Volume 120 Issue 3 September 18, 2015
News
The presidential search is on
The Admission Office has Thank Muskingum University Public A Teacher forms available for any Relations student to send to a past teacher who made a difference. Brenna Busby Editor-In-Chief
Arts & Entertainment
The search for the next President of Muskingum University has begun. Faculty members, alumni, residents of New Concord, Board
of Trustee members, and current Muskingum students were chosen for the ongoing task of finding the next leader for the University. Robert W. Patin is the Chair of the search committee. Hal Burlingame, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, is also on the committee. “It was our responsibility as a Board to put together a search committee,” said Burlingame. During the summer a survey was sent to faculty, members of the community, the alumni council, and to the administrative staff at Muskingum asking questions about the University in relation to the next president. Burlingame said that the questions focused on things like,
where are we now and where do we need to go? The Board itself is also trying to come to terms with what will happen next. “There are a lot of wonderful things that have happened here under Dr. [Anne] Steele’s leadership, but now she won’t be with us and we have to think beyond her time here,” said Burlingame. “Who do we want to see sitting in that chair of leadership?” The process will continue through the rest of the Fall 2015 semester as they are looking for the successor. “We want to make sure [that] we get the right person at the right time to lead us to the next stage in
our life,” said Burlingame. The University has hired an organization to help the search process. Heading the charge is President Search Consultant of AGB Search, Dr. Saundra Tracy. According to Burlingame, she is a specialist for finding people to assume “academic leadership positions.” Burlingame said that specific information about the job will be posted soon for interested parties. Burlingame said that around Feb. or March 2016 the Board will narrow down the applicants to a select group of two or three finalists before the choosing of President Steele’s successor.
rector of Student Conduct, Amber Zifzal, are the two staff members who were primarily in charge of getting Title IX onto Muskingum’s campus.
activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Muskingum University provided students with the first Campus Clarity Title IX training during
the first. In addition to the training program, the University is now providing the campus with programs that focus on gender to help students understand what their peers may be going through. “We want to make sure that our population understands and appreciates that,” said Janet HeeterBass. “So that’s where you try and gear it towards the issue on your campus.” Adjustments are still being made to the programming. “It’s a process,” said HeeterBass. “We are nowhere close to having a program that’s done and canned. It’s just continuing to work through and see what we can do.” More information and an incident report form can be found at Muskingum.edu.
Title IX teaches students equality Karysa Kent Orbit Media Reporter The Trombone player at practice piece was created with beer caps on scrap wood and is on display at the Louis O. Palmer Gallery.
SPORTS
Muskie Womens Soccer falls to 0-3 to start the 2015 season after loss in home opener.
The Title IX training program is required for all students to finish this school year. This training process takes a couple of hours and provides students with information focusing on equality, sexual assault, and alcohol. However, there are no actual penalties for not completing the training. “At this point there aren’t repercussions if you don’t do it,” said Director of Student Conduct, Amber Zifzal. “I will continuously email [students]. I’ll keep pushing you to get that done.” Every professor is required to now include a short Title IX description on every class syllabus. Vice President for Student Affairs, Janet Heeter-Bass, and Di-
Brenna Busby/ Black & Magenta The Title IX training link was sent to students in an email over the summer. Title IX states “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any education program or
the 2014-2015 academic year. This past August, Muskingum sent a link to the second part of the Campus Clarity training program as a second installment to the first course. It was much shorter than
Editorial: student voice
Students show teachers appreciation Rachel Schlarb Orbit Media Reporter
The Admission Office at Muskingum University gave students a chance to thank a high school teacher during the Involvement Fair Sept. 8. Erica Yovanovich, a, junior at Muskingum, completed the Thank a Teacher form in appreciation of her high school teachers. “I feel like it’s important to give back to your high school and
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explain to them how grateful you are for everything that they did for you,” said Yovanovich. “They are partially the reason why we are here today in college, so I think it’s a good thing to thank them.” Yovanovich liked the meaning behind the forms. “I love the fact that [the students] are able to do this and write cute little notes back to their teachers,” said Yovanovich. Forms are still available for students at the Admission Office.
