Volume 120 Issue 8 Friday, October 30, 2015
News
The village entertains development possibilities Brenna Busby Editor-in-Chief
The Roberta A. Smith Library features seven technology focused classrooms.
Arts & Entertainment
Submission/ Ron Lauck The Communication, Media, & Theatre Department presented Proof during Homecoming Weekend.
SPORTS
Various retailers and restaurants are considering breaking ground in New Concord, though the companies doing so may depend on the outcome of the alcohol permit issue for The Wallhouse Hotel on this year’s November ballot. If the hotel is granted the D-5 hotel liquor permit it would set a precedent for other businesses looking to move into the area. According to the New Concord Village Administrator, Charlotte Colley, the hotel wishes to sell alcohol at a small bar in their facilities to their guests through room service and at any receptions that they might host at the hotel. “It’s not going to be the traditional, big, loud, [and] noisy bar that you’d think of,” said Colley. “This will be a very high class, low-key place to come down [and] have a drink [at] with another guest or a friend.” A meeting was held on Oct. 15 by the Village Council Policy Committee to discuss the possible impact that voting in favor of the liquor license could have on the
nice [for New Concord],” said Colley. Whether the businesses going on the available land near the hotel are restaurants or retail companies, it doesn’t affect the tone of the development as a whole. “They’re really trying to make sure that whatever they put up there is going to be sustainable and [that it] is going to help accentuate the value and really make this interchange off of Interstate 70 a very high quality development,” said Colley. The New Concord Village Council will look at the building and zoning aspects of the development that might come into play. “We [as the Village Council] want to make sure that it’s done well and that everything is done legally,” said Colley.
Jonnie Neuhart/ Black & Magenta If restaurants or retailers decide to open shop in New Concord and they want to sell liquor they have more opportunities to apply. “There is something really unique going on right now,” said Colley. “For a liquor license, you can only apply on a normal November ballot where you have candidates on the ballot.” Additional licenses can also be put on the May 2016 ballot, because it is a primary election. “There is an opportunity [in] May 2016 for if another restaurant would come in that wanted a liquor license and, [if] they did it quick enough, then they could potentially get on that ballot in May,” said Colley. The development land is right off of the Interestate 70 exit ramp.
Zicha charged in assault case, Winters takes over volleyball team Christine Holmes/ Chris Morgan Assignment Editor/ Sports Editor
The 2015 Hall of Fame Breakfast was held in The Recreation Center on Saturday, Oct. 24.
Village of New Concord. New developments in New Concord could be beneficial to the village, such as bringing more jobs to the region. “Some folks really feel that it’s a good opportunity to have amenities like the hotel and maybe high class restaurants and some other things that they may want to have come into the community,” said Colley. Some community members are not completely sold on the idea. “There is some concern that if we bring in larger developments that it’s going to create more problems,” said Colley. Colley said that if The Wallhouse Hotel is permitted to sell alcohol then it’s possible that companies that value alcohol related profits would look into moving onto the available land. According to Colley, if the permit is denied, then businesses where liquor sales are less important might be more interested in potentially opening a New Concord location. “[The developers] want to preserve the small town feel and make this something very upscale and
The Muskingum University volleyball team has been without its head coach after Elizabeth Zicha was placed on an unpaid administrative leave. The exact day she was put on leave has not been released in the police report. Zicha, 57 of New Concord, has been charged with one count of first-degree misdemeanor as-
sault following accusations from a player. According to a Muskingum University Police report, the volleyball team was reviewing film during a sit down coaching session on Oct. 8 when several players took their shoes off, one of which commented on being able to smell her own feet. That’s when Zicha allegedly threw a water bottle, striking the girl on the left side of her face.
