’s interesting for them
to be able to interact with peo-
ple whose work they’ve read
and cited and used in their own
research,” Dr. Jeff rey Herbener,
director of the conference, said.
The conference has grown
much since its start in 2004,
with the number of presenters
in the lower 20s initially and
reaching the lower 30s last year.
However, the cost of accom-
modations for presenters has
placed a limit on that growth.
“We seem to have hit this
plateau where we exhaust the
grant,” Herbener said. “If we
had 50 students, we couldn’t
pay for it, so I think we’re in
that sweet spot now where we
have 25 to 35 students.”
The College has a strong tra-
dition in Austrian thought. It is
home to the personal papers of
prominent Austrian economist
Ludwig von Mises, which were
donated by his widow follow-
ing his death. These extensive
archives have already been the
source of several books pub-
lished.
This conference, which will
be held in the Hall of Arts and
Letters, is open to all students
of the College. Registration
lasts from 4 to 5 p.m. in the
HAL Atrium.
University of Missouri
Dr. Peter Klein, senior fel-
low at the Ludwig von Mises
Insitute, will give the annual
Hans Sennholz lecture in Sticht
Auditorium tomorrow evening.
continues to prove eff ective.
“It makes me feel good to
know that we have such a high
job placement rate. It’s a huge
blessing to have such a great
career services offi ce,” junior
Emma Polaski said.
Although the idea of career
services can be intimidating for
younger students, upperclass-
men often wish they had taken
advantage of the CSO’s services
earlier.
“When I fi rst went [to the
CSO], I was so scared. But they
are so helpful,” Polaski said. “I
wish that I hadn’t waited until
my junior year to go [to the
Career Fair].”
Junior Brandon Everett had
some advice for freshmen:
“Start early. Get comfortable
asking for help. Go in [to the
CSO] even if you aren’t ready
to apply for internships yet.”
The current state of the
economy makes the high job
placement rate particularly
impressive and creates more of a
need for students to get con-
nected with Career Services.
Thrasher indicated that the
traditional job search is no lon-
ger yielding results. The CSO
now has to help students tap
into the “hidden job market.”
Thrasher said that getting
hired today is all about who
you know and that many online
job applications are not even
considered.
Networking is important
to a successful job-hunt, and so
is taking advantage of Career
Services. The Career Services
Offi ce has risen to the challenge
of helping students connect
with potential employers.
EMPLOYMENT from page 1
Caitlin DoddsStaff Writer
One of downtown Grove
City’s biggest events for the past
few years has been the Winter
Wine Walk, which will occur
this year on Feb. 28, from 5 to 8
p.m. Traditionally, wine season
takes place in the fall, so having
a wine event in late February
provides a welcome extension
of the season.
“I get really excited to see all
the people in downtown Grove
City having a great time….Peo-
ple from all over talk about how
beautiful they think our town
is,” Lisa Pritchard, coordinator
of this year’s Wine Walk, said.
“It’s an upbeat time, especially
at that time of year where you
need that sort of thing.”
The Wine Walk involves
17 downtown merchants and
seven wineries. The businesses
participating in the Old Town
Grove City initiative are paired
with a winery or other vendor
within their stores, and many
feature live entertainment dur-
ing the evening. Ticket holders
receive a commemorative wine
glass and exclusive access to
many specials downtown.
After receiving their passes,
wine walkers make their way
down the street as they taste
wine and sample sweet and sa-
vory treats in the stores. A par-
ticipant who stops in B’gifted
can taste Deer Creek Winery’s
products, as well as preview
an upcoming business, Sweet
Serenity Gourmet Cupcakes.
At Nonni’s Corner Trattoria,
attendees will be able to sample
traditional homemade Italian
fare with wine from Starr Hill
Winery.
Last year brought approxi-
mately 300 people downtown,
and this year’s goal is to sell 350
tickets this year. The organizers
are optimistic about meeting
this new goal, since the event
was nearly sold out last year.
Tickets are on sale at Beans on
Broad, B’gifted, Nonni’s Corner
Trattoria and the Olde Town
Grove City offi ces for $15.
The Winter Wine Walk and
other events help support Olde
Town Grove City as it contrib-
utes to improving the down-
town area and helping business-
es succeed. More information
about these events is available at
OldeTownGroveCity.com and
on Twitter (@OldeTownGCPA)
and Facebook.
Olde Town Grove City hosts fourth annual Wine Walk
“Our students know these
guys, so it’s interesting for
them to be able to interact
with people whose work
they’ve read and cited and
used in their own research.”
Nicholas FreilingEditor-in-chief
In a speech that was part
motivational, part critical and
every bit a challenge, Christian
author and speaker Tony Cam-
polo gave the annual Christian
Life Conference chapel lecture
last Tuesday night to a packed
crowd at Harbison Chapel.
Speaking about the role of
a Christian as a social being,
Campolo cited the need for a
more holistic view of Chris-
tianity that fully incorporated
Christ’s mission to bring hope
to the downtrodden.
“Jesus smashed [the Jewish
leaders’] categories, smashed
their concept of what the
church, the temple, what the
people of God should be
about,” he said. “He created an
image of a church that would
bring celebration into the lives
of people who have nothing to
celebrate.”