Rachel Schlarb/ Black & Magenta Gary Atkins, Marcy Ritzert, and David Snider from the Admission Office hand out the forms during the Involvement Fair.
cesses as well as pitfalls during it’s existence. A point of the success was the amount of people that were supportive of The Chase. “I do have to say a strength was the sponsors,” said Golden. “We had lots of sponsors and people that participated and wanted to make it work...businesses downtown, Larry Shank and the athletic department were very helpful, even faculty were sending me programs where students could check in for The Chase.” The Chase saw early success but there were also some issues with the program that led to it not returning this semester. “It started out pretty good, a lot of activities were lined up at the beginning and students that did try to get involved in The Chase checked in and it went pretty well
but there was no momentum built up,” said Golden. Golden thinks that newer and better technology might be needed to fully enact a program like The Chase on campuses around the country. “I think the weaknesses were that we never did get the technology correct, we had students working on the webpage but we did not have an app available. The resources were just not there to get the page to work properly and the way we wanted it to,” said Golden. Despite setbacks, a program like this is still possible in the future. New technology would have to be implemented. Though The Chase didn’t do as well as anticipated, Golden thinks other programs that have a similar basis to The Chase could work well on Muskingum’s campus.
The Chase is over on campus Lindsey Kreamer Orbit Media Reporter
The Chase was an incentive-based involvement program that started as an assignment for a business senior seminar course during the 2014 school year. The idea of the program was that Muskies could go to certain sanctioned events or locations on campus including sports games, organizational events, and even local stores and dining places to gather QR codes. When the codes were scanned, students would earn points. Students who attended the most events and had gathered the most points would win a prize. Students from other majors were also involved in the planning and setting up of The Chase including Digital Media Design and Computer Science. “The students did a wonderful job at making it happen and putting together all the pieces to make sure it was feasible for Fall 2014,” said Gary Golden, Faculty Advisor to The Chase program. “So I am extremely proud of that group of students.” The program saw several suc-
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Students should be outraged by the last editorial in The Black & Magenta addressing the funding cuts to the newspaper. They should be disappointed. They should be taking action. Students have been fooled by members of this administration, at least from the Academic Affairs side. When The Black & Magenta was told to cut back on spending, the orders did not come from Student Senate or the Vice President for Student Affairs, as laid out by the Student Senate funding guidelines. The order came out of Montgomery Hall. That is not where the Student Affairs Office is housed. That is an entirely different division of administration telling students what to do with their money from the student activity fee. The Vice President for Academic Affairs has no say in student activity fee spending, yet the demand to cut down on The Black & Magenta printing came from the Academic Affairs office. This cut did in fact happen. The proof is in the size of this very newspaper. Senate has not proposed a change in the funding of The Black & Magenta. The funding allocations meeting for the semester has not been held. Members of the Senate Finance Committee met with student and faculty representatives from the newspaper on April 24 to discuss the finances of The Black & Magenta. The newspaper representatives
left the meeting feeling confident about the future of The Black & Magenta for the next academic year. However, in late August the entire newspaper staff was blindsided by a request to print fewer issues of The Black & Magenta per semester. Ultimately, the agreement was a smaller weekly paper. There has been an obvious breach in the student government process with this cut to The Black & Magenta. Constitutionally, the only way the funding for The Black & Magenta can be altered is through a Senate proposal. This never happened. The Black & Magenta has served as the source for campus news since 1894. In recent years, the paper has begun to diminish. Just 20 years ago, The Black & Magenta was publishing a 16-page paper. More recently, an eight-page paper has been published. Now it’s down to just four pages, one spread. What’s next for this traditional publication at Muskingum University? Now is not the time to eliminate The Black & Magenta.
