WRFH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM - Truman and Claire Like People: Louisa Klaserner

Episode Date: April 30, 2024

This week we talked to Louisa Klaserner about sorority legends, track team ecosystems, and whether or not people should ever live in Ohio. 

I'm Truman and I'm Claire. And we like people. This week we like Louisa Klassner, who is on the Hillstale Track and Field team and a proud member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, the final sorority we have to interview. Yes. Rip the Mints fraternities. She's also a new Catholic. We'll ask about that. But first, Louisa, how is your Central Hall of Palooza?

So Central Hall of Paloosa, kind of funny story. We had a track meet yesterday all day at Ashland University. So we got dropped off off the bus and literally just went directly to CHP right off the bus. It was like, I think I got there around 8.30 and then met up with my little Kenny and then dance for like 10 minutes, got exhausted and left. So it wasn't super exciting, but I saw Ben Henrich's like rap or do whatever. I'm not really sure. Devil went down to Georgia. Yes.

And he did amazing. It was fantastic. But major shout out to Ben Hinrichs, our second guest ever, if you needed it. more evidence that he was the goat. There we go. But today we're more interested in Louisa Klausner. You just mentioned your track meet yesterday. How did that go? It actually went fantastic. So I guess all summer or else, sorry, all season, I've been trying to break 14 seconds in the, or the 100 meter hurdles. And I just broke it. I ran 1395. So I'm going for the school record. It's 1375. So we'll see if I can get it. You can do it. Oh, I think so.

Recently you were on many people's Instagram stories. There was a little graphic of you. I don't remember why. So why? Why was that? Did you do something good? Maybe. How recently was it?

Maybe a couple months ago. I think that you broke a record for something. I did. I broke the indoor record and the 60 meter hurdles. That's awesome. Yes. Thank you. Thank you.

It's very exciting. Have you been doing track since you were in high school or how did you get into that? Yeah. So I did it since, I've done it since first. grade. My dad was my coach all throughout like first grade to when I was in sixth grade. And then I started doing like middle school high school track, which was affiliated with the school. But it was recreational from a young age. And my dad, he was a hurdle or he went he hurtled at Michigan for one year. And so he's always been kind of my inspiration there. I like really like, I just like him. I want to follow in

footsteps. So this just in Louisiana likes her dad. That's good. Shocker. You laughed and I got scared what you were going to say next. That's fair though. I do like my dad. He's great. That's good. Shout out Louise's dad. So what events do you do?

I'm a hurdler. So I do 100 meter hurdles and then the 400 meter hurdles. But primarily 100 meter hurdles. I'm a short hurdler mostly. What was it like being recruited to do athletics at Hillsdale? Ben kind of had like a weird story about this. He's very unique where he's homeschooled. Yeah.

So what was your experience? So what was your experience? As a Normie public schooler who somehow made it into Hillsdale College. Yes, somehow, by the grace of God. So my experience was I originally wanted to go to like a big school. Like I was going to go to like South Carolina or University of Cincinnati. And then my parents were like, you have to go to Hill or like you have to check out Hillsdale. I was like, okay, fine.

You know, appease the parents. And it was a D2 school. So it was like the only D2 school I was talking to. I guess I wasn't talking to any big D1. school's about running there and they were like oh it's d2 maybe you could run here so i reached out to the coach coach folly and um he i was like okay like i was good enough in high school to like run on the team but i wasn't like the best athlete so they're like oh we'll let you on and like we're offering me offering me any scholarship money or anything and then um but he like coach folly just

like after talking to me just was like you need to come to hillsdale like you are the perfect fit like you just need to be here and and and so he called me like weekly or like biweekly and would just call me and be like, you need to come to Hillsdale. Like, I don't even care if you run. Like, just come to Hillsdale, please. I think you really like it here. And thank God I listened to him. But yeah, so he was recruiting me and he recruited me pretty hardcore just because he knew

I would love the school and like secondhand be on the track team. But he actually recruited me to be a multi, which is a like a heptathlete, pentathlete, which is five different events or seven different events depending on the season you're in. And I did that for one year here was terrible. I had to do a shot put, which I'm sure looking at me, you can imagine it was not very good at that. The throwing events kind of got me, so I wasn't scoring any points in the throwing events, and so they were like, okay, we're going to make you just a hurdleer. And luckily that's been better for me.