Campolo is professor emeri-
tus at Eastern University and
drew often upon the insights of
sociologists as he explained the
way in which human beings’
surroundings inform their im-
age of God and themselves.
“As I hear Jesus being
propagated from one end of this
country to the other, I have the
eerie sensation that the Jesus
that is being preached is not the
Jesus that I fi nd in Scripture…
not the Jesus that I fi nd in those
red letters of the Bible,” Cam-
polo said.
Throughout his speech, Cam-
polo stressed that Christians
should not let their society’s
values color the way they view
God. Instead, he argued, they
should look to the Scriptures
for a picture of Christ that is
free from cultural baggage and
the manipulation of various
interest groups.
But most notably, his message
hit home for those who have
noticed these trends in their
own lives.
“I was touched by his com-
ment about the ‘prayer of ex-
amination,’” senior Logan Rabe
said. “It is true that we often
focus on what we do wrong,
and forget the ways in which
we succeed in blessing those
around us.”
Campolo highlights Christian Life Conference
Life4 February 15, 2013y
‘Date with the Doctors’ offers unique learning experienceMariah SyreStaff Writer
The iLead Connect team will
present a premier all-campus
event titled Date with the
Doctors on Thursday, Feb. 28.
While the name might sound
questionable, this meal date is
an opportunity for students to
sit down in small groups with
professors in an informal setting
and discuss anything – even if it
is not necessarily class material.
Date with the Doctors is an
“opportunity to engage with
professors outside the class-
room and get to know the
person behind the ideas,” Elijah
Coryell, chair of the Program
Design Committee of iLead
Connect, said.
From 5 to 7 p.m. on the night
of the event, MAP Café will
serve dinner as usual but will
host Date with the Doctors in a
designated area. Approximately
20 predetermined professors
from many areas of study are
expected to attend and be avail-
able for conversation.
What is unique about this
event is the organic progression
of each participating student’s
experience. All attendees may
come and go as they please, and
it is not necessary to register or
even plan in order to attend.
Since the event will happen
concurrently with dinner, and
MAP Café is still open for
dinner to the entire school,
there is no pressure to make
any commitments. Anyone can
simply show up and enjoy the
company of any one of a fi ne
selection of Grove City College
professors, and there will be
door prizes for those in atten-
dance.
Students from iLead Connect,
who have been planning this
event for several months, are
particularly enthused about
the purpose of Date with the
Doctors. Their goal in facilitat-
ing this format of communi-
cation is to inspire interest in
realms outside of what students
normally study and to aid in
developing meaningful student-
faculty relations.
Freshman Shayla Hunker,
a member of iLead Connect,
called this dialogue “a great
method of informal learning
which will allow students to
talk about things they won’t be
tested on but [rather] on their
real views.”
The Advertising Committee
of iLead Connect emphasizes
the idea of getting connected
and networking for future
jobs, a pragmatic benefi t of this
event. In addition, Date with
the Doctors allows students to
truly understand who professors
are as people and to continue
“building a stronger academic
community [and] sparking
intellectual curiosity,” Coryell
said.
“The coolest thing is being
able to … make a personal
connection and rekindle that
passion for learning and why we
do what we do [so that we may]
better engage in the classroom,”
freshman member Elliot Neff
said.
This student-led event has
been supervised by David
Impellizzeri, director of Student
Leadership Development
and coordinator of the iLead
program. iLead Connect, the
freshman leadership develop-
ment program which meets
weekly during the fall semester,
is one of several branches of
the iLead program. For the fi rst
time, participating students have
been given the chance to put
the leadership skills they have
fostered into action through
Date with the Doctors.
The team would like to
recognize Bon Appétit for its
generosity in providing each
professor with a meal and grant-
ing iLead Connect access to
MAP Café as a venue for this
event.
Coming up in Chapel
Sunday Vespers
Tuesday, Feb. 19Tristan Ruml ’13, Red Box Mission
to Thailand
Tuesday, Feb. 26Lila Rose, president, Live Action,
Arlington, Va.
*Alternative Chapel: Lila Rose,
Crawford Auditorium, 7 p.m
Wednesday, Feb. 27Alternative Chapel: “The Wayfarer’s
Happiness: Conversations on the Virtues,”
Rare Book Room, 7 p.m.
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Recitation HallHannah VandevortContributing Writer
Also known as the
College Building, the
Original College Build-
ing and the Academy
Building, the Recitation
Hall was the fi rst building
erected on campus.
It was a two-story,
nine-room structure
built in 1879, just a few
years after the school was
founded as Pine Grove
Normal Academy. First
called the Recitation
Hall in 1897, it originally
contained “rooms suit-
able for armory, recitation,
apparatus and drill room
purposes,” according to
the 1894-95 Catalogue.
It was remodeled in 1900
“for fi rst-class collegiate
instruction,” and later
Bulletins and Catalogues
describe it as containing
“six recitation rooms, the
art studio and two rooms
for biology.”
The Recitation Hall was
located on lower campus
above the slope that now
provides seating for Thorn
Field, and it was torn
down in 1959.
College Archivist Hilary
Walczak assisted in the
research for this article.
