Briefs
Issue date: 4/16/09 Section: News
Spring Convocation results
Spring Convocation takes place at 11 a.m. today in College Baptist Church. Associate Professor of History Brad Birzer will speak on "Beyond Tenebrae: Citizenship in a Republic of Letters." Professor of Chemistry Chris VanOrman will receive the Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence. The all-college GPA is 3.084. The all-women GPA is 3.158 and the all-men GPA is 3.004. Pi Beta Phi won the sorority scholarship cup with its overall GPA of 3.309, and Delta Tau Delta won the fraternity scholarship cup with an overall GPA of 3.374.
-Joy Pavelski
CLO sponsors lecture on transitions in major league baseball
The Classical Liberal Organization will sponsor a presentation outlining transitions to major league baseball begun by Moneyball technology and philosophy on Friday at 7 p.m. in Lane Hall 126. Junior Skylar Walker has titled her presentation, "Evolution and Baseball: How tradition prevents innovation (but must ultimately give way)." She will argue that in light of new technology allowing teams to track every pitch and batted ball, new ways to evaluate baseball players have made clubs more efficient in spending their money and will ultimately prevail over the opposition such technology faces from traditionalists.
-Joy Pavelski
Sundahl gives "last lecture"
Professor of English Daniel Sundahl will speak Friday at 4 p.m. in the Knorr Room in a "last lecture" sponsored by Delta Pi Nu, the American studies honorary. He has titled his talk "That Day That Larsen Pitched That Perfect Game: Shapes of Philosophical History." The "last lecture" series invites a professor to lecture as if it were his last words, encouraging contemplation on the meaning of life and education.
-Joy Pavelski
Astronomy Club night sky report
On Saturday before dawn, Mars and Venus will pass each other by about six degrees, appearing low in the eastern sky. Before dawn, Venus will be very bright, and Mars to its lower right and less bright. If you have a telescope, you can also see Uranus to the upper right of Mars and closer than Venus.
-Russ TerBeek
Churchill seminar opens this weekend
Hillsdale College will host a seminar on "Winston Churchill and the Virtues of Statesmanship" Friday and Saturday. On Friday at 9 a.m. in Dow Rooms A and B, Assistant Professor of Political Science Will Morrisey will speak on "The Statesman as Magnanimous Man." On Friday at 4 p.m. in Phillips Auditorium, John Ramsden of the University of London will speak on "Winston Churchill and Prudence in Party Politics." On Saturday at 9 a.m. in Dow Rooms A and B, Professor of Political Science Bob Eden will speak on "Winston Churchill and the Education of Statesmen." The college's Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence sponsors the seminar.
-Joy Pavelski
Corrections:?
In its April 9 edition, The Collegian published errors in the article, "Satellite traditions." It incorrectly titled Trinity School at River Ridge in Minnesota, and incorrectly spelled the name of its headmaster, Bill Wacker.
In its April 9 "Good to Know" article about custodial work in Mossey Library, The Collegian incorrectly attributed a quote to Library Director Dan Knoch. He did not say that "residue occasionally develops on surfaces in the library." It also incorrectly quoted Superintendent of Custodial Services Vicky Phetteplace as saying surfaces could go "weeks" between cleanings; she said they can go up to a week and a half between cleanings.
In an article entitled "Intramural building plans in limbo" in its April 9 edition, The Collegian incorrectly stated that ground for the new intramural student building will not be broken this fall. That decision is still uncertain.
The Collegian corrects inaccurate or misleading information. Please contact us at collegian@hillsdale.edu if you think we have published such information.
Spring Convocation takes place at 11 a.m. today in College Baptist Church. Associate Professor of History Brad Birzer will speak on "Beyond Tenebrae: Citizenship in a Republic of Letters." Professor of Chemistry Chris VanOrman will receive the Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence. The all-college GPA is 3.084. The all-women GPA is 3.158 and the all-men GPA is 3.004. Pi Beta Phi won the sorority scholarship cup with its overall GPA of 3.309, and Delta Tau Delta won the fraternity scholarship cup with an overall GPA of 3.374.
-Joy Pavelski
CLO sponsors lecture on transitions in major league baseball
The Classical Liberal Organization will sponsor a presentation outlining transitions to major league baseball begun by Moneyball technology and philosophy on Friday at 7 p.m. in Lane Hall 126. Junior Skylar Walker has titled her presentation, "Evolution and Baseball: How tradition prevents innovation (but must ultimately give way)." She will argue that in light of new technology allowing teams to track every pitch and batted ball, new ways to evaluate baseball players have made clubs more efficient in spending their money and will ultimately prevail over the opposition such technology faces from traditionalists.
-Joy Pavelski
Sundahl gives "last lecture"
Professor of English Daniel Sundahl will speak Friday at 4 p.m. in the Knorr Room in a "last lecture" sponsored by Delta Pi Nu, the American studies honorary. He has titled his talk "That Day That Larsen Pitched That Perfect Game: Shapes of Philosophical History." The "last lecture" series invites a professor to lecture as if it were his last words, encouraging contemplation on the meaning of life and education.
-Joy Pavelski
Astronomy Club night sky report
On Saturday before dawn, Mars and Venus will pass each other by about six degrees, appearing low in the eastern sky. Before dawn, Venus will be very bright, and Mars to its lower right and less bright. If you have a telescope, you can also see Uranus to the upper right of Mars and closer than Venus.
-Russ TerBeek
Churchill seminar opens this weekend
Hillsdale College will host a seminar on "Winston Churchill and the Virtues of Statesmanship" Friday and Saturday. On Friday at 9 a.m. in Dow Rooms A and B, Assistant Professor of Political Science Will Morrisey will speak on "The Statesman as Magnanimous Man." On Friday at 4 p.m. in Phillips Auditorium, John Ramsden of the University of London will speak on "Winston Churchill and Prudence in Party Politics." On Saturday at 9 a.m. in Dow Rooms A and B, Professor of Political Science Bob Eden will speak on "Winston Churchill and the Education of Statesmen." The college's Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence sponsors the seminar.
-Joy Pavelski
Corrections:?
In its April 9 edition, The Collegian published errors in the article, "Satellite traditions." It incorrectly titled Trinity School at River Ridge in Minnesota, and incorrectly spelled the name of its headmaster, Bill Wacker.
In its April 9 "Good to Know" article about custodial work in Mossey Library, The Collegian incorrectly attributed a quote to Library Director Dan Knoch. He did not say that "residue occasionally develops on surfaces in the library." It also incorrectly quoted Superintendent of Custodial Services Vicky Phetteplace as saying surfaces could go "weeks" between cleanings; she said they can go up to a week and a half between cleanings.
In an article entitled "Intramural building plans in limbo" in its April 9 edition, The Collegian incorrectly stated that ground for the new intramural student building will not be broken this fall. That decision is still uncertain.
The Collegian corrects inaccurate or misleading information. Please contact us at collegian@hillsdale.edu if you think we have published such information.
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