According to the police report, the victim says this isn’t the first incident she’s had with the coach. Muskingum University President, Anne Steele, and Athletic Director, Larry Shank, have been made aware of the situation. Meetings with players and Zicha have been held. According to the report, Zicha reportedly said in a meeting with Shank and his staff that “her anger was out of control and she needed
to be stopped, even if that meant being suspended or fired.” According to the police report, the victim’s mother notified University Police on Oct. 12 that her daughter had been harassed by the two Assistant Volleyball Coaches, Sharon Adams and Elizabeth Bickford, following practice. The next day, Adams resigned from her position. See ZICHA ASSAULT, on Page 4
The search continues for the next Muskie president Karysa Kent Orbit Media Reporter The presidential search for Muskingum University started in the summer, but the Search Committee is now in the process of collecting names for consideration. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Hal Burlingame, said that there has been an official announcement made for the open presidential position and it is now available to the public. “We announced to the world [that] we’re now looking for a new president,” said Burlingame. “Let us know if you are interested, or let us know if you know some-
one who you think we should be talking to.” Names of possible candidates have started flowing in. According to Burlingame, the President Search Consultant of AGB Search, Saundra Tracy, said they have received a solid amount of feedback through the announcement being released. Muskingum has created a new tab on their homepage entitled “Presidential Search.” This page leads to two links. One is the “Presidential Search Profile” and the other is the “Presidential Search Advertisement.” “A profile was put together and it is now up on the website
Muskies celebrate Homecoming Payton Patterson Orbit Media Reporter
Muskingum University crowned their 2015 Homecoming royalty at the Annual Varsity Revue on Friday, Oct. 23. This year’s Queen was Olivia Brown, while Nick Flood was named King. Saturday, Oct. 24 brought many events, including the Fun Run, the Homecoming Parade, the Alumni Lunch, the football and womens soccer games, the Collage Concert, and “MU After Dark.” The 5K Fun Run was open to Alumni, current students, New Concord Community Members, along with faculty and staff.
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All participants got a free T-shirt at the completion of the race. The parade started by going down Route 40, through downtown New Concord on Main Street, then down Lakeside Drive and finishing on Stadium Drive. Organizations had people walking, riding in the bed of trucks, or on trailers throwing candy to the parade spectators. The Fighting Muskies scored their only touchdown in the final second seconds of the game and fell to the Ohio Northern Polar Bears 42-7 at McConagha Stadium. The womens soccer team fell 6-0 to the Polar Bears as well on Saturday night.
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at Muskingum University,” said Burlingame. “So everybody can go in there and read what we said about Muskingum University and what we said about a [perfect] candidate.” The Search Committee is currently talking with prospective candidates that were suggested. There will be a series of conversations and interviews. From this point, on the goal is to find the best fit for the University and its needs after President Steele retires. “Then, finally, somewhere out there next year, hopefully in March, we will have someone who wants to be here and [hope-
fully] we want them here to move dates and will narrow down the into the future with us,” said Bur- search this spring to find the 21st lingame. Muskingum University President. Burlingame said that PresiLetters to the Editor dent Anne Steele will be greatly The Black & Magenta encourages Letmissed by all that worked with her to the Editor. Letters must include throughout her years at Musking- ters contact information and a name to be conum. sidered for publication. Letters will not be “We have worked with Dr. published anonymously. Letters must be Steele all these years and she has 150 words or fewer. The editorial staff reserves the right to provided such outstanding leader- edit for style, grammar, and space. We ship and you’re not going to find will not publish any letter that we consider another Dr. Steele,” said Burlin- potentially libelous. If you have questions or would like to game. see how the paper is published, email President Steele participated in bandm@muskingum.edu. This is a student publication. Opinions her last Homecoming events last expressed in editorials and columns are weekend. those of their authors and do not represent The Search Committee will the opinions of Muskingum University. continue to interview the candi-
areas on every floor with tables, chairs, and beanbags. “Where we find areas where there is great light coming in, we create a lounge,” said Steele. There is one aspect of the old Library that remains intact, which is the Alumni Staircase from the Skylar Quarles/ Black & Magenta original building. Study areas are located in spaces where natural light is a prominent feature. The Library will give Muskies access to over 50 million books, 12,000 electronic journals, and Katie Meddings Muskingum University President 150 research databases. Orbit Media Reporter Anne Steele. Throughout the three floors of The Roberta A. Smith Library the Library, there are seven classopened its doors for the dedica- rooms and three reading rooms. tion on Friday, Oct. 23 at 4 p.m., The Library also holds differduring Homecoming Weekend. ent types of study rooms that can Local media outlets were invit- be reserved throughout the day ed on Tuesday, Oct. 20 to explore called “collaboration stations.” the new building. The areas inside These stations provide students the Library have an open layout, with the opportunity to come towhich allows for easy interaction gether and share their work with between students and faculty. the aid of a TV monitor, someSkylar Quarles/ Black & Magenta “[The Library] brings together, thing that can be beneficial for The Grand Staircase in the Roin an integrated way, academic group project work. berta A. Smith Library also serves life, social life, and is infused evAnother innovation is the as a study area for students in varierywhere with technology,” said lounge layout. This includes open ous platforms off of the stairs.