History Corner
Life 5February 15, 2013
Club knits for charity
Stephanie PitmanStaff Writer
Whether students are masters
at knitting, pearling or chord-
ing or can hardly hold a pair
of knitting needles, the Busy
Fingers, Helping Hands knit-
ting club invites them to join it
every Thursday in Zerbe from
12 to 12:45 p.m. An informal
club, it teaches knitting and
crochet to all students inter-
ested in its ministry. It provides
needles and yarn at no cost in
order to make clothing (typical-
ly scarves and socks) to donate
to a homeless shelter in New
Castle at the end of the school
year.
Sophomore Nick Evancho,
who created the club last year,
said, “We teach knitting because
it is a great way to relieve stress
and help others at the same
time.” As a very low-commit-
ment club, students are able
to come and go as they please
and are not required to attend
a specifi c number of Thursday
meetings.
As someone new to knit-
ting, senior Stephanie Hatem
said of the club, “The people
at the knitting club were quick
to make me feel welcome.…
Despite my incompetence they
continued to attempt to teach
me and help me have a good
time.”
The club provides an excel-
lent opportunity to take a
break in the middle of the day
and spend some pleasant time
relaxing with friends while
also being able to help those in
need.
This campus organiza-
tion, although small, has high
hopes for having more student
involvement to be able to
share the joy of knitting and
spread the gift of warm cloth-
ing through charity to those
less fortunate, especially during
the winter. If students do not
want all of their newly acquired
knitting skills to be put to work
making scarves for the needy,
the knitting club is still more
than happy to get them started
learning how to knit or crochet
with free yarn and needles and
encouraging instruction.
For more information
contact Nick Evancho at
Caitlin DoddsContributing Writer
Main Street Diner, located
on the corner of Breckenridge
and West Main streets, is owned
and operated by the Neofotistos
family. The family moved to the
United States from Greece in
1975 and bought the diner in
1996. American favorites make
up the majority of the menu,
and the restaurant’s breakfast
options are a big hit in Grove
City. Unlike chain restaurants in
town, Main Street Diner makes
everything from scratch. Its
popular home fries were
not frozen but instead
were made from fresh
potatoes, peeled, cut,
chopped and cooked.
When Deno Neofotis-
tos moved back to Grove
City in January 2012 to
help his parents run the
business, he knew he had
to fi nd a way to dif-
ferentiate the restaurant.
Naturally, he turned to
the family’s Greek heri-
tage, and “Greek Nights”
was born. On the third
Saturday of each month,
Main Street Diner off ers
a selection of authentic
homemade Greek dishes.
“They are literally recipes that
aren’t written down,” Deno said.
The recipes have been passed
down through the generations
to his mother. “I can’t even get
a recipe from her to write it
down.”
“None of this is processed,”
Deno said. “I don’t freeze it
for the next month.” During
Lent and some other religious
celebration times, the Greek
Orthodox Church follows a
strict diet allowing no meat
or dairy products. Due to this,
February’s menu will feature the
vegan option of Gemista, a meal
similar to stuff ed peppers.
The favorite dish of Greek
Nights remains lamb and rice.
Another is the Spanakopita, a
lasagna-type dish with spinach,
feta cheese, egg and more. Last
month, a popular dish was the
Saganaki. This is a pan-seared
Kefalograviera cheese with
brandy poured on top and set
on fi re. The show was enough
to spark interest in guests who
had not come in before for
Greek Nights.
Tomorrow night is the next
Greek Night. For food adven-
turists, Greek Nights is worth
visiting. “I think it’s
great to have some
sort of ethnic variety
in Grove City,” junior
Gray Gustafson said.
Not only is the food
excellent, but the Greek
music and great cus-
tomer service makes for
a fun night.
Students can get 10
percent off regularly
priced food items by
showing their student
ID cards. For updates
or to see a preview of
the menu, follow Main
Street Diner on Twitter
(@mainstrdiner) or on
Facebook.
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Entertainment8 February 15, 2013
Sarah ZimmermanEntertainment Editor
Steaming into the newest
worlds beyond all imagination,
“Face Off ” has
returned for its fourth season.
Hellish creatures from your
darkest nightmares come to
life beneath the skilled hands
of makeup artists employed
by movie industries across the
world. “Face Off ” is not the
movie featuring Nicholas Cage,
but a competition for highly
skilled artists hoping to move
upward in the special-eff ects
makeup world.
These contestants face
elaborate challenges
including doing full
body paint makeups on
live models and creating
their own villains and
fantasies. This show tests
the full range of skills
required to be competi-
tive in Hollywood today
– prosthetics, 3-D design,
sculpting, eye enhancers, casting
and molding.
The artists’ cre-
ations are judged
each night by three
of the best in the
business: Three-
time Academy
Award winner Ve
Neill (“Pirates of
the Caribbean,”
“Edward Scis-
sorhands”); Glen
Hetrick (“Heroes,” “Buff y the
Vampire Slayer,” “The Hunger
Games,” Personal designer for
Lady Gaga); and Neville Page
(lead creature designer on the
highest grossing fi lm of all time,
“Avatar,” and character designer
on “Prometheus”).
The constestants are com-
peting for the opportunity to
become a guest lecturer at the
Make Up Forever Academy in
New York and Paris and to win
the 2012 Toyota Camry hybrid
and $100,000.