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Wood, wool and ink art exhibit debuts Lindsey Grafe Orbit Media Reporter
The Louis O. Palmer Art Gallery will be hosting their new exhibition, “Wood, Wool and Ink” starting on Sept. 9. Residents in and around New Concord can visit the gallery to view local artwork by John and Janet Taylor-Lehman. The gallery will also feature a few pieces created by their two sons, Dylan and Vaughn. Professor of Art, Yan Sun, viewed the couple’s artwork at an exhibition last year and decided to invite them to come to Muskingum. Once they accepted, Sun spent the next several months planning the show. “I design the exhibition for our students and have a confidence that students will love the works,” said Sun.
The exhibition includes several mixed media pieces, all having something to do with wood, wool, and ink and various combinations of the materials. John and Janet Taylor-Lehman, who are residents of Zanesville, are excited to have their work displayed on Muskingum’s campus. Both John and Janet TaylorLehman credited their inspiration to nature. While Vaughn was inspired by gift-giving and Dylan, who did the ink drawings, was inspired by sci-fi and fantasy. Bottle caps make luminescent feathers for wooden birds. Recycled wool is woven into patterns that adorn the walls. Fantasy landscapes and sci-fi superheroes are inked onto white pages. “The most favorite is Trombone Player at Practice. The Art Department have [made] a
decision that we will purchase this work as a permanent collection.” Ultimately, Sun said that students who visit the exhibition will be able to draw inspiration from the interesting pieces that are on display. The aim of the many art exhibitions that are showcased on campus is to not only display beautiful artwork, but also to benefit the students in the best way possible. Each exhibition is planned meticulously months in advance. Sun has already begun planning for the Spring 2016 galleries. Annual shows include the Christmas Student Competition Show in the fall. “Wood, Wool and Ink” will continue to be displayed in the Louis O. Palmer Gallery throughout September. The art exhibit admission is free and open to all visitors by appointment.
Lindsey Grafe/ Black & Magenta Green Jay On Pond. Beer caps on scrap wood.
Local band mixes history and music Karysa Kent Orbit Media Reporter
A local band has been making its way through the country and also on the WMCO 90.7 air waves. This band, The Wayfarers, consists of Brandon Bankes (mandolin), Josh Hartman (guitar and harmonica), Jake Loew (banjo), Kenzie Maynard (fiddle), and Nathan Zangmeister (washtub bass). The Wayfarers have been a locally known for about five years they have released four albums. “In 2009, Josh and I went to the same church, and there was a country gospel night so we put the band together for that one occasion,” said Bankes. “It went so well that we decided let’s do this for real rather than just for one time.” Their music that fills the air during each performance is a style that was played before bluegrass was known as a genre. “We were aiming for bluegrass Lindsey Grafe/ Black & Magenta and then we started coming across The exhibit focuses on using Lindsey Grafe/ Black & Magenta normal objects in a way that shows these older tunes,” said Hartman. Gorilla Troupe in mixed media is a piece featured in the exhibit. “The old Americana tunes like old their unusual qualities.
timey, the pre-bluegrass stuff and we realized that, that was more of a fit for us.” The band has kept their historical roots and plays music that has been in this region for many generations. “We love traditional Appalachian music especially in the region that we are [in], Southeast Ohio,” said Bankes. “It’s important to embrace your heritage and I don’t think we’ll ever get away from that.” The Wayfarers may be a local band, but they don’t just keep within this area. They have extended their reach to neighboring counties and states. One of the reasons The Wayfarers travel is to introduce this region and other regions to the music of traditional Appalachia. “The importance for traveling is meeting the people and exposing them to the music that came from this region,” said Zangmeister. “We play a lot of music that came from other regions, too.” The Wayfarers continue to bring their music to audiences across the country.
