Volume 120 Issue 4 September 25, 2015
News
Food task force proposed to Senate Brenna Busby Editor-in-Chief
New Concord Area Pool Manager Linda Jones was honored at the last Village Council meeting with an award for 25 years of service.
Arts & Entertainment
The Crumb and Cup added new options to the menu. A chicken salad sandwich on a croissant, as well as numerous cookies and a drink of the week are available.
SPORTS
Muskie Volleyball serves to victory in the 2015 home opener.
to] make better.” Some students living on campus have access to full kitchens where they could make food for themselves more often than the students living in traditional dorms. “Our goal would be to get students that are living in Lakeside Houses or Townhouses the ability to be off of the meal plan,” said Schaumleffel. He spent the summer researching and visiting universities to find information about their food programs and comparing their programs to the program that Muskingum uses. He took interest in their students ability to use their meal swipes at places off campus. Schaumleffel plans to get in contact with The Vice President for Student Affairs, Janet HeeterBass, and potentially President Anne Steele and present them with the information he has collected on the food program. He plans to present the research he has collected, the opinions of students, his petitions, and Student Senate reactions.
Sophomore Class President Jason Schaumleffel has brought a possible task force together in front of Student Senate to delve into the campus food programs. Schaumleffel’s goal is to create a task force to address issues with food on campus instead of a committee. “Everyone on Senate is really busy,” said Schaumleffel. “To form a committee it’s [a] very complex [process] and it takes a lot of time.” During the 2014-2015 academic year Schaumleffel distributed a petition on campus about changing the food program and in four days compiled 1,665 signatures. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Schaumleffel had a meeting with the Food Service Director, Jodie Swendryck. Topics of discussion included the possibility of meal exchanges in The Winn Cafe, speeding up the lines in The Bait Shop, and healthier food options in general. Schaumleffel attempted to find some middle ground when it comes to food selection. “Trying to figure out what is best for the students in food choices but also in healthier options,” said Schaumleffel. 950-1,000 students are currently enrolled in one of the three meal plans. Each student pays roughly $5,000 for the meal plan. “The food program has about 5 million dollars per year,” said Brenna Busby/ Black & Magenta Schaumleffel. “Our big goal since Barbecue Chicken Calzones are there is a lot of money in it is to one of the fried options available for try to figure out what we can [do purchase in The Bait Shop.
Lindsey Grafe/ Black & Magenta Katie Speed illustrates the lack of student involvement on campus.
Student apathy high on campus Lindsey Grafe Orbit Media Reporter Daniel Barr, the Academic Representative of Student Senate, recently suggested creating a Student Involvement Committee as a way to get students more involved on campus and with Student Senate. “On campus there seems to be a growing disinterest in Student Senate,” said Barr. “To me, that’s kind of scary. That shows a disinterest in our community that we’re trying to build.” Barr cited Socrates’ Café, a monthly discussion group he was part of, as an inspiration. His hope is that a “discussion group” of sorts will give students a judgment-free environment in which they can speak their minds, as well as help forge a better, closer relationship between Student Senate and the students. At the moment, the committee is only an idea, so there is no way to tell when or if it will be formed. “Ideally, I’d like to see it formed before I graduate,” Barr said, “But realistically, probably not.”
The committee itself would be a part of Student Senate and have similar types of meetings as Socrates’ Café. Meetings would be open to all students and residents of the New Concord community. It is intended to be a way to voice complaints or concerns without fear of judgment. “We’re not scary people,” said Barr. He said Student Senate is trying to get students more involved with what senators do. Barr said the committee could be a group on-campus that students and residents in the New Concord area can utilize to voice their opinions. As for the committee, Senate is still trying to gauge student interest in it. Senate holds open meetings every Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Room 304 in the Walter K. Chess Center. For committees to be official, a Student Senate Representative must present the idea to the Executive Board and then other senators must take interest. Barr sent out an email to all of Student Senate on Sept. 9 to see who was interested.
