Briefs
Issue date: 10/8/09 Section: News
Bike stolen from sports complex
A white Diamondback mountain bike was stolen from the Sports Complex Saturday night, Director of Campus Security Mike Wertz said. Anyone with information should call security at 517-607-2454.
- Maria Schmitt
Donor gives pingpong tables
Buried in the bottom of the old snack bar building are eight brand new pingpong tables. Rich Péwé, vice president for administration, said they were a gift from Don Hayden Jr., a supporter of the college who owned a table tennis facility that he closed.
Péwé said the tables are in storage because there is no good place to put them. He said he hopes that someday, students will use them for a pingpong tournament.
-Betsy Woodruff
Catholic society celebrates defeat of the turks
In 1571, the Roman Catholic's Holy League defeated the Islamic Ottoman Empire in the third battle of Lepanto off the coast of western Greece.
Four hundred thirty-eight years later, Hillsdale College's Catholic Society celebrated the Catholic victory with its commemorative Lepanto Day event.
"Lepanto is one of the largest naval battles in Western history," said sophomore Catherine Sims, who organized the event. "It is also the last Western naval victory over militant Islamic forces. Being vastly outnumbered by the Ottoman Turks, it was a huge upset for the Holy League."
Meeting at 4 p.m. Oct. 7 in front of Central Hall, the ceremony began with a brief history of the battle. Following this, freshman Daniel Spiotta recited G.K. Chesterton's epic poem "Lepanto" and prayed the five decades of the rosary and sang hymns. The final hymn, "Te Deum," is a traditional Crusader victory and deliverance hymn.
Catholic Society executive board member Eric Jensen, a junior, said the event recognized the power of Catholic faith through the ages. He said in remembering Lepanto, Hillsdale students would understand the significance of the battle on the Western tradition.
"Roman Catholicism is more than a set of intellectual beliefs," he said. "People have died for it, and people forget that. Possibly the entire Western tradition and the entire Roman Catholic Church were defended in this battle."
- Mark Hensch
No divers for swim this season
The Charger swim team will be devoid of divers this season. Since head coach Kurt Kirner considers his main expertise to be in coaching swimming, he is not actively recruiting divers and believes it would be difficult to evenly divide his attention.
"It's very hard to run separate practices [for divers and swimmers at the same time]," Kirner said.
"Swimming and diving are two completely different sports, and we have a swim coach," junior team captain Alison Roberts said.
Roberts clarified that this does not mean divers interested in Hillsdale would be turned away.
"If someone comes to dive, they're welcome," she said.
For the past four years, Hillsdale graduate Charlotte Wolfe '09 represented the Hillsdale diving team, and proved an advantageous scoring asset. She placed in the top three for both diving events at most meets.
Diving will be one less event to potentially score in at meets, but Roberts seemed confident.
"They are definitely points we won't have, but it won't be a large factor," she said.
This season the swim team's focus is in the pool, but the possibility of climbing out and up the board is still open.
"If we have divers we'll do it," Kirner said.
- Jancy Nightingale
Corrections:?
The Collegian corrects inaccurate or misleading information. Please contact us at collegian@hillsdale.edu if you think we have published such information.
A white Diamondback mountain bike was stolen from the Sports Complex Saturday night, Director of Campus Security Mike Wertz said. Anyone with information should call security at 517-607-2454.
- Maria Schmitt
Donor gives pingpong tables
Buried in the bottom of the old snack bar building are eight brand new pingpong tables. Rich Péwé, vice president for administration, said they were a gift from Don Hayden Jr., a supporter of the college who owned a table tennis facility that he closed.
Péwé said the tables are in storage because there is no good place to put them. He said he hopes that someday, students will use them for a pingpong tournament.
-Betsy Woodruff
Catholic society celebrates defeat of the turks
In 1571, the Roman Catholic's Holy League defeated the Islamic Ottoman Empire in the third battle of Lepanto off the coast of western Greece.
Four hundred thirty-eight years later, Hillsdale College's Catholic Society celebrated the Catholic victory with its commemorative Lepanto Day event.
"Lepanto is one of the largest naval battles in Western history," said sophomore Catherine Sims, who organized the event. "It is also the last Western naval victory over militant Islamic forces. Being vastly outnumbered by the Ottoman Turks, it was a huge upset for the Holy League."
Meeting at 4 p.m. Oct. 7 in front of Central Hall, the ceremony began with a brief history of the battle. Following this, freshman Daniel Spiotta recited G.K. Chesterton's epic poem "Lepanto" and prayed the five decades of the rosary and sang hymns. The final hymn, "Te Deum," is a traditional Crusader victory and deliverance hymn.
Catholic Society executive board member Eric Jensen, a junior, said the event recognized the power of Catholic faith through the ages. He said in remembering Lepanto, Hillsdale students would understand the significance of the battle on the Western tradition.
"Roman Catholicism is more than a set of intellectual beliefs," he said. "People have died for it, and people forget that. Possibly the entire Western tradition and the entire Roman Catholic Church were defended in this battle."
- Mark Hensch
No divers for swim this season
The Charger swim team will be devoid of divers this season. Since head coach Kurt Kirner considers his main expertise to be in coaching swimming, he is not actively recruiting divers and believes it would be difficult to evenly divide his attention.
"It's very hard to run separate practices [for divers and swimmers at the same time]," Kirner said.
"Swimming and diving are two completely different sports, and we have a swim coach," junior team captain Alison Roberts said.
Roberts clarified that this does not mean divers interested in Hillsdale would be turned away.
"If someone comes to dive, they're welcome," she said.
For the past four years, Hillsdale graduate Charlotte Wolfe '09 represented the Hillsdale diving team, and proved an advantageous scoring asset. She placed in the top three for both diving events at most meets.
Diving will be one less event to potentially score in at meets, but Roberts seemed confident.
"They are definitely points we won't have, but it won't be a large factor," she said.
This season the swim team's focus is in the pool, but the possibility of climbing out and up the board is still open.
"If we have divers we'll do it," Kirner said.
- Jancy Nightingale
Corrections:?
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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