The Collegian Grove City College Newspaper September 3, 1999 Vol. 60 No. 1 GCC comes out on top nationally Grove City ranks number 1 in "Best value, " "Most nostalgic for Reagan" By Bill Bowan News and World Report's annual taining our commitment to tradi- most students are pleased to see Review Guide, and Peterson's Collegian News Editor college rankings, Grove City tional Christian values, has been their college ranked high, many Competitive College Guide. College is the number one "best the College's purpose throughout students point to the institution's Many colleges spend the sum- value" among northern regional its history. We are very pleased Christian values as being more mer months touting their champi- liberal arts colleges. The college that our success in this effort has important. Others, such as Junior 1999 Princeton Review Rankings onship football programs and surpassed many other prestigious been recognized again." Aaron Weierbach, shrugged off #4 Class discussions rare boasting how their team is going liberal arts colleges in the area A formula of two categories the statistics saying, "I'm not es- #4 Stone-cold sober schools all the way this year. Others re- In addition to its number one was used to determine the sta- pecially surprised by the num- #1 Students most nostalgic for cruit students to the "trendiest" ranking in value, the college tisitics upon which these rankings bers, but it probably attracts more Reagan schools with expensive price placed second in "students gradu- were based. First, college presi- people than being 'most nostalgic #4 Future Rotarians and tags. All the while Grove City ating with the least debt" ranking dents, deans and admissions di- for Reagan' or 'stone cold so- Daughters of the Ameri- College sits quietly back. and eigth in the overall rectors are asked to rate all the ber'." He is referring to the can Revolution Well, Grovers, have no fear. "America's Best College's rank- schools in their institution's cate- Princeton Review rankings where #2 Students pray regularly Long before any football team ing." While success is nothing gory. Added to those statistics GCC ranked high in a number of #1 Homogenous student plays a down or any coach's poll new for Grove City College, this are the data provided by the col- interesting categories. population comes out, you can rest assured latest ranking comes as a very leges themselves, including fac- These rankings are but the #3 Don't inhale that GCC has beaten them all at high honor for the college. ulty resources and graduation latest in a line of distinguished #5 Scotch and soda, hold the something that will count long President Moore reamarked, rate. awards that include honors from scotch after graduation. "Delivering a first rate education Student response to the rankings Kiplinger's Personal Finance #8 Town-gown relations good That's right, according to U.S. at an affordable cost, while main- has been wide ranging. While Magazine, The National College Improvements Seven brighten campus join GCC By Colleen Keating, Collegian Life Editor faculty As most of Grove City Col- lege's student population By Matthew Divelbiss lounged on the beach or ran the Collegian Editor-in-Chief cash register at the Kwik-I-Mart, the campus maintenance staff Seven new professors are scoured the campus, replacing- joining the Grove City College repairing-renovating wherever faculty as the 1999-2000 school necessary. year gets underway. From apparently minor proj- Dr. Blair T. Allison joins the ects like sidewalk replacement- GCC community as an Associ- 4,110 square feet of concrete Oreintation Board members eagerly assisted incoming freshman this past Saturday as they ar- ate Professor of Engineering poured this summer-to ongoing dormitory renovations in MAP rived on campus with their possesions. (Photo by Matt Swadley) Allison earned his B.S. in me- chanical engineering from and Hicks, the result is a more Carnegie Mellon University and functional and beautiful campus. both his M.S. and Ph.D. in me- Most of the projects involved GCC welcomes Class of 2003 chanical engineering from the both aesthetics and utility: The Massachusetts Institute of Tech- three prototype bathrooms in nology. Prior to joining the MAP will eliminate some of the GCC faculty, Allison spent 15 current plumbing problems as years working at ALCOA, Inc. well as create a more stream- lined, modern look. Eventually By Megan Standish year. Following in the footsteps the many talented students eager Dr. Shane Brower, an Assis- Collegian Staff Writer of many former GCC freshmen, to attend GCC? Certainly not. tant Professor of Physics, joins all bathrooms in MAP (South, the class of 2003 is very bright. GCC after serving in the same Annex, and West) will be refur- "The decisions don't get easier," Meet Jeremy Shankle. Eighty percent were in the top Mincey said. He does believe, position for three years at bished. Shankle, a political science ma- 20 percent of their high school however, that the college is Youngstown State University. Returning male students found jor from Merrimack, N.H., loves class. The average SAT score "bringing people in who want to Brower earned his B.S. in phys- that Hicks dormitory underwent pasta, basketball, and blues mu- was 1258 while the average be here." Proof of this can be ics from Bucknell University a major facelift this summer. The sic. ACT score was 27. Perhaps found in the fact that 94 percent and went on to earn both his college installed new lighting, Or take some time to talk to most telling, though, is the low of last year's freshman class M.S. and Ph.D. in applied phys- replaced the ceilings, and pro- Bart Shaffer, a history major acceptance rate. These students vided the students with new fur- as compared to the 75 percent ics from the University of from Canton, Ohio. Shaffer are only 44 percent of all who found at most schools returned Maryland Baltimore County. niture. Many men compare said good-bye to his mom, dad, applied for admittance as fresh- this year. Known for the integration of Hicks' new look with Memorial two brothers, and dog "Sis" to man into Grove City College's So what about this year's collaborative and active learn- dormitory. come to Grove City College. 1999-2000 academic year. freshmen? Do they want to be ing techniques into. his classes, The most visible changes made Perhaps you'll run into Jenni- "Schools that have acceptance here? Considering the smiles on Brower is also involved in re- this year are apparent in Buhl fer Kreamer. A pre-law major rates below 50 percent are few their faces and enthusiasm in searching nonlinear optical Library and the TLC. Although from Annville, Pa., Kreamer is and far between," said Director their voices, Mincey's conclu- polymeric materials. the TLC floor may appear drasti- every mother's dream: she loves of Admissions Jeffrey C. cally smaller, the space is being sion seems to be right on target. Dr. David Gordon comes to liver and broccoli. Mincey. He pointed out that used for a new training room and This year's freshman class is GCC as an Assistant Professor These students are just a few most schools accept between 85 a larger repair shop. In fact, the content with where they are. of Religion and Philosophy af- same number of computers is of the 586 freshmen joining the and 90 percent of all applicants. ter 13 years on the faculty of Grove City College family this Is it easy to accept so few of Gordon-Conwell Theological (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2)