“Face Off ” does not break
any new ground in competi-
tion-based shows. It plays out
the same tired routine of a
limited schedule and surpris-
ing eliminations.
However, it pits a
dozen very creative
people against
one another in a
Project Runway-
esque format.
But the show’s true colors
lie in the wide audience it
can reach. If you are a movie
fan in any way, shape or form,
you will be enraptured at how
these artists from all types of
backgrounds create the faces
that we all recognize on the
big screen. For instance, in the
process sculpting, an artist can
turn a lump of clay into an ice
princess or the living dead.
The amazing part of the
show is when the artists start
talking about their fantastical
designs. They have entire back
stories for the creatures which
have inspired them to create
this particular shape, to explain
scars, to explain why a creature
is menacing, and to explain
how the artists got there from
the inspiration that the host
assigned to them at the begin-
ning of the episode.
The judges sometimes make
cutting remarks toward the con-
testants during the fi nal scenes.
But the one thing that you can
depend on
with this show
is quality. The
judges look
for the ill paint jobs, the mis-
shapen molds, the uneven edges
and the tired looks. The show
truly looks for the best makeup
artists who will thrive in the
mainstream movie industry.
It is a unique show, trying a
very diff erent vein of “reality”
TV competitions within the
same basic constructs. I would
encourage anyone who loves
movie magic to check this show
out, not for the stunning format
but for the fantastic creatures
that are created each show and
the artists behind them.
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he received a fellowship at the
Kennedy Center for its new
“Dramaturgy Intensive” program
in Washington, D.C. During the
program, he did research and got
to be part of the editing process
for a few plays.
Crumrine returned to Pitts-
burgh and put in an application
for the Pittsburgh City Theatre
internship. The Theatre off ered
him the season-long education
internship position and also
asked if he would be interested
in assisting the director for its
fi rst show, “Maple and Vine” by
Jordan Harrison. The director
Crumrine worked with was Kip
Fagan, a regional director who
is directing his fi rst Broadway
musical next year. The show
took an interesting approach
using an alley stage with an
audience on both sides of the
stage similar to a fashion runway.
For his assistant director job
at the City Theatre, Crumrine
helped with stage direction to
insure neither side of the audi-
ence got just the back of the
actors and wrote down all of
Fagan’s delivery notes for the
actors and put them in the script
for easy recall. During the show’s
previews, Crumrine would
sit with Fagan at the back of
theater, writing down the notes
Fagan whispered to him so the
director could watch uninter-
rupted.
“One of the big skills that I
got out of that experience was
learning how to write in the
dark,” Crumrine said.
After the “Maple and Vine”
production, Crumrine started
his role as the education intern,
a position he currently works.
For this position, he writes
study guides for the high school
groups that come in to see
the shows. These study guides
answer things that a dramaturge
would research for the show
including historical contexts of
the plays, glossaries of terms and
pre-show and post-show ques-
tions. “We send that out along
with script to any of the teachers
that are coming in,” Crumrine
said. Crumrine also represents
the theatre at career or intern-
ship fairs.
One of the major events
Crumrine works in his posi-
tion is the Young Playwright’s
Contest and Festival. “We send
teaching artists into schools to
teach classes once a week on
playwriting,” he said. “After that
is fi nished, we encourage kids
to send their one-act play script
to us, and whoever does it gets
a one-page written response on
what we thought of their play.”
The Theatre then selects
three middle school and three
high school students’ plays to
perform with a full professional
cast, director, and dramaturge in
the festival, which occurs in the
early fall of each year.
“As someone who loves new
play development and wants to
go in that direction, you can’t
get any more new than that,”
Crumrine said.
Because his City Theatre
internship is unpaid, Crumrine
also got a part-time position
at the Theatre’s box offi ce and
became promoted to assistant
box offi ce manager.
“I couldn’t be happier with
[my internship],” Crumrine said,
“It’s not often that someone gets
into their fi eld of choice right
after graduation like I did.”
In addition to theatre, Crum-
rine had an essay about Pitts-
burgh published in a chapbook
and also played his fi rst show as
a solo musician by opening for
several folk bands.
“Pittsburgh is a city that is
supportive of the arts and is
transparent about its support,”
Crumrine said.
He is looking for artistic
opportunities in Pittsburgh for
the upcoming year.
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Grayson QuayStaff Writer
“Jackie Brown” tells the
story of an airline stew-
ardess (Pam Grier) who
works for a small airline
and supplements her in-
come by smuggling money
from Mexico back to Los
Angeles for a local gunrun-
ner named Ordell Robbie
(Samuel L. Jackson). The
police catch one of Or-
dell’s employees, Beaumont
(Chr is Tucker). He names
Jackie, but Ordell bails him
out of jail and kills him be-
fore he can say any more.
Ordell has a half-million
dollar “retirement fund” sit-
ting in Mexico, and he will
do anything to get it and
protect himself . When Jack-
ie is arrested by agent Ray
Nicolette (Michael Keaton),
Ordell brazenly returns
to the same bail bonds-
man, Max Cherry (Robert
Forster), and bails Jackie out
with the same intentions.
Cherry goes to pick her
up and, knowing what Or-
dell plans to do, agrees to
help her. Jackie must now
double-cross both Ordell
and Nicolette and convince
each that she is on his side
or face death or incarcera-
tion. Ordell wants his mon-
ey; Nicolette wants Ordell;
and Jackie simply wants to
escape with her freedom
and her life.