Community walks for hunger Karysa Kent Orbit Media Reporter The Crop Hunger Walk is making its way back to New Concord on Oct. 4. The walk has been an annual event on campus for many years. Christine Holmes/ Black & Magenta Muskingum University ChapNew Concord Pool Manager Linda Jones earns an award for 25 years lain, Will Mullins, and College of service at New Concord Village Council on Sept. 14. Drive Presbyterian Church Reverend, Anne Weirich, planned the event. The first step in the process was putting out feelers between other organizations. “We start having a conversation with service representatives,” Barrett Fitzgerald even after spending all of her re- said Weirich. “And then our minOrbit Media Reporter quired time on the job. isterial association, which is a Program Director for NC- partnership between Friendship New Concord Area Pool man- CARD, Judy Beetem, said that Baptist, New Concord United ager Linda Jones was rewarded Jones works nearly twice as much by the Village of New Concord as she gets paid. for her 25 years of service at the Jones’ family spends just as New Concord Area Pool. much time at the pool as she does. She was honored with this “I’m glad she is getting the award at the Village Council recognition she deserves,” said meeting on Monday, Sept. 14. K.C Jones, Linda’s husband. After two weeks of tension She started as a volunteer at “It was all for the kids,” said between Student Senate and The NCAP when her husband mowed Jones. “I am very proud of the Black & Magenta following the grass and it sparked into a career community, I feel honored.” editorials addressing an apparent that changed Jones’ life. New Concord Mayor, Greg funding cut to the paper, it can be She trained lifeguards and Adams, gave a short speech about said that everyone was right. managed the chemical propor- Jones after she was presented her Both Senate and The Black & tions in the pool. award. Magenta made arguments based Adams also stated that Jones off the information they knew to “It took a while to get used to had impacted over 100,000 peo- be true. it, but I managed,” said Jones. ple and multiple generations of She often spent her free time The Black & Magenta editors families in her 25 years of service. wrote the editorial to capture the there trying to maintain the pool, attention of students and adminisEditorial Staff Follow Orbit Media trators and address the advisement Editor-in-Chief Brenna Busby News Twitter @Orbit907News Assignment Editor Christine Holmes Sports Twitter @Orbit907Sports of the Vice President for AcademA&E Editor Lindsey Kreamer Music Twitter @Orbit907Music ic Affairs to reduce newspaper Sports Editor Chris Morgan Facebook Facebook.com/Orbit907News spending. We have since learned Copy Editor Rachel Schlarb YouTube OrbitMediaTV that there was a miscommunicaCirculation Manager Aaron Eno Instagram @Orbit907 Faculty Advisor Lisa Marshall Periscope @Orbit907News tion over the summer between the Vice President for Student Affairs Orbit Media Newsroom (740) 826-8379 SoundCloud SoundCloud.com/Orbit907
Area pool manager praised for service
Methodist, West Minister Presbyterian Church, Bloom Field Presbyterian Church and College Drive Presbyterian Church.” This chunk of the planning takes a few months to work out. Normally the Crop Hunger Walk is held on the Muskingum University Track but not this year. “This year we’re going to start at the United Methodist Church parking lot,” said Mullins. “We’re going to come down the alley [and] circle around Main Street.” The walk will be about an hour long and conclude at the Village Green. Refreshments will be available for participants after the walk at Village Green. The Crop Hunger walk is an event that happens every fall
throughout the United States by a Church World Services, which is an international organization. “It’s sponsored by an organization that is international,” said Mullins. “It’s called Church World Services it’s been around for years now. It is a group of people who are connected to ending world hunger and it comes through a broad range of people regardless of their religious commitments.” This hour long walk will represent the time it takes for people in foreign countries to get fresh water. The event will take donations and a fourth of the donations will go towards the food drive at the College Drive Presbyterian Church. Weirich can be contacted for information at (740) 826-4036 or at anneweirich@mac.com.
and the Vice President for Academic Affairs that led to that premature order. Student Senate was right to defend their procedures. They were not aware of what happened over the summer between The Black & Magenta and the VPAA. Based off the information they knew, Senate was right. It’s true that senators never made an official proposal to cut the funding to The Black & Magenta. It’s also true that funding allocations were not made when The Black & Magenta published that editorial. The Black & Magenta editors were not attacking Student Senate with the first two editorials. The editors were simply bringing light
to the student body about what happened over the summer. No student was ever wrong for defending what they care about. Therefore, everyone was right.
