The Collegian Grove City College Newspaper September 10, 1999 Vol. 60 No. 2 Allison sees teaching as his gift By Megan Standish volved working in several loca- Allison sees his family's time Alcoa Technical Center in Pitts- friend of Allison's, suggested Collegian Staff Writer tions. After working six years at in Germany as a positive experi- burgh. His time there was spent Grove City College, Allison research and development labs in ence, overall. He speaks fondly developing an extrusion-forming looked into the school. When Dr. Blair T. Allison New Kensington, Pa., Allison of his co-workers and acquain- process for aluminum, a process "Why not go to a school that graduated from the Massachu- was assigned to a team that trav- tances in Germany and praises in which aluminum is squeezed has a Christian focus, where I setts Institute of Technology, he eled to Europe. In 1991, Allison the beautiful country. through a mold to produce a de- could really work to minister and had a desire to teach. and his family moved to Ger- Perhaps the greatest blessing sired shape. Allison also spent to serve to a largely Christian Now, 15 years later, Allison is many. for the Allison family while they time developing hydroforming student body?" thought Allison. beginning his teaching career at This time in Germany was were overseas, however, was the processes for aluminum. Most of Allison inquired about teaching Grove City College. "good but hard," according to birth of their fifth child, Heidi. the aluminum components made positions at the school, but there After graduating from MIT Allison. Having minored in Ger- While in Europe, Allison and in both the extrusion-forming were no positions available at the with an M.S. and Ph.D. in me- man at MIT, and having received his team were responsible for and hydroforming processes are time. But when Dr. Rice, a for- chanical engineering, Allison language training through Alcoa, assisting a new plant that sup- used for automobiles. mer GCC engineering professor, went to work for Alcoa, Inc. Al- Allison was fairly prepared to plies parts to the European auto- Allison continued working at retired this past year, the school coa, headquartered in Pittsburgh, tackle the linguistic challenges of mobile industry. Among the cars the Alcoa Technical Center for began looking for a new engi- is the world's largest aluminum living in a foreign country. Alli- for which this plant supplies six years. In August of this year, neering professor. Allison had company. Its products include son's family, however, struggled parts is the all-aluminum Audi he began teaching mechanical an interview in June and is now a bottle caps, aluminum wheels a bit more with the language bar- A8. engineering courses at GCC. part of the GCC family. and the aluminum sheets used for rier, but gradually learned Ger- After two years in Germany, Allison began seeking a teach- drink cans and automobiles. Allison speaks very fondly of man during their two-year stay in Allison returned to Pennsylvania ing career two years ago. After the college. Allison's time with Alcoa in- Europe. where he began working at the Jim Kimpel, a GCC graduate and (Continued on page 2) Morledge TLC gets a announces makeover retirement Mike Tomashewski Collegian Staff Writer By Matthew Divelbiss Collegian Editor-in-Chief To students both new and old the Technological Learning Cen- Dr. Richard Morledge will ter, or TLC, has undergone great retire from his position as Dean changes. Many are clearly visible of the Chapel effective Oct. 20 to a casual observer. But others following Homecoming. are somewhat hidden in the vast Morledge came to Grove City world of networks and the Inter- College as Dean of the Chapel net. The new TLC is in the proc- in 1984. Until his retirement in ess of being transformed into a 1995, he also served as senior state-of-the-art facility. pastor at the First Presbyterian On the physical side, two new Church in Bakerstown, Pa. rooms have been added to the A 1954 graduate of GCC, TLC. One is an enlarged area for Morledge received his Master Band members march to one of the four shows they will learn this year. (Photo by Matt Swadley) the Compaq repair shop. Last of Divinity from Princeton year's space was very crowded, Theological Seminary in 1957. and the new facility adds much- He received an honorary Doc- Wolverine band ready for new season needed room and the ability to tor of Divinity from GCC in work on multiple projects at once. 1973. Dr. Bright, Chief Information Of- A recipient of numerous By Lacey Wagers cial enough to have an inside into one loud, proud unit. Since ficer, said: "The repair shop had awards, Morledge received a Collegian News Co-Editor scoop about this particular aspect the people comprising the band an average turnaround of slightly Jack Kennedy Alumni of college life? They were privy hail from opposing step style over a day last year after begin- Achievement Award in religion The freshmen know all about to the first performance of the backgrounds, this can sometimes ning-of-semester problems." The in 1990. He is a member of it. Most upperclassmen don't 1999 edition of the Grove City be a harrowing effort. new setup should speed up repairs Omicron Delta Kappa, the na- have a clue. College Wolverine Marching "The different style of march- even more. The other room will be tional leadership honorary, and Ironic? Absolutely. Unusual? Band. ing, that was weird," said fresh- used primarily to train administra- Theta Alpha Pi, the national Nope. It's been that way for Freshman Orientation marks man Scott Slobodnyak. "But it's tors on the use of the new Grove dramatic fraternity. A member many years here at Grove City the annual musical debut of one coming along. I do enjoy it." City system, but can also be used of the Pittsburgh Presbytery, College. In fact, it is entirely of the most visible groups on By practicing from 8:45 a.m. as a classroom. Presbyterian Church (USA), he probable that seniors will gradu- campus. Six days prior to Orien- to 8:15 p.m., the band There are the same amounts of has served as moderator as well ate without ever realizing what tation, a diverse mix of officers, (numbering over 200 members) PCs in the same space, but it ap- (Continued on page 2) they missed. instrumentalists and band fronts learned three "shows." Each (Continued on page 2) What makes the freshmen spc- began transforming themselves (Continued on page 2) INSIDE Perspectives Life Entertainment Sports Mike Tomashewski Jeremy Mikesell and Megan Schmidgal takes Yeah, we have football, tells us what our national Matt Soffa take a look at a look at the college's but we also have a look at Here's a look at government can learn discrimination facing own D@mascus as they this year's Women's what's inside this from Grove City College skateboarders. prepare to go on the road. Tennis Team. week's issue. -p. 3 -p. 5 -p. 6 7-8