The characters set this film
apart. In a stroke of br il-
liant casting, Tarantino
chose Pam Grier, the star
of numerous ’70s blaxploi-
tation films, to play Jackie
Brown, a character who
was white in the novel. As
Jackie, Gr ier is an older,
wear ier version of the
spunky, young black woman
of her earlier films. Like the
characters Gr ier played 20
years earlier, Jackie is clever
and resourceful, but age has
brought with it a fear of
having to start over. We can
empathize with her, but we
are not necessar ily expected
to feel sorry for her. Ordell
does not force her to work
for him and, while her in-
come is modest, she has no
one to support and does not
seem to need the money. In
another of Tarantino’s br il-
liant uses of music, the song
“Across 110th Street” by
Bobby Womack highlights
Jackie’s struggle against
highly unfavorable circum-
stances and gives the movie
the feel of an old blaxploi-
tation film – only better,
because Tarantino is at the
helm.
Ordell’s partner, Louis
(Robert de Niro) is fresh
out of pr ison and struggles
with adjusting to the out-
side world. Louis is busi-
nesslike and grouchy. He
has nothing but disdain for
anyone he views as fr ivo-
lous, and his time in pr ison
sharpened that disdain.
Melanie (Br idget Fonda),
one of many girls that
Ordell has set up in apart-
ments and houses around
the city, is fr ivolous. She sits
on the couch and smokes
weed, complaining when
Ordell tells her to answer
the phone.
Cherry, however, is the
movie’s most fascinating
character. When he learns
of Ordell’s plans to murder
Jackie and agrees to help
her, he does so because he
has fallen hopelessly in love
with her. The br illiance of
Forster’s performance is that
he does not blush or stam-
mer. Cherry is too old and
too professional for that.
He offers his help uncon-
ditionally, fully aware that
this girl is trouble. When he
first picks her up from jail,
she steals his gun from his
car to protect herself from
Ordell if the need ar ises.
The next day, Cherry goes
to her apartment to retr ieve
the gun. He is not angry
and even offers to let her
keep it for a while. While
they talk, she has music
playing in the background.
When Cherry leaves, he
buys the cassette and listens
to the song over and over
again in his car. He is a
simple, sensible man who is
fr ightened by his feelings.
All of the dialogue in this
film is vibrant and every
conversation is an example
of immaculate timing and
character development,
but the highlight is a final
conversation between Jackie
and Cherry which br ings
some closure to their com-
plicated relationship and
ends the movie on a perfect
note.
Entertainment 9February 15, 2013
THINGS22DO WSAJ: PICK OF THE WEEK
Lauren FarleyStaff Writer
On Jan. 15, Christopher Owens
of the bygone band Girls, released
his first solo work, “Lysandre.” The
album is an ambitious conceptual
effort in thoughtful memoriam to
a previous time of his life. In what
he calls the epilogue of this project,
“Part of Me,” he sings, “You were a
part of me, such a great big part of
me. Oh, you were a part of me, but
that part of me is gone.” These par-
ticular words could be thematically
applied to the entire album. “Lysan-
dre” is essentially the relics of times
recalled. These experiences, though
not necessarily wholly good or bad,
are an indispensable component to
his resultant character.
Musically, “Lysandre” meanders
in no particular rush, and it seems
doubtful that Owens has a final des-
tination in mind. A recurring instru-
mental theme, (“Lysandre’s Theme”)
plays throughout most of the songs
on the album in some fashion, tying
in a variety of instruments from flute
to saxophone.
“Lysandre” recalls Owens’ first
experiences and insecurities with
fame and heartbreak. This experience
with fame is poignantly articulated
in “New York,” in which he relates,
“I remember getting picked up for
a petty crime and getting locked up
for holding a dime. But look at us in
New York City; everybody’s listening
to me.” These first true successes are
kept in sobering perspective when
Owens more fully divulges the de-
tails of his failed relationship.
He describes, almost to the point
of discomfort, the blind earnestness
with which he pursued Lysandre, the
girl he loved. At its heart, “Lysandre”
is about coming to terms with the
conclusion of two eras of his life,
one of fame and the other of a lost
love.
‘Lysandre’
Friday - Saturday
“Christ is Born” art exhibit in the
PFAC Art Gallery
Registration for the Austrian Stu-
dent Scholars Conference is on Fri-
day in HAL Atrium. The confer-
ence will be held in HAL on Friday
and Saturday in various rooms.
Hidden Treasures of A-List Directors:
Quentin TarantinoFilm: “Jackie Brown” (1997)
Earlier Work: “Reservoir Dogs” (1992), “Pulp Fiction” (1994)
Later Work: “Kill Bil” (2003, 2004), “Death Proof” (2007), “Inglorious Basterds” (2009),
“Django Unchained” (2012)
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10 February 15, 2013Perspectives
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Caitlin Dodds for her excellent and
reliable reporting throughout the year on
events in the Grove City community.
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honors student contributors who have
demonstrated consistency and excellence
in their work.
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business personnel member who has made a valuable contribution to
the paper.