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Caffeinating New Concord
Business Club golf outing up to ‘par’
Rachel Schlarb Orbit News Reporter
Lindsey Kreamer Arts & Entertainment Editor Muskingum University’s Business Club hosted a fundraising golf outing on Sept. 19. The outing took place at Fuller’s Fairways in Zanesville. It started at 8 a.m. and finished at 2 p.m. The Business Club had 12 different teams sign up to compete. The team with the lowest overall score won a grand prize presented by the Business Club. A silent auction was also held by the Business Club in a shelter at Fuller’s Fairways the day of the event. A cookout lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers were provided to any registered golfer. The Business Club also saw overwhelming support from a variety of sponsors around the area. “The amount of sponsors we got thus far has been way more than we could ever imagine and the amount of teams that have signed up have actually almost
Lindsey Kreamer/ Black & Magenta A team tees off at the Business Club golf outing Sept. 19. reached our goal and we imagine that teams will sign up the day of,” said Brittany Matthews, Business Club President. The organization decided to do the golf outing to try something new on campus for fundraising. “We’re trying to start something new and something that can be a tradition through the Business Club,” said Matthews. Some of the people involved in Business Club have a background with golf outings, similar to
this one, which helped with the planning and carrying out of the event. “I worked a few golf outings last summer for an internship and I got good experience with them and saw how big of a fundraiser they could be for a club or organization,” said Matthews. The team that had the lowest total score and that took home the $400 grand prize included Trevor Wilkinson, Austin Wilkinson, Tristan Bruce, and Levi Boyer.
Camp Muskie gets students into the great outdoors Aaron Eno Orbit Media Reporter On Sept 26 and 27, Muskies will have the opportunity to camp out in the Hollow for the second annual Camp Muskie. The event is being brought back this year due to its high success among the students. Director of International and Multicultural Student Services and Special Programs, Valerie Smith, said that around 50
students attended last year’s first Camp Muskie. “What we figured out from that experience was that yes, Muskies like to camp, and October is really cold,” said Smith. Last year’s Camp Muskie was held in October to give students the chance to bring their own camping gear. This year that is not an issue as students had the opportunity to register to rent a tent on OrgSync. Tent registrations were due by
Sept. 18. Though students did not need to register for a tent on OrgSync to be able to attend at anytime that night. “You can absolutely just show up look and see what the weather is going to be like and see what’s going on,” said Smith. Not only students came to last year’s Camp Muskie, faculty also got involved in the nights. “The [students] had so much fun, we had some faculty that came down and played musical
In May 2015 Pat Mullen and his wife, Judy Mullen, took over ownership of The Crumb and Cup Alley Cafe in New Concord. Since taking over ownership, Mullen has added new drinks and food items onto the local coffee shop’s menu. “We kept the menu pretty much the same,” said Mullen. “We gradually made changes as we [went] and expanded.” Mullen also expanded their menu to include different types of pastries and baked goods. “We are doing a bunch of cookies,” said Mullen. “Snickerdoodles, oatmeal, white chocolate, oatmeal raisin, pumpkin bars, coffee cake, and pies.” Some other things that were added to the menu include chicken salad on croissant and also new drink specials. The Crumb and Cup will start a drink special where every Wednesday they will serve a different new drink. This will be starting on Sept. 23. Mullen didn’t just add to the
menu he also took a few items away from the menu. “We just went by what was selling and what wasn’t selling,” sad Mullen. “There was nothing drastic we took off.” This year the cafe has seen a lot of business from first year college students from Muskingum. “[We got] our flyers in the freshmen orientation packets to get people down here,” said Mullen. All the flyers that the first year students got this year in their First Year Seminar class have discounts for The Crumb and Cup which include coupons to get a large coffee for the price of a small. There are no events going on at the coffee shop any time soon but Mullen states there might be some events in the future. “I have talked to people who want to come down and play the guitar, but nothing is finalized yet,” said Mullen. Mullen is looking forward to having a good first year of ownership at the coffee shop and hope students will come down and have a good time.
instruments. We had a campus police officer stop down and tell ghost stories. It was random activities balanced with organized activities,” said Smith. Many people got involved at Camp Muskie last year with the planning of the event and there was also a lot of support the nights of Camp Muskie. Last year’s Camp Muskie was planned by both Smith and Associate Dean of Students, Susan Waryck. A new club on campus, Outdoor Pursuits, is helping out with this
year’s Camp Muskie. Outdoor Pursuits is a club for people who enjoy the outdoors or want to be more active in nature. Outdoor Pursuits got involved this year because of the shared interests in the outdoors. Also they want to show support for this event and future events similar to this one. “We will continue Camp Muskie as long as there is student interest,” said Smith. Camp Muskie is open to students who wish to spend a night in the hollow.