But yeah, I honestly thank Coach Volley for why I'm here. That's good. Yeah. Speaking of overcoming hurdles and Hillsdale College, you are listening to Droom and clearly like people on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. What's your favorite, like, stereotype for a Hillsdale athlete that you have to listen to people say? Oh, my gosh. Maybe not for track.

I haven't heard that many track stereotypes in my time here. I could make some. I haven't heard any baseball stereotypes, period. Because no one knows they exist. Yeah, the elusive baseball team. I would love to hear your track stereotypes if you have, if you can think of any of that. I'll just make some of those track kids in their. They're always sitting at that one table.

That's true. We do have a table. That's prime real estate. You take it. Justin Dowdy, that rascally scalaway. Yeah. Neer-de-well. Alex Mitchell, that guy.

God, he runs so fast. What's he running from? Hmm? Hmm. His past. Cajumony. I'm just kidding. I love Elizabeth Troutman.

I think they're a very adorable couple. Me too. I thought they were siblings for like a full year. But the best couple. are like that, aren't they? It's kind of, the kind of siblings are dating kind of thing. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. The best siblings are not like that. Let's hope not. Man, not track stereotypes, but athlete stereotypes. I just like, I think, like, athletes, I think athletes, I think athletes view themselves differently from, like, the rest of the school. I've talked to Caleb

Holm about this a little bit. Like, athletes kind of view themselves a certain way and then, like, the rest of the school, like, I don't know. Like, I think athletes were kind of like, oh, I'm an athlete. and then like the rest of school's like whatever you're an athlete you know which i don't know if that's a stereotype but i guess like what are the stereotypes you guys have experienced like in our personal experience is either like a kio or an independent no like the ones that we hear or maybe like of athletes i guess they can't think of any off my top of my head that they're stupid well it's either it's like rapidly two different things i feel like it's either that it's like athletes are dumb or all of them are STEM people and are like really smart. Oh, they're all exercise

science. Yeah. Yeah. Or like biochem. Like a lot of them want to go to med school. Yeah. I don't know. I guess like football players. Yes. It's very, yeah. It's a big spectrum. It is a, it's a huge spectrum. I guess like the track team, because there's girls and guys, it's like a different. That's true. It feels like a different vibe maybe. I don't know. And I think, I feel like we try to like branch out maybe. Yeah, you guys aren't as clicky as some of the other teams, I feel like. I think, I would, I would say so, but I will say about the track team that's kind of weird is like, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's own ecosystem. Like, within the track team, a lot of people date each other, which is interesting. And we talk about it a lot. Like, everybody just

kind of dates each other on the track team, which is a good sign. It means like there's good people in the track team. But yeah, it's, it's kind of interesting the way that that works. Like, everybody just dates each other. Yeah. Have you ever dated anyone on the track team? I'm actually currently dating somebody who was on the track team yes yes shout out yeah shout out shout out track team for yeah and I'm in two of my friends two weddings I'm in this summer are two people or all four people were on the track team together yeah louisa you're originally from Ohio yes correct Cincinnati yes I am okay um Ohio some sometimes gets a bad rap it does just because I mean obviously it you know I think it's terrible

Just because. Where are you from? Missouri. Oh, what? That's worse. I mean, I don't actually know. I've never been there. Calling all Missouri haters.

We hate Truman. I won't deny it. I'm kidding. I love Missouri. No, but Ohio just kind of gets a bad rap for some reason. I have some friends who are from Ohio who really love it. Jacob Carson's from Ohio, originally right. John Lannning, who is married to Elena Naborowski.