Muskingum starts a new chapter
Review: Muskingum puts on Proof for first play of the year Aaron Eno Orbit Media Columnist
During the week of Oct. 19, the Muskingum University Theatre Department launched its first play of the 2015-2016 academic year, Proof. It is also the first play directed by new Instructor of Theatre, Jimmy Bohr. The original show was made by David Auburn in 2000. I had the opportunity to the view the play for myself. The play really spoke of quality on the part of the performers who all did outstanding jobs. The story was great with only three individuals after the tragic death of Robert, who was a bril-
liant mathematician, leaving behind his two daughters, Catherine and Claire, and a previous student of his, Hal. The biggest thing for me was the plot twists. I love unexpected turns and this play was no exception. Robert appears through flashbacks as well as a part in the first scene when Catherine is talking to him. During this scene she realized that it, the visions of Robert, is a figment of her imagination. That was a cool plot twist and great way to start the show. It lets you know that perhaps Catherine is not in her right mind. Later in the story she [Catherine] falls for Hal. The relationship between Claire, Catherine’s sister, and
Catherine brought out some of the most heated moments in the play. Claire was the sister away in New York who paid the expenses while Catherine stayed home and took care of their father as his mental health deteriorated. Claire wants to bring Catherine back with her to New York right as Hal finds a proof that Catherine led him to, one that she claims she wrote. This moment was the main plot twist and ended the first act. The second act had a good bit of flashback scenes, containing moments of Catherine with her father. These moments showcased their relationship and his mental condition. A key point that came from the flashbacks is that
Hal had met Catherine once before when he was dropping off a paper to Robert, her father. The rest of act two revolved around the contention of who wrote the proof that Hal had found. The search for the creator of the proof causes all sorts of conflict between Hal and Catherine, because she thinks he doesn’t trust her. Claire doesn’t help the situation because she doesn’t think Catherine did the proof either. At this point, Catherine basically breaks down. The play ends with Hal rushing in to apologize before Claire takes Catherine off with her to New York, and they reconcile and sit down with the proof. The actors’ performances were
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all great. Each character really had a depth to each of them that made them believable. It is really a testament to the acting skills of the students that portrayed these characters. Then there is the true source of the beauty from Proof, the evoking of complex questions such as familial responsibility, trust, and inheritance. It is this question that I believe left the audience in such awe of the play Proof. The stage was well constructed and well used. Though I did not see it as it happened, all the work that was put into the behind the scenes action also deserves a job well done. Overall I would say it proved to be an evening well spent.
Five inducted into Muskingum Athletic Hall of Fame Garrett Knott Orbit Media Reporter Tradition and community were two of the underlying themes of the Muskingum University Athletic Hall of Fame induction on Saturday, Oct. 24. The ceremony included a breakfast for “M-Club” members and their families that was held in the campus’ Recreation Center.
“Coach [Donna] Newberry always got so excited and everything else when you hit a home run,” said Shingary. “I remember running to second base [playing against Ohio Northern] and I didn’t see the ball because we weren’t supposed to watch the ball. I was running to get ready to go to second and I’m looking at her, and she was yelling ‘you hit it over!’”
when it was our first tournament game,” said Grandey. “I know that Muskingum hadn’t made it past the first tournament game. We were playing at Capital, and there were three seconds left, and we were down by one, and they got me the ball and I shot it, and we won.” Former football player and head coach Heacock expressed gratitude for former players.