Captain’s Quarters
Muskie Volleyball dominates in first home game
At the conclusion of the first ever College Football Playoff last season, the Ohio State Buckeyes Chris Morgan raised their Sports Editor ninth National Championship trophy in program history, and their first since 2002. Now with the majority of the team back for another season, the question is can the Bucks repeat? Let’s break it down by unit. The quarterback position is good no matter who is in the game between Cardale Jones and JT Barrett. We know what they bring to the table. The running backs are just as solid with Heisman hopeful Ezekiel Elliott back continuing his streak of 100 yard performances. The receiver group is very talented with the likes of Michael Thomas and Jalen Marshall. Add in converted QB Braxton Miller and the position is loaded. Miller has looked fantastic in his first few games at the position. Defense might end up being the issue for the Buckeyes. The front seven is fine with the only major loss being Michael Bennett. Joey Bosa, Adolphus Washington with linebackers Joshua Perry and Darron Lee make the group strong. The safety group is intact with Vonn Bell and Tyvis Powell roaming the middle, but the loss of Doran Grant at corner is worrisome. In the end, this Buckeye team has enough talent to get back to another championship and win it. The team just has to iron out the wrinkles and avoid the big upset loss that the rest of the country might want to see.
Payton Patterson Orbit Media Reporter
Can Ohio State repeat?
Muskingum University’s volleyball team had their home opener Sept. 16 against Franciscan University. The Muskies won in straight sets at three games to none, improving their record to six and four on the season. The Muskies won the first two sets by large margins 25-15 and 25-12, but had to work a little harder to get the win in the third set, coming away with a 25-20 victory to secure the match. “We played really well as a team,” said senior outside hitter Brooke Scott. “We expected them to come out and fight really hard. They are a lot better than we have seen them in the past.” Scott had a game high of thirteen kills and first year outside hitter Ashley Reynolds backed up Scott with eleven kills.
Reynolds and sophomore libero Deidre Prince both had the team high of fifteen digs. Scott ended the night converting on more than 50 percent of her kills. Junior Katie Hunt wasn’t far behind that mark, putting up a
.455 kill percentage in the match. Sophomore Taylor Mathews helped guide the Muskie attack with 24 assists, while fellow sophomore Laura Hill chipped in nine. The ladies recorded their new season-high .303 hitting percentage, including a .371 performance
in the second set to put the Barons away. The Muskies only have three upperclassmen and have the underclassmen stepping up for the team. “They (the underclassmen) do a lot for us,” said Scott. The Muskies will travel to two tournaments before entering OAC play. The team will start the OAC schedule with an away matchup against Baldwin Wallace in Berea. “Once that hits, we get the ball rolling and once we get a few wins under our belts I think we get more comfortable,” said Scott. The next home stand for Muskingum will be the weekend of Sept. 25-26, when they host the OAC/HCAC challenge at the Recreation Center. After starting OAC play at Baldwin Wallace Oct. 3, the Muskies will return home on Oct. 6 to play Capital.
great guys from the program last year, and we really weren’t sure what the product was going to look like.” The women have also been successful in the early part of the season, winning the Muskingum Invitational and placing fifth out of 17 teams at the Bethany Invitational. “On the women’s side, we’re as advertised,” said Gleason. “We had a really strong year last year, but I think that maybe we’re going to be better than last year.” The Muskies have some young talent mixed in with veteran runners on both sides, but one runner in particular on the womens side has been challenging one of the top names at Muskingum.
First year Reilly Walsh ran alongside standout junior Julie Fobes as partners in the Muskingum Invitational, then finished ahead of Fobes at the Bethany Invitational. “Reilly and Julie have been battling in practice all week,” said Gleason. “With a one-two punch like that, we’re going to be pretty talented.” Sophomore Ryan Lewton has been charging up the pack on the men’s side, finishing first out of all Muskie runners at Bethany. It was the first time Lewton has led the pack for the men in his Muskie career. Gleason has seen some good improvement from Lewton in his sophomore year.
“The first year is always a learning curve,” said Gleason. “Ryan’s done that, he’s done his homework over the summer and took care of business. That’s what we expected to see.” Gleason also thinks the men’s side is extremely deep with talent at every level. “I think any one of those guys could lead now,” said Gleason. “Our spread was about 90 seconds from first to fifth, so we could have a different leader every week, which is a great thing to have.” Both of the cross country teams will be back in action after a week off when they travel to the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville on Oct. 2.
Black & Magenta Archive Libero Deidre Prince digs out a serve in Muskie Volleyball action.
Cross Country teams impress in first half of seasons, look for strong finishes Chris Morgan Sports Editor
The Muskingum University Cross Country teams are coming towards the midway point of their 2015 seasons. Both the mens and womens teams have competed in three meets so far this year, hosting the Muskingum Invitational on Sept. 1, then going to the Bethany Invitational on Sept. 12 and the Saint Vincent Invitational on Sept. 19. The men placed first at the Muskingum Invitational and then eighth out of 17 teams at the Bethany Invitational. “So far the men are the big surprise,” said Head Coach Jacob Gleason. “We graduated some