Volume 120 Issue 26 Friday, April 22, 2016
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A snapshot of President Steele’s tenure at Muskingum Anne C. Steele to retire as President from Muskingum University Logan Weaver Orbit Media Reporter Muskingum University President Anne C. Steele is set to retire June 30, 2016, after a 17-year tenure as President of the university. “Since the moment I arrived, I have felt extremely privileged to be a part of the Muskingum community,” said Steele. Since her arrival to Muskingum in January 2000, Steele has left her mark on campus after becoming the first female president in the history of the university. During her time at Muskingum, Steele also led the construction of six new buildings on campus and had a hand in creating 15 new majors for students at the university. Steele said when she retires, she and her husband Chip plan to move to the Cleveland suburbs to be closer to their son Shaylor, his wife Hema, and their three-year-old son. Steele said that the timing in her career to retire Muskingum’s President felt right. It was a very good time to retire and my heart will always be connected to Muskingum,” said Steele. Various pictures taken with President Anne C. Steele during her time at Muskingum University. Photo credits from L to R: Kayla Rausch/ Submission Sarah Gotschall/ Submission Taylor Little/ Submission Muskingum University/ Submission
During the Board of Trustees dinner on Friday, April 15 honoring President Steele it was announced that The Recreation Center will be named the “Anne C. Steele Center.” According to Harold Burlingame, Chair of the Board of Trustees, the reason behind the
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name change is that students start and end with President Steele in the Recreation Center with Opening Convocation and with Graduation. “It’s an unbelievable honor to have a building named and to have the building where degrees are conferred…
that is a dream,” said Steele, “I am thrilled and deeply, deeply honored.” Steele coined a phrase during her inauguration speech when she referred to the school’s alumni as the “Long Magenta Line” that has
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since stuck with the university. Since then, a fundraising campaign was started under the same name and has raised $107 million dollars in her 17 years. Steele said that one of her favorite memories came recently after seeing a T-shirt with her famous “Long Magenta Line” quote. “I thought ‘Yes! It is really here! It must mean it’s a part of the culture,’” said Steele, “That was very nice.” Steele said that on a day-to-day basis she continued to learn more about Muskingum through her seventeen years. “I have learned daily how right I was that Muskingum is of the highest level of educational excellence and you can see that in what our alumni do,” said Steele. Steele said that she hopes that she and the University as a whole can be a model to other universities. “What we have been able to do at Muskingum is an inspiration to all people and what we are is an inspiration,” said Steele.“It is the creative energy brought about by an amazing and talented group of people. I hope that does inspire others.” Steele said that she plans to return to Muskingum and New Concord to visit in the future.
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Wellness comes to campus
Wellness Center sponsors Wellness Fair Martin Kurtz Orbit Media Reporter The 10th annual Wellness Fair was held about how to improve students’ health as well as to familiarize students with help from local health services. 221 Students filled The Recreation Center Atrium on Wednesday April 13. The Wellness Fair takes place every April in preparation for the spring weather and is hosted by the Wellness Center. Seventeen exhibitor tables filled the atrium with different organizations such as Muskingum University Counseling Services, the Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department, and multiple tables from the Genesis Health Care System. According to Director of the Wellness Center, Susan Fracker, because the Wellness Fair is limited in the amount of vendors that they can accept because of fire code violations, organizations are selected because of what their primary specialty service is and how they affect Muskingum’s campus community and students.
Cesley Hayes, Muskingum County Safe Communities Coalition Health Educator, said that they were excited to be at the Wellness Fair and to bring awareness to traffic safety like distracted and impaired driving. “It’s a great target audience because [college students] are young drivers and we really need them to be aware of different statistics and things,” said Hayes. “We don’t want them to become a statistic.” Fracker said that she wanted students to understand that relevant wellness information can benefit their life at Muskingum University and can also increase their future state of wellness. Fracker also said that she was happy with the overall success of the event. “We were thrilled that so many students and staff took advantage of the Wellness Fair opportunity,” said Fracker. “The exhibitors were very pleased with the participants and expressed how insightful and engaging our students were.” Students in attendance were able to participate in a bingo style game where they were able to win prizes.
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Earth Day Celebrating 46 years, Earth Day started with the intent to raise awareness of environmental issues. On April 22, 1970 the first Earth Day came to be and spurred legislation such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act. Earth Day has gone global with the help of 200 million people from 141 countries.