Yes. He's a proud Cincinnatian. I just met him this summer. Really? Yeah. Okay. Yes. Great guy. Great guy. So can you comment more on Ohio why it might be good actually if you think it is? Cincinnati in particular? Pitch it. Okay. Okay. So here's what I'll say.

Cincinnati is not like the rest of Ohio. Cincinnati is, it's unique. It's kind of like it's urban, it's fun, it's youthful, it's kind of like hipstery a little bit. Maybe a little liberal. And that's okay. But I will say, it's different than the rest of Ohio and like you get like with Ohio it's it's really kind of a weird place because you have these three big cities right Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati and then

you just have like farmland and it's like very like rural but then there's like these really big cities that it's just it's I think it's just it's a cool mixture of people and Cincinnati specifically just has a lot in it there's like a lot going on um P&G is or Pupp, not Pum and Gable is based P&G is headquartered in Cincinnati. Have I been going to Procter & Gamble every Wednesday night? It's the karaoke. Yeah, Procter & Gamble is the best karaoke. But anyways, so Procter & Gamble, which is like a multi-national company, Kroger's based

out of their, like these huge companies are based. Pub and Grub. Pub and Grub, headquartered in Cincinnati, famously. Yeah, so these big, like, hubs are based out of Cincinnati, so that's cool. And then my dad always used to say you can get anywhere from Cincinnati in, like, a day. Like if you drive for a day, you can get anywhere on like the eastern side of the U.S., which is great. Yeah, I mean, I like Skyline Chili. Yes.

That's good. Yes. That's rare, actually, that you would like that. I like John Lannine Skyline chili. Okay. I'll say that. Yeah. I like the Bengals, Joe Burrow.

Yeah, who doesn't like Joe Burrow? I said you were talking about the band and I was like, are they from Cincinnati? I like them too. Hold on it. I'll just start claiming things that aren't from Cincinnati. Yeah. Mickey Minaj is from Cincinnati. Gandhi is from Cincinnati. George Washington from Cincinnati.

Larry P. Arne. Larry Arne, Cincinnati. Born and raised. Wow. Let's hear for Cincinnati folks. Louisa, I think you, okay, we had Nathan Blye on the show earlier who also joined the one to church this year. Yes. I am, of course, referring to Pastor Jim's Bible Church established. established by passage of himself who was persecuted by Constantine.

He put the true Bible in the form of golden tablets, buried it. What do you have to say about your experience joining the church? Okay. What I will say is that Catholics love when you become Catholic, which is, it's like, obviously Christians love when you become Christian, but it's like I think it's because it's a specific sect of, like, Christianity. and like it's all kind of the same. It's people that like Catholics are just stoked when you're becoming Catholic.

That was like my favorite thing to tell Catholics was that I was becoming Catholic. I will say this as cradle Catholic. I love it depending on the person that's becoming Catholic. Oh really? Yeah. Don't join our club if you're. Well it's like I don't want to be told things by someone. Oh.

That's new. But also I know very little. Jacob put it perfectly. There's this meme that's like cradle. Catholics be like, I'm pretty sure we're not supposed to like commit acts of violence. And then it's like, RCAA Catholics be like, and it's like, well, according to the doctrine of this council in 1974, women should drive. Okay.

All right. But I'm glad that you two joined. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Louise, what were you growing up? I was, oh man, it's kind of like a weird mixture of things. But I wasn't, I guess we were, I was kind of raised non-denom. and then I kind of like fell away was like I called myself like agnostic but I was in seventh grade

so like I don't even know what that means. Okay. Haven't we all been there? Haven't we all been there? And then I in high school kind of like refound Jesus and then started going non-denom and then I went Baptist while I was here and then kind of like a slow progression to the Catholic Church. So other than Jesus and running, you are also a Kappa. Yes, I am.

