The Collect The Grove College Newspaper December Vol 62 No. 10 Changing of the guard Five new executive officers elected to SGA By Kaitlin Domanoski Election Results Collegian Copy Editor President Five new executive council D.BRADLEY. 56.36% members were elected to SGA on C Ware 39.02% Tuesday. Academic Affairs After over a week of cam- J. CARR 59.84% paigning, Derek Bradley, James J. Mikulas 34.47% Carr, Kathryn Summers, Michaelch Metz and Elizabeth Student Affairs Kura have been chosen to lead K. SUMMERS 59.19% SGA. The election process start- R Nemeth 30.73% ed on Nov. 14 with an informa- Social Affairs tional meeting in which positions M. METZ 41.30% and campaign procedures were explained. Potential candidates M. Edwards 35.45% were given until midnight Nov. K. Early. 13.98% 15 to declare candidacy. Secretary Ten declared: Derek Bradley L. KURA 100.00% and Christina Ware for executive president; James Carr and Jessica Mikulas for executive vice presi- Tuenty-six percent of dent of academic affairs; Kathryn students voted Summers and Rachel Nemeth for Photo by Kaitlin Domanosld executive vice president of stu- Elizabeth Kura, unopposed for Kathryn Summers, Derek Bradley, Michaeleh Metz and Elizabeth Kura are set to take the helm of SGA as dent affairs; Michaeleh Metz, executive secretary. executive officers. James Carr is missing from the picture. Kristen Early and Michael Campaigning began Nov. 25 at Edwards for executive vice presi- were distributed. midnight. Posters were hung and es were held and candidates were dent of social affairs; and pins with slogans like "D4P" Tuesday, Dec. 4 chapel speech- each given a few moments to See SGA on page 5 Remembering Pearl Harbor Recruitment efforts Sixty years ago, the world changed edge to equator By Megan Standish & Jacob Smith By Megan Standish tration members at the College Collegian Editors Collegian Managing Editor of the Bahamas and a live radio broadcast. It happened 60 years ago today A group of three Grove City Heastie said the workshops - that's three times the lifespan of College administration members were well attended. most Collegian readers. Goodness visited the Bahamas this past "The goal was to get all the knows we students do not know what it was like to live through week as part of a three-year high school counselors on the strategic plan for recruitment of island to come together so they Pearl Harbor. Many Americans do know, minority students, faculty and could hear about Grove City though, and they have stories and staff. The group included Dr. College," Heastie said. "What wisdom to share. What follows Sam Heastie, assistant to the we did in the process was to pro- are the accounts of Grove City president for enrollment and vide the workshop, not only as a College alumni who were stu- staffing, Dr. William P. mechanism for convening these dents during the attack on Pearl Anderson, provost and vice pres- counselors, but also as an oppor- Harbor. The experiences of these Tad and Marie Penar in their Grove City home ident of academic affairs and Jeff tunity to provide some training men and women are important, A new chapter in an old book United States was going to war. Mincey, director of admissions. for counselors who were then for they are part and parcel of our Dr. Tad Penar and Marie The Penars agreed this event Heastie, Anderson and Mincey able to pass that training on to nation's history as well as starting (McMunigle) Penar heard the was another battle in an ongoing left for the Bahamas on Nov. 28 teachers and, particularly, stu- points for understanding how to news of Pearl Harbor by word of war. While the attack was a sur- and returned this past Tuesday. dents." deal with America's tragedies- mouth. Dr. Penar referred to the prise, it was simply a new chapter Their week included workshops Dr. Heastie developed the today. attack as an "exclamation point" with high school guidance coun- workshop, titled "Successful that emphasized the fact that the See Harbor on page 8 selors, discussions with adminis- See Bahamas on page 4 Time to Surviving ECAC VOTE FOR DEREC EVERYBODY'S DOING Change Tragedy Champs SGA elections Student makes Women's must have remarkable volleyball best substance. recovery. in East. Page 3 Page 11 Page 14 2 Perspectives The Collegian December 2001 Amusement park government Voters reject government largess By Matt Scheff opponent of the monorail plan " ming pool or sports complex Perhaps they doubt that there is Collegian Guest Columnist commented, "I'm glad Colorado simply bring more aspects of life has voted not to become anything unique about building a under the control of government, Disneyland." The reference, of swimming pool or monorail that Recently, voters in Denver, course, was directed specifically Seemingly well-inten- with all the accompanying fail- makes it a function best per- Colorado were given the chance ure and unintended conse- to vote directly on a number of at the monorail proposal, but the tioned ideas, like a pub- formed by government. Or, quences. The people never bene- new spending proposals. idea can be effectively extended maybe, they know that they' II be lic swimming pool or fit, but simply forfeit their free- better off keeping their own Residents were offered the to government as a whole. option of raising taxes on them- sports complex simply dom, a portion of their income to Amusement parks are places. money and deciding what to do be spent by others. Is this really with it themselves, rather than selves, in exchange for various where everyone wanders around bring more aspects of what we want? turning it over to someone else municipal improvements, such as aimlessly, everything is over- life under the control of The Denver voters answered who has little incentive to do an athletic center, stadium, priced, and no meaningful work this question with a resounding swimming pool, event center, gets accomplished. Patrons are government, with all anything good or productive with "no." One of the measures pro- it. and even a public monorail sys- encouraged to enjoy themselves the accompanying fail- posed a mere $8 per year proper- so they don't notice the amount Occasionally, and usually on tem. ure and unintended ty tax hike. Presumably on of money they're spending. the local level, we are given the Voters overwhelmingly rejected grounds of principle, it was still chance to vote against the ever nearly every proposal, including Interestingly, politicians often consequences. soundly rejected. seem eager to produce similar expansive tendencies of govern- $24 million to provide daycare Many would question the and after school programs for the conditions in society. ment. Our political system " motives of these voters. Is $8 too Government polices discour- affords us the right to choose city's underprivileged children. much to spare? What kind of between vibrant free-markets and The margin of defeat was deci- age people from being successful person would be so greedy as to sive. All told, voters rejected through progressive taxes, regulation. suffocating government plan- be opposed to this? Perhaps