Injury-plagued Muskies fall in home opener
Chris Morgan/ Black & Magenta Miranda Bishop watches the play unfold Sept. 8 against Wooster. Chris Morgan Sports Editor
dill thought that even though the Muskies didn’t get the win, the team still showed some improveThe Muskingum University ment from their previous games womens soccer team fell in their throughout the match. “Honestly we’re not happy 2015 home opener to Wooster 3-0 on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at McCo- with a loss, but from a learning standpoint, we showed more efnagha Stadium. Head Coach Mary Beth Cau- fort, and gut, and grit than we
Intramurals begin on campus Payton Patterson Orbit Media Reporter
Intramurals are starting up at Muskingum University. Some events include sand volleyball, soccer, and flag football all in the fall, and basketball in the winter. Intramurals are a way to get out and get involved with other students on campus. Senior Referee Coordinator Adam Piciacchia is hoping to see a lot of new members. “The biggest thing would be participation,” said Piciacchia. “We always love having more teams come out and [having] as many teams as we can get.” Sand volleyball began on Saturday, Sept. 12 and the amount
have in our first two games,” said Caudill. The Muskies were able to hold off the Wooster attack for most of the first half, but the Scots eventually broke through in the 22nd minute with a goal to go up 1-0 over the Muskies. The score would remain the same going into the halftime break. Then the Scots got a surge of power in the second half, putting up two more goals in the 63rd and 68th minutes of the contest to put the finishing touches on the win over the forcibly youthful Muskies. “We’re young, we expect some things to happen,” said Caudill. “We put some players in positions that they’ve never played today, and they stepped up to the challenge.” With the loss, the Muskies have started their 2015 season at 0-3, going in the opposite direc-
tion of last season’s 7-1-1 performance in nonconference play. Caudill believes figuring out which players will step up to fill the voids left by the 2014 seniors will help the team improve. “We’re still figuring out who’s going to fill the Moriah Mathies role, who’s going to be our takecharge girl,” said Caudill. The Muskies could be getting some reinforcements soon with key players coming back from injury. The Muskies have been playing without three of the team captains so far in 2015, including junior midfielder Morgan Price. “I think if we can start getting some of these starters back in the lineup it’s going to start adding some confidence,” said Caudill. The Muskies look to bounce back from their slow start as they continue to get fully healthy before beginning OAC play.
are looking to expand as much as along with sports. we can with what we are given.” Students are encouraged to The intramural staff is open to contact Siesel or the intramural of teams increased substantially from last year. In 2014 there were ideas for more intramural events staff with any new ideas for intra60 participants and nine teams, including card and board games murals this year. but this year there is a much larger group of 130 participants and 20 teams. The only problem with these big numbers is there is only one sand court on campus. “We are feeling the growing pains a little bit, but that is a good problem,” said Student Life Coordinator Deven Siesel. Even with all of these events, Siesel would like to see even more brought into the fold at Muskingum. “Expanding into outdoor rec, Chris Morgan/ Black & Magenta which includes high ropes, kayaking, white water rafting and Pelumi Dacosta (left) and Yousuf Rasmussen (right) go for the ball things like that,” said Siesel. “We during an intramural soccer game at McConagha Stadium.
Captain’s Quarters Super Bowl 50 promises a familiar winner The 2015 NFL season is finally here! We can all finally forget about deflated Chris Morgan footballs and Sports Editor courtroom football for a little while, as the game we truly love has returned for another installment to enjoy. It’s usually difficult to pick the next Super Bowl winner this early in the year, but that’s never stopped anyone before. Let’s start with the AFC playoff picture. Despite losing key defenders like Darrelle Revis, the New England Patriots are the team to beat in the conference. The defending Super Bowl champions should be the team the rest of the league wants to take down. After the Pats, the Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, and others all look to make a splash. In the NFC, the road to the Super Bowl still runs through Seattle. The Seahawks will lead the way as the first seed. Keep an eye on the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, and New Orleans Saints as big players. Super Bowl 50 will end up being a golden matchup of Brady vs. Rodgers as the Patriots and Packers meet up in the big game. At the end of the day, Brady and the Patriots will raise the team’s fifth Lombardi Trophy.