And those are like the only three things that matter in life. Right. Jesus running and Capa. I mean as Catholics, you have to say Mary somewhere in there. Yeah. And also Mary. Yeah. What do you think is awesome sauce about Kappa?

We've like kind of had promos for the other two. So so give us, give us some of that. Oh man. I just love, I love being a Kappa. I think the women that were in the sorority really helped me grow as a person. I think I became like a better woman because of the women. that I was that I was surrounded by in Kappa. And that's ultimately what I wanted out of a sorority was just to join and like how these people

accept me and love me. And like also I think the biggest thing was like they saw something in me and they wanted me to cultivate it and they helped me cultivate it. And like it really helped me grow my confidence and become very womanly and true and all the things that you want to be as a woman. Yeah. I'm sure you have some of these. Do you have any favorite things that people outside of Kappa will tell you is a thing

that you do inside of Kappa. Like, for example, my big favorite is that Coyos kill owls during initiation. Oh, yes. That was told to me once as I was joining, and I was like, I really don't think that's true. And it's not. If it was true, would you have still joined?

Well, at that point, I'm in the room. Oh, during initiation. Yeah, you're with the owl killing it. I'm face to, face it's self-defense. Right. You got to do it. At that point, I would probably have to. But what if you just killed Christy Noam's dog.

Yeah, I guess I could do that. Do you have any owl killing favorites of Kappa? Okay, well, I guess being on a track team with, like, there's a lot of people who would be like, oh, like, you're in a sorority. It's kind of like weird. And so they'll be like, oh, like, you do like the blood sacrifice.

It's just like so aggressive. I'm just going to say public announcement. We do not do a blood sacrifice in Kappa. We can't speak for Pai 5, but at least. Ask Kaley. Yeah, we'll have Kaley. back on to clear up whether or not they do blood sacrifices. Do you do blood sacrifices?

Yes. So that's one. And I think, I mean, obviously it's a joke. Like, that's not true. But yeah, I think the blood sacrifice thing is probably the biggest one. There's like, there was this, like allegation that like we had to, like, you had to like, like the marble thing. Say no more. You know what I mean? I was on yodel during that time. So it's so funny story about that. Trubman propagated the myth. No, I did not do that one. Just like with Hillsnake, I was also wholesome on Yodel, relatively speaking. I don't know that that was wholesome, but... So the thing with the marble thing was, like, the person who would, like, do the marbles,

like, that would have had to be me because I was the new member chairman when that lie got spread. And so everybody's like, are you, like, do you do the marble? Like, are you the marble pusher or whatever? I don't even know what you would call that job. I got accused of that. Not, like, genuinely, but... Yeah. Yeah.

You know? That's crazy that you were behind. the marble. I was behind the marble. That was me. Louisa, you're a poly-econ major, correct? Yes, yes. All right.

What are you going to do with this very real major you have post-graduation? Oh, it's so fair. I honestly, okay, it sounds better to employers. Like, people here think it's like not legit, but employers would be like, oh, it's an economics degree. I'm like, uh-huh, yeah, sure. Take whatever you want from that. Certainly not.

but I actually am thinking of either going into sales or event coordinating, which have nothing to do with political economy. So, you know, schmoozing. Yeah, schmusing. Yeah. But that's the beauty of Hillsdale College. What's your favorite course you've taken for probably Econ? Like more history, econ, politics. Oh, man, that's a good question.

I probably like my history class is the most, but I will say my favorite class is probably politics and the family. which was like it was a class talk by Dr. West, and I think he taught it for like two years, and then they wouldn't let him teach it anymore, like they told him to stop or something. I don't know. But yeah, it was like, it was really interesting. So we went through how, like, ancient Greece kind of saw politics and the family to, like,

now and, like, how, like, kind of divorce laws and, like, just like feminism, like the New Way feminism and all that kind of stuff, how that changed. That's super interesting. Yeah, politics, political climate. It was really interesting. So we're going to move on to some rapid fire questions. Should I be worried? No.