Caitlin Dodds
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Austrian conference offers unique perspectiveLink between Christianity and Austrian economics demonstrated at Grove City
Peter MelnikPerpectives Editor
Today and Saturday, the
Grove City College economics
department will host the an-
nual Austrian Student Scholars
Conference. The conference
is an exciting event not only
because of the close relationship
between Austrian economics
and Grove City College, but
also because of the importance
of Austrian economics to the
concepts of Christianity and
freedom, which are so impor-
tant to this school.
The relationship between
Austrian economics and Grove
City College began back in
1956 when then Chairman-of-
the-board J. Howard Pew hired
Hans Sennholz as the head of
the Grove City College eco-
nomics department. This link
was vital as Sennholz had stud-
ied directly under Ludwig von
Mises, the “Dean of Austrian
economist.”
With the steady hand of
Sennholz at the helm, Grove
City College soon boasted the
fi nest undergraduate Austrian
economics department in the
country. The bond between
Grove City College and the
Austrian School of econom-
ics was solidifi ed in 1957 when
Grove City College recognized
Mises’ achievements in the fi eld
of economics with an honor-
ary doctorate. Five years after
the death of Mises in 1973,
Grove City College became the
permanent home to the Mises
Archive, a collection of 20,000
of the scholar’s writings.
While offi cially not a Chris-
tian movement, Austrian eco-
nomics is genuinely free market
in nature. Not only that, but
connections between Christian
thought and Austrian econom-
ics have been apparent since
the beginning of the Austrian
school.
Austrian economics stresses
the absolute right of ownership
that an individual possesses over
his or her own body. This right
of ownership extends logically
to the produce of a person’s
labor. From this follows the
non-aggression axiom that “No
one may threaten or commit
violence against another man’s
person or property. Violence
may be employed only against
the man who commits such vi-
olence; that is, only defensively
against the aggressive violence
of another.”
This pure statement of the
rights of the individual to be
secure from the infringement of
other men is one of the greatest
statement of individual free-
dom recorded in the history of
humanity, second only Christ’s
own in the golden rule, which
the non-aggression axiom
mirrors. It goes far beyond the
power of legislation or policy
and into the realm of presuppo-
sition. If man’s right to his own
person are not absolute, then
he is left to the whims of every
thief and strongman.
According to this axiom,
any aggression, whether it is
by a petty thief, a mobster, or
an unjust government is in
violation of an eternal law, not
simply the codes of men. This
gives a gravitas to the rights and
property of the individual that
is essential for free markets, and
the prosperity they bring, to
exist.
Clearly, a strong, if not perfect
parallel can be made between
Austrian economics and or-
thodox Christianity. If a person
loves their neighbor as them-
selves they will refrain from
harming them or their property
in any way. Since it is certain
that fallen man will violate this
axiom, force is at times justi-
fi ed, but only to prevent future
violence.
The link between Austrian
economics and Christianity
goes all the way back to the be-
ginning of the School. Austrian
economists trace the origins
of their movement back to the
School of Salamanca – a group
of Spanish and Portuguese
people started in the 16th cen-
tury who studied the concept
of man and his relationship to
God. Currently, the work of
scholars such as Gary North
and Thomas Woods Jr.’s demon-
strates the connection between
the School and Christianity.
Grove City College contrib-
utes to the close relationship
between Christianity and Aus-
trian economics by providing a
thoroughly Austrian undergrad-
uate education that is grounded
in Biblical Christianity.
Tangible evidence of this
synthesis came in 2010 when
Dr. Shawn Ritenour completed
his book “Foundations of Eco-
nomics.” This book synthesizes
the teachings of Ludwig von
Mises in “Human Action” with
a theistic worldview. In addition
to this, the faculty is active in
Austrian circles, most notably
the Ludwig von Mises Institute,
in Auburn, Al.
For all these reasons, this
weekend marks an exciting
time here at the College. The
conference demonstrates vital
link between Austrian econom-
ics and the free market. More
importantly, it represents the
complete compatibility of Aus-
trian economics with orthodox
Christianity. It is certainly well
worth a visit.
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Over 20,000 writings of Ludwig von Mises, pictured above, are
stored at Grove City College. They have been the source of four
books based on his unpublished work.
Dear Editors,
I am responding to Anna Harp’s article, “More regulation is needed to ensure America’s
safety.”
I do not have enough space to comment on the misunderstanding of statics, guns and reality
of Miss Harps’s opinion. This is only commenting on Miss Harps misunderstanding of the 2nd
Amendment.
The 2nd Amendment was written so that the right of American citizens to protect themselves
against government tyranny would be recognized. To say that the 2nd Amendment does not
apply to the individual but only to the militia is extremely naïve. Looking at what the found-
ers of our nation and the drafters of the Constitution had to say about gun ownership, one will
understand that it is meant to be an individual right of a free people. Thomas Jeff erson said,
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” Alexander Hamilton said, “The best we
can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” Benjamin Frank-
lin said, “They that give essential liberty [fi rearm ownership] to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.” To say that the individual is not granted fi rearm ownership
under the 2nd Amendment is to reject freedom and American ideals.
“The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-mean-
ing but without understanding” -Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeir.