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Student Senate Elections results in open positions for Fall of 2016 Chris Morgan Sports Editor Muskingum University’s Student Senate elections for the 2016-2017 school year left seats still to fill for next fall. The elections for new senators, which were held Friday, April 15, only filled 11 of the 40 available positions according to Coordinator of Student Involvement, Jessica Leigh-Edge. All 11 seats were uncontested, forcing the cancellation of the actual elections. “It’s disappointing, but not unexpected,” said Edge. “Senate elections have rarely pulled people out in droves.” The current seats that are filled are Transfer Student Representative Johnny Barba, Academic
Representative Matt Triola, Gender and Sexual Minority Representative Harold Norsic, Commuter Student Representative Travis Brock, Honorary Representative, Luke Larsen, and Class of 2017 President Jarrod Goldman. The new Class of 2018 President is Jordan Hall, the Vice President will be Devan Boyer, and Logan Hall will be the Secretary. The Class of 2018 Treasurer, will be Surya Patel, and the Class of 2019 will be President Luke Lloyd. Editorial Staff
Some of the remaining available positions on Senate include the male and female independent representatives, male and remale athletic representatives, East and West Hill Representatives, and the organizational representative, according to Edge. Edge said that according to the constitution, the class presidents can either appoint individuals to the seats via recommendations to the Executive Board, or ask to have the positions opened up again for a fall election. “The only part that really bothers me is when good students are too fearful or too self-doubting to realize they would do a fantastic job,” said Edge. “It’s a scary step, putting oneself out into the world of student leadership, and I get that.” There is no current plan to attempt to get more students to get involved in elections, according to Edge, but her hope is to spend the summer coming up with ideas.
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Aaron Eno Orbit Media Reporter It’s not every day a movie gets filmed in your back yard. According to a story in Zanesville’s “The Times Recorder,” the faith based action movie “The Y Movie” is being filmed in Muskingum and Coshocton counties later this year and will feature the iconic Y-Bridge in downtown Zanesville. The film will follow a 17-year-old girl trying to maintain her faith in the midst of an economic collapse. The 25th annual MTV Movie Awards were hosted on April 10. The hosts Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart put on quite the spectacle as the entered the Warner brothers back straight off of Fury Road. All the categories are voted upon by the viewers as opposed to other award ceremonies. Best movie went to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” The full list of winners can be found online. Actor Will Smith was honored with the generation award for all his work in the industry. Marvel released the first trailer for “Doctor Strange,” coming out on Nov. 4. It features Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character Dr. Stephen Strange, who after suffering a accident travels the globe in search of answers.
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Fireworks light up campus Anna Kramig Orbit Media Reporter
Muskingum University’s World Vision club and the Student Life Office teamed up on Saturday, April 16 when they hosted a fireworks festival. Students arrived on the tennis courts at 9 p.m. and the fireworks were set off fifteen minutes later between Mose Morehead Field and McCall Lane. World Vision provided students with snacks and drinks during the fireworks. Free blankets designed by members of the World Vision club were given out to the first thirty people that attended the event. President of World Vision, Ryosuke Hosoi said that they wanted a firework show because the club wanted to do something special for the Muskingum community. “I’ve been here for four years, and I’ve never seen any fireworks
at all,” Hosoi said. “I’m just happy I can organize something big that everyone can enjoy.” World Vision first came up with the idea last semester, and decided that April would be the best time to have the event because of the warm weather and as a way to contribute to the other end-of-theyear celebrations. “We have Muskiepalooza, we have the Boat Regatta, and because it’s Board of Trustees weekend, we knew a lot of people would be around to see it,” Hosoi said. “So hopefully next year, even though I won’t be here, I want Muskingum to have another [event] to [add].” Hosoi said that World Vision did not set off the fireworks themselves, but instead had a separate company come to campus to set off the fireworks. This way, they Christine Holmes/ Black & Magenta could help ensure the festival was Fireworks were set off between Mose Morehead Field and McCall conducted in the safest and most secure way possible for students. Lane on Saturday, April 16.
Cardboard Boat Regatta makes big splash on Muskingum’s campus Zackary Huyghe Orbit Media Reporter
The Muskingum Lake was filled with competitors trying to be crowned the Cardboard Boat Regatta champions at the Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta Saturday, April 16. The team of junior Cody Dent and first year Lexi Ricker took the victory with their cardboard boat “Jabari 1230.” Dent and Ricker said that they came up with the idea to name their boat after a good friend of theirs who helped them and because of the amount of duct tape Christine Holmes/ Black & Magenta that they used. Dent and Ricker President elect, Dr. Susan Hasseler, and her husband, Dr. Ken Hassel- said that they used 1,230 feet of er, judge the cardboard boats before the beginning of the race. The team duct tape to complete their cardboard boat. “Jabari 1230” won the race and “Best Boat” category.
Though they won the race, the pair encountered some troubled waters. Midway through Dent had to use half of his paddle since the handle broke, but Ricker’s paddle was intact until the finish. “It was not high quality duct tape, and the paddles could have used a little more thought [beforehand],” said Dent. Dent and Ricker said they owe their success to the type of box that they used. “The key to our success I think was the sturdiness of the refrigerator boxes, and the cardboard rolls in between the bottom of the boat and the base for our feet,” said Dent. On top of Dent and Ricker winning the race, they also won in the “Best Boat” category.