Jack Lofstrom
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Heather Shingary
Wade Chapman
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This year’s five inductees were Jack Lofstrom ’58 football, Jeff Heacock ’76 football, Heather Shingary ’98 softball, Wade Chapman ’02 wrestling and Jessica Gates-Grandey ’03 basketball. Athletic Director, Larry Shank, presented each of the inductees with a plaque honoring their respective sports and accomplishments. Each inductee also gave a thank you to everyone in attendance after being recognized. “Bus trips were really memorable, hanging out with the guys,” said Chapman. “We had a real tight bond with our whole group, our wrestling team. Wins and losses, they get blurry, but the friendships we’ve made and the connections that I have, that I still see to this day being a wrestling coach is nice.” For Shingary, breaking the home-run record and hitting her farthest home run in softball were some of her standout memories from her time at Muskingum.
Lofstrom remembered having to play both offense and defense in football during the late 1950’s. He also gives former coach Ed Sherman praise for being, in his opinion, one of the best football coaches for the University. “I appreciate being inducted into the Muskingum Hall of Fame today,” said Lofstrom. “It’s phenomenal to see all the old teammates and their wives, [and] also the other honorees. Our coach, Ed Sherman, was probably one of the best [coaches] and was inducted into the Coaches Hall of Fame.” Alumnus Bill Cooper was a first year when Lofstrom was a senior. “Muskingum gave us the opportunity, [but] there were no scholarships,” said Cooper. “We were playing the sport because we loved the sport.” Grandey remembered a time when her skills helped determine the outcome of a key basketball game against Capital University. “My favorite [memory] was
ZICHA ASSAULT, continued from Page 1 The report does not indicate the status of Bickford. Zicha was summoned to the New Concord Mayor’s Court on Oct. 13, where she was officially charged. Her next appearance is scheduled for Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m. The incident is still under investigation. Currently, Muskingum Head Softball Coach, Kari Winters, is serving as Interim Head Volleyball Coach for the remainder of the 2015 season. The Muskies are currently in the middle of an OAC Tournament run, standing in fourth place in the conference as of Oct. 27. Winters started her time at the helm of the volleyball team with a 2-2 record in her first four games, falling to Kenyon and OAC foe Ohio Northern on the road, and keeping the Muskies’ undefeated record at home intact with two wins over conference opponents Mount Union and Otterbein. Winters wasn’t sure what to expect going into the situation, but has now settled into the role of coaching volleyball. “I’m actually enjoying it a lot more than I thought that I would,” said Winters. “I was a little bit nervous at the beginning, but the ladies have a really nice job of coaching each other and helping
He worked with many players in his time being head football coach for the Muskie program for 26 years. “I think you remember the relationships that you have, it’s hard to pick out or individualize anyone when it’s been 26 years and hundreds and hundreds of athletes,” said Heacock. “Just the opportunity to work with young people at a special place like Muskingum and watching them progress and develop [is memorable]. The big thing is now that being out of coaching for awhile, seeing how successful they are in their careers as professionals [in the workplace].” The inductees were also honored at halftime during the 94th Homecoming football game against Ohio Northern on the football field at McConagha Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 24. This year’s class now joins the other 158 Muskies who have been Chris Morgan/ Black & Magenta selected for the same honor over Kari Winters gives the volleyball the last 35 years. team instructions during a timeout.
me to help them.” Winters believes she was chosen for the position mostly based on her previous experience in volleyball, and that she is the only coach currently on the athletic staff that has enough knowledge of the game to step into the void. As a high school athlete, Winters played four years of high school volleyball until she graduated in 2004. Since then, her volleyball play has been limited. “I’ve been a long-time [Muskie] volleyball supporter,” said Winters. “I’ve gone to a lot of the home games, and it’s always just been a side passion of mine, and I really enjoy the sport.” One challenge Winters and the team will face is keeping on track in the midst of their journey to get to the OAC Tournament at the end of the regular season. “I think that they really understand how they control their own destiny,” said Winters. “I think what they’re doing right now is they’re taking it one day at a time, and they’re growing.” Winters has also seen that the players are a little surprised with how much effort she is putting into the team, and believes that their new relationship is helping with the transition. “I’ve been breaking down a lot of film and reading blocks so I can tell our hitters where to put the ball,” said Winters. “I think the volleyball players are a little surprised on how much film I’ve been watching, and for them I think it’s created a little bit of comfort.” The Muskies will finish out their regular season on Oct. 31 with a home match against OAC rival John Carroll. They also have a non-conference battle against Denison the same day. The match against Denison is also at home in The Recreation Center.