-Jake Dudt ’16
Letter to the Editor
Sports 11February 15, 2013
WOLVERINESUpdates from last week
Women’s BasketballGrove City 55,
Geneva 39Washington & Jefferson 69,
Grove City 50
Men’s BasketballGrove City 80,
Geneva 75 (OT)Grove City 60, Washington & Jefferson 52
Dan JohnsonStaff Writer
The men’s and women’s
swimming and diving
teams a im to top the
res t of the conference
in the PAC Swimming
& Diving Championship
thi s weekend. Yesterday
kicked of f the three-
day long invi ta t ional .
Grove City, aga in the
host of the invi ta t ional ,
has reason to bel ieve i t s
teams wi l l succeed in
another championship
meet . Expectat ions are
high, but thi s prog ram
has become accustomed
to that rea l i ty.
Anything other than a
v ictor y for the women
(10-6, 4-0 in the PAC)
would be both a di sap-
pointment and a sur-
pr i se. Not only has the
team defeated a l l PAC
r iva l s thi s year, but i t has
scored at leas t 30 points
more than each in-con-
ference opponent . There
i s no reason to think the
team wi l l f a l ter under the
f ami l iar la te-season pres-
sure. Bar r ing the improb-
able, the women wi l l
secure a f i f th consecut ive
PAC conference t i t le.
The men’s s ide of the
meet wi l l l ike ly come
down to the resul t s of
Saturday night ’s f ina l s .
Depending on how
the meet unfolds , the
winning team may not
c l inch victor y unt i l one
of the f ina l few events .
Westminster and Grove
City should be neck-and-
neck a l l weekend, which
wi l l make for a number
of exci t ing events . Whi le
Westminster defeated
Grove City a few weeks
ago, the for mat of the
championship meet could
benef i t Grove City more
than the head-to-head
matchup, because of the
home team’s depth. I f the
Grove City men (4-11,
3-1 in PAC) prevai l , i t
wi l l be the team’s s ixth
s t ra ight PAC t i t le.
Grove City’s young
diver s have a chance to
leave an impress ion at the
meet . Sophomore Richie
Kl imek and f reshman
Carolyn Eckendorf have
both posted scores of
more than 200 in meets
thi s season. How they
per for m in the champi-
onship meet may indicate
their potent ia l for the
next few year s . Diver s
per for m 11 dives in the
championship meet a s
opposed to the s ix in a
regular dual meet .
A compar i son of the
t imes of recent meets
with la s t year ’s records ,
however, can be mis lead-
ing. For example, senior
Angela Pa lumbo had
a lmost the same t ime in
the 50 f rees ty le in thi s
year ’s Pi t t Quad meet
a s she did a year ago at
the same event . In f act ,
a t 24.57 seconds , i t was
a s l ight ly f a s ter t ime.
However, she swam the
50 f ree in 23.78 seconds
in la s t year ’s champion-
ship meet – a cons ider-
ably f a s ter t ime.
This i s rout ine, a s
swimmer s cut back on
workouts before cham-
pionships . Pa lumbo and
fe l low senior s Kate Ries-
meyer, Jenny Ryan and
Er ic Fairchi ld have a shot
a t se t t ing new per sonal
records dur ing their f ina l
meet . The added pres sure
of the men’s compet i t ion
could a l so be a f actor,
pushing the men to swim
f as ter t imes .
Al l events are held in
the James E. Longnecker
Compet i t ion Pool in the
PLC. Saturday night ’s
f ina l s beg in at 7 p.m.
Team holds high hopes for PAC Championship
SWIMMING AND DIVING
The Grove City Col lege
women’s basketba l l team
completed a season sweep
of Pres idents ’ Athlet ic
Conference archr iva l
Geneva Saturday a f ter-
noon by ear ning a 55-39
win over the vi s i t ing
Golden Tor nadoes on
Hal l of Fame Day at
the Grove City Col lege
Arena.
Grove City (8-12, 7-9
PAC) jumped out to a
7-0 lead and extended the
lead to 25-15 by ha l f t ime.
Geneva (3-20, 1-15 PAC)
tr immed Grove City’s
lead to 42-34 with 6:37
le f t but the Wolver ines
sea led the win by scor ing
seven consecut ive points .
Senior guard Leah Gibson
(Nor th Canton, Ohio/
Hoover) s tar ted the spur t
with a three-point p lay
whi le f reshman forward
Kathr yn Erbelding
(Rochester, N.Y./Greece
Olympia) fo l lowed with
two free throws.
Junior forward Annie
Wel l s (Watervi l le, Vt ./
Lamoi l le ) added a jumper
that gave Grove City a
49-34 lead with 4:23 le f t .
Gibson led Grove City’s
ba lanced of fense with 12
points . Freshman forward
Mary McDonald (S l ip-
per y Rock, Pa./Por ter s-
vi l le Chr i s t ian) added
nine points whi le Erbeld-
ing and sophomore guard
Cayley McClean (Airvi l le,
Pa./Kennard-Dale) both
chipped in e ight points .
Gibson a l so record-
ed seven as s i s t s whi le
Wel l s had a game-high
11 rebounds and four
blocked shots . Erbelding
recorded three as s i s t s and
f ive s tea l s .
Grove City shot 33
percent (20 of 61) f rom
the f ie ld and held Geneva
to a 13-for-46 (28
percent) e f for t . Grove
City a l so owned a 46-32
advantage in rebounds .