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Muskie athletes learn valuable lesson Playoffs
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NBA set to deliver lots of excitement
This year’s edition of the NBA Playoffs is officially underway. As always, plenty of exciteChris Morgan ment is in store. Starting in Sports Editor the tough Western Conference, it’s almost a foregone conclusion that the 73-9 Golden State Warriors will advance to the NBA Finals. The way the rest of the conference will shake out is where it gets interesting. The Warriors will handle the Houston Rockets easily in the first round, but the Los Angeles Clippers–Portland Trailblazers matchup is intriguing. The Clippers are more experienced with Chris Paul leading the squad, but Damien Lillard and C.J. McCollum could easily pull off some magic and beat the Clips. The Warriors and Spurs will likely meet up in the conference final, but the match-up between the Spurs and Thunder in the semifinal should be exciting. In the East, the most interesting match-ups are the Atlanta Hawks against the Boston Celtics, and the Toronto Raptors against the Indiana Pacers. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat should each take care of business easily. In the end, the Cavaliers will come out of the East, but it will be difficult. That will set up the rematch between the Warriors and Cavs in The Finals, which should deliver tons of energy.
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Muskingum athletes took a couple hours off from their usual grind on Monday, April 11 to hear a special message about drug addiction in collegiate sports. Wayne Campbell, founder of Tyler’s Light, talked to Muskies about his son, Tyler Campbell, who died from an accidental overdose in 2011. Tyler was a star football player from Pickerington, Ohio who ended up playing Division I football. Campbell talked about Tyler and described how his heroin addiction started out as a pain pill addiction while he was playing college football for the University of Akron. Tyler joined the team at the University of Akron on scholarship and became their starting safety during his sophomore year. However collegiate football eventually took a physical toll on Tyler.
After having issues with his shoulder during the season Tyler elected to have surgery to correct the issue. Following the surgery, Tyler was prescribed Vicodin to help alleviate the pain. After Tyler’s recovery was complete he continued to take other prescription pills and eventually substituted those with a cheaper and stronger drug, heroin. Tyler went to rehab to help with his drug addiction, eventually getting sober. Campbell said that Tyler’s chances of relapse were heavily against him at 92% due to the addictiveness of the drug. The morning after coming home from rehab, Tyler was found dead, accidentally overdosing from heroin. Campbell then created Tyler’s Light to increase awareness of addiction within the world of college athletics. “We’re trying to stop this with education and prevention,” said Campbell.
Zach Vinski/ Black & Magenta Tyler’s Light founder, Wayne Campbell, takes questions from Muskie athletes during his presentation on April 11. Campbell’s presentation listed the dangers and effects caused by pain pills and drugs from Vicodin to heroin, as well as the warning signs of addiction. Campbell’s compassion for the well-being of athletes who could fall into the same fate Tyler did is what keeps him going. “There’s somebody’s Tyler out there, this is happening so often, it’s somebody else’s family,” said Campbell.
Campbell urged everyone to be aware of the warning signs of addiction to help look after their friends and teammates. Some of the warning signs include mood swings, change of friends, and financial troubles. Campbell left Muskies with a final message that encouraged athletes to look out for their fellow teammates for they are not only their teammate, but also someone’s son or daughter.
Womens Bowling racks ‘em up at national tournament Katie Meddings Orbit Media Reporter After holding the rank of 16th in the country, the Muskingum Womens Bowling team came home with 4th place in the Club Collegiate National Tournament in Indianapolis “[I’m] very pleased with their effort, with the amount of enthusiasm they had the whole tournament, [and] the great team play that they had,” said Head Coach Doug Smith. “I couldn’t be more pleased.”
Junior Patsy Tyo, sophomores Brandie Jo Tinlin, Summer Finley, and Kiki Hudson, and first-year Emily Storts represented Muskingum at the national tournament. “They bowled the best they could, there’s no doubt about it,” said Smith. “There’s only five of them, other teams had eight, so if you get tired you have a sub to swap out. We didn’t have that. Those girls had to do it all themselves. That was part of the ‘Muskingum show’ that everybody was enjoying watching, they couldn’t believe what we were doing.”
Finley scored well enough to become a finalist for All-American Candidate, meaning she was in the top 25 bowlers in the country for club teams. “It feels amazing to be an [All]-American finalist,” said Finley. “It is my first big accomplishment in college bowling and it is only my second year. I’m very proud of my team, and I wouldn’t trade the experience for the world.” The team took 13th place in the country thanks to their second semester scores.
The tournament was set up was with the All-Baker Game format, so there were five bowlers on a team and each player was responsible for 2/10 frames per game. Muskingum first went up against Penn State for match play. The match can be viewed online at bowlstreamtv.com, where Muskingum came out on top during best three-out-of-five matches on the day. The scores for those matches with Muskingum running were 219-123, 172-127, and 156-152. The championships were held April 9-10.