The Student Federation granted probationary club status to a new men’s lacrosse club April 4.
Sophomore Marc Ayers represented the club and said the opening of the new athletic field at Hayden Park this year provides an ideal opportunity to start the club.
“In the thriving lacrosse community that is the Midwest, it’s surprising there is no team at Hillsdale,” Ayers said. “With a new field, we want to get the ball rolling.”
The club will be open to all men on campus and will compete in spring with the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association.
“We are looking to first play scrimmages against other teams within the MCLA, which allows us to play against Division I teams in their off-season,” Ayers said.
According to Ayers, these teams will include Division I school club teams such as Indiana University and the University of Michigan.
“Most guys interested in the club have played lacrosse before and already have their own equipment,” Ayers said. “So we as a club will only need to buy things like uniforms, gloves, helmets, and nets.”
The federation voted unanimously to grant the Lacrosse Club probationary club status, which requires the club to wait a period of six months before requesting funding.
At the same meeting, the federation granted a reimbursement of funds to Chi Omega sorority following its pancake breakfast philanthropy event, which took place over Parents Weekend in February.
The event’s proceeds went to Chi Omega’s philanthropy, Make-a-Wish, and raised $1,360, according to Chi Omega spokesperson sophomore Sophia Widmer.
“This event was open to all of campus and was our biggest philanthropic event of the year,” Widmer said at the meeting. “We saw a total of 126 attendees.”
Widmer requested $370 to help offset the costs of the event, but said the sorority plans to do an event later in the semester using the leftover funds granted by the federation.
“We are looking to do an event later this semester in the Hillsdale community that’s not related to our philanthropy,” Widmer said. “Some of the funds granted today will be used towards this event, but some will roll over to the fall and go toward our events then.”
The federation discussed plans to appoint students to the college’s Academic Honesty Review Board, and representatives privately nominated individuals at the meeting.
“The Student Federation was informed that we should appoint six students for this board,” Student Federation president and sophomore Jacob Beckwith said in the meeting. “It’s a group of local students that meets with the deans to deal with any kind of academic violations.”
Student Federation representatives anonymously submitted names to sophomore and secretary Anna MacPhee at the meeting, and members for the review board will be decided on at a later meeting.