Maybe. No. Hard hitting rapid fire questions. You have to kill someone. Who is it? No, that's not. To kill an owl. What animal would you kill?

Which owl? The one from Harry Potter? That's the only owl I know. I don't know one owl. That's it. Fish and folks, Louisa Klassner, would kill Edwick, if given the option. That was such a leading question. How other owls are there?

Barn owls? Yeah, barn owls. They had like the moon face, right? That's true. She wouldn't kill a barn owl. Owl from Winnie the Pooh. Yeah. Oh, he, yeah.

Actually, yeah, he's kind of annoying. Yeah. In terms of the worst Winnie the Pooh characters, it's probably him. Louisa, who is, other than yourself, your favorite couple on campus? Oh. Okay. Ben Henrik's and his girlfriend, Claire, I just, Ben Hinnirks is a stellar guy and I'm very close with Claire Hibkin's sister, Nola.

And she just speaks so highly of Claire. I've never actually really talked to Claire like a whole lot. But I just feel like any guy, any girl that Ben Hinnricks is dating has to be great. It has to be great. And I'm sure they're a wonderful couple. Yeah. I like without even seeing it, I just know in my heart. Yeah.

It's a good couple. All the couples you do know are like, what the hell? I know they're probably going to hear this and be like, what the heck. But it's about Henrik's, I mean, come on. This is basically just a Ben Henrik's promotion podcast at this point. It always is. Louisa, what's the worst grade you've ever gotten at Hillsdale, like final grade for a class? C minus.

I know. Yeah. What class? Accounting. You're worse than Truman and I. We've both gotten three Cs. Let's go. But never a C minus.

Damn. That's so tough. Um, yes. Or wait, no, what's the first, there's like accounting. Yeah, a financial accounting and followed by managerial accounting. See, I got a C-minus because I didn't even know what class I was taking. Okay. The final just said, what's the name of this course? And you were like, oh, C-minus.

Yeah. If you could make any two dorms on campus co-ed, force the residents to live with each other, which two dorms would it be? Whitley and Needfeld. Just because, like, that would be such. Gay dorm. Oh, I have to combine two. Like a women's dorm.

Oh, I see. Okay, I misunderstood the question. That's my bad. It's a good answer, though. But did you misunderstand? As a Whitley alum, I kid. Oh, you're a Whitley alum? Simpson, Whitley, Suites, off campus.

Wow, what a progression. That's crazy. Okay, I'll do Whitley then, because you're a representative here. We'll say Whitley and what are the women's dorms? Like Mac, Olds. Okay, what if he did, like, Olds and Whitley? and just see what happened. We forgot to make up beef

with someone. Okay, let's do this in a rapid fire one. This is a really universally well-liked man. There are no men on campus. You famously, Jacob Moore and his baby were walking down the street. And you just, you heckled them, you yelled at him, you called him a dirty ginger, if I recall.

That did happen. What prompted that? I just, man, it's the hair. It is the ginger hair. I just simply can't. I mean, and he has that baby. I mean, what the hell? The baby and the hair, I just, yeah.

It was too much for me. I heckled them. Yep, right on the sidewalk there. It just, yeah. It made me so angry. That makes sense. I think it's like the fiery, like the fiery red like enraged me. Yeah.

You know what I mean? Truman. Yeah. On a scale from tomato to pineapple. how much did you like this podcast? Pineapple is the good one in this scenario. Yes. Tomato, I've never really liked ketchup.

I like other tomato-based products. I'll give Louisa. What else would be on the scale? This is so difficult? You just have to pick one. You know what? Blueberry. I love blueberries. That's great.

Berries and cream. I would say I give this a tart cherry juice, which I really enjoy. I'm so glad. I'm Truman. And I'm Claire. And we like people. Goodbye.