The Wolver ines a l so
forced 21 Geneva tur n-
over s .
Br i Cowden led Geneva
with 15 points .
Pr ior to the game,
Grove City honored
Gibson and senior guard
Al ic ia Maust (Natrona
Heights , Pa./Cheswick
Chr i s t ian) a s par t of
Senior Day fes t iv i t ie s .
Grove City wi l l host
conference r iva l West-
minster in the 2012-13
home f ina le Wednesday at
6 p.m.
Women sweep Geneva on Senior DayWOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Kevin Hanse
Coach Michelle Bruns led the women to a 55-39 win over Geneva.
Sports12 February 15, 2013
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Feb. 15 - 21
Women’s BasketballSat. 1 p.m. Thiel (A)
Men’s BasketballSat. 3 p.m. Thiel (A)
Swiming and DivingFri. PACs 10 a.m. (H)Sat. PACs 10 a.m. (H)Sun. PACs 10 a.m. (H)
Men’s and Women’s Tennis
Sat. 4 p.m. Penn State Behrend (A)
Gary HorvathSports Editor
Sigmund laid out a big
hit and Markley secured the
groundball to start the Wol-
verine attack. Seconds later,
Quackenbush found Irwin on
the goalmouth to take the lead
in the fourth quarter.
This sequence was common-
place for the Grove City men’s
lacrosse team over the past four
seasons. The class of 2012 was
loaded with top-level talent for
the team. But that’s the diffi cul-
ty that comes with sports on the
collegiate level. Every year, the
team loses most of its veteran
members.
But with each year comes
new talent, as well.
This year’s new class of
“laxers” looks to be one of the
best the school has ever seen.
Head Coach Andrew Stimmel
put in a lot of work to reach
out to players from around the
country to don the crimson and
white.
Fresh off being named
the 2012 Central Collegiate
Lacrosse Association Division-
II Coach of the Year, Stimmel
brought in players who will be
called on to make an immediate
impact on the fi eld.
With the additions of fresh-
men Dan Casselli and Dave
Hall, the attack position has
suddenly become a strength of
the Wolverines. Rarely can a
team say it is better off ensively
after graduating its two top
scorers – two of the top scorers
in team history. But talents like
Casselli and Hall are impossible
to miss on the fi eld.
In the Wolverines’ recent
scrimmage against Slippery
Rock University on Monday,
Jan. 11, Casselli and Hall put on
a display. The dynamic scorers
sliced up the Slippery Rock
defense en route to a 15-0 win.
Not only are the new addi-
tions to the off ense a constant
scoring threat by themselves,
they have already developed
great chemistry with the return-
ing members of the off ense.
Returning attacker junior Ryan
Cypher, along with midfi elders
senior Andrew Williams, junior
Ryan Althausen and sophomore
Will Stumpf have begun to
fi nd their balance in the fl ow of
the off ense. The top line called
most of its own plays in the
scrimmage and moved the ball
effi ciently.
The seemingly dominant
Wolverine attack should help
the team in more ways than just
putting the ball in the net.
The longer the team can hold
onto the ball, the less time the
defense has to be tested. The
Wolverines were not as lucky
when it came to replacing four-
year starters Jordan Markley ’12
and Bill Sigmund ’12 now an
assistant coach with the team.
The two vacant defensive posi-
tions are being fi lled by players
already on the team. Senior
Matt Erdley is returning from
a knee injury last season and
fellow senior and team president
senior Ryan Herman is making
the full time switch to long pole
from his defensive midfi elder
position.
Even with the necessary
replacements, the defense
should be nothing to sneeze
at. Sophomore Ryan Colby is
the other starting defender, and
the Wolverines boast one of
the best goalies in the country
in junior Chris Dymski. Both
players look to make strides in
their second season in the start-
ing lineup.
Even with such a suddenly
young team, the Wolverines
hope to make some noise on
the national scene. The Wolver-
ines fell out of the top 25 for
D-2 Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse
Association lacrosse last season,
but with a few ranked teams on
the schedule, they have a great
shot to climb back into the
rankings.
As usual, their game against
archrival no. 4 University of
Dayton on April 6 will be the
biggest game of the season for
the Wolverines. Last year the
Wolverines fell just short, losing
10-9 in the second overtime
on their home Thorn Field, the
closest the two teams have ever
fi nished.
Young lacrosse team isnothing to sneeze at
started out the season with little experience, the Wolverines look like a true threat for any team heading into the PAC tournament.
“Right now we are in a great position,” Rambacher said. “Each game will be a battle, but as a team that struggled early and has had to overcome many battles, we are now a much more experienced and weathered team.”
It seems the experience Grove City lacked early on in the sched-ule has been gained throughout the roller coaster ride of a season. The Wolverines are on their way toward a smooth fi nish before the PAC tournament.
Grove City will conclude the 2012-2013 regular season on the
road at Thiel Saturday, Feb. 16.
LAMIE from page 1Photo credit: Kevin Hanse
Right: Grove City
College President Dr.
Jewell looks on as
the men’s basket-
ball team defeats
Geneva.
Left: Freshman
center Eric Carlstrom
shoots above Geneva
defenders.
Below: The men’s
basketball team
cheers from the
bench.
MEN’S LACROSSE
