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Alcohol threatens student’s life HANNAH BAUER STAFF WRITER

A Doane student suffered a nearly fatal case of alcohol poisoning Saturday night. The student slipped into an alcoholic coma and was unable to clear his airways. He was flown to Bryan LGH West in Lincoln and put on a ventilator for four hours. The student’s blood alcohol content was .479, Safety Administrator Kirby Messier said.

“If the student had been left in his room, he would be dead,” said Russ Hewitt, associate dean of student leadership and director of campus safety. Hewitt said Messier, who has only been working at the Safety Office since Aug. 1, had just come on duty shortly before midnight when he happened to turn the cameras to the Smith parking lot. Messier said he

saw a vehicle pull into the no parking zone. Two students, freshmen Nick Clark and Rob Eisiminger, opened the back doors of a car and then pulled a third, seemingly unconscious, student out of the vehicle. Messier said he ran to stop Clark and Ei-

siminger and called for medical assistance. “When I first saw (the students) pulling the kid up, he was pretty limp,” Messier said. “This kid looked pale, he had

slow breathing. I figured I should call see ALCOHOL p. 2 somebody.” Clark said he received a call about

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Freshmen elected to StuCo TIMOTHY ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

Student Congress will welcome three new senators after Freshman Election earlier this week. The freshmen senator elections took place during lunch and dinner on Monday and Tuesday. Krista Couton, Carter Hulinsky and Kayla Ambrose will represent the freshmen class this year. Hulinsky is an intended political science major with a minor in philosophy. He ran for StuCo because serve on Student Council in high school, he said. Hulinsky said he would like to bring back the yearbook. “It (the yearbook) doesn’t mean a lot to us now,” Hulinsky said. “But as we get older we will regret not having

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KAYLA AMBROSE FRESHMAN

The Doane Plan Committee formed a special task force last fall when it realized a review of general education classes was necessary. The task force’s first goal is to put together a proposal for a working plan. “We’re trying to avoid the proposed plan being called the ‘New Doane Plan,’” Head of the Gen-

eral Education Task Force Alec Engebretson said. “We’re trying to reconnect the Doane Plan classes and the classes students take for their majors as much as possible.” Under the current Doane Plan, there are 48 to 51 required credit hours. The working plan currently has 34 credit hours, and would give students more options for electives. “We want students to have the freedom to choose

courses that engage them,” anyway or you won’t get Engebretson said. your grandma’s inheriSenior Emily Dittmer tance when she dies—the said she liked the current inheritance being your Doane Plan. diploma,” Junior Jordan “Not many people do Renkert said. like the Doane Plan, but it Sophomore Sam Raingave me more time to fig- forth said she thought the ure out what I wanted to Doane Plan was good. major in,” Dittmer said. “It gives you an opporSome students dis- tunity to try out different agreed. classes you may not take “The Doane Plan is like instead of just classes that a cousin that nobody really likes, but you have to invite him to the party see DOANE PLAN p. 2

Construction extension, inconvenient MIMI SHIRLEY KRISTA COUTON FRESHMAN

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Road construction on 13th St. continues to detour and delay students, community members and visiting fans. The construction has been an obstacle since April 2011. Although estimates said the construction would be completed by the end of October, students will have to wait longer. “13th Street construction deadline has been

extended through midNovember,” Public Works Director of Crete Tom Ourada said. He said the delay in construction was due to a necessary replacement of deteriorating infrastructure, weather and pending contracts. “The water pipes under 13th Street had not been replaced since the 1880’s,” Ourada said. He said not only was there a delay due to water pipe replacement but some contracts between

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Crete and the Federal those signatures isn’t alHighway Administration ways easy.” also slowed the process. Junior Bailey Pey“Contracts such as the ton said she was frusone necessary for 13th trated with the construcStreet construction are tion while living and handled between the con- working on campus this tractor and the State,” summer. Ourada said. “Adjust“The construction was ments to the construction very irritating to deal with contract must go through all summer,” Peyton said. a board to be approved Peyton said she found by the city, state and Fed- quick trips to Wal-Mart eral Highway Administra- were no longer a simple tion. Adjustments must task. have six signatures to be considered as approved. Getting all six of see CONSTRUCTION p. 2

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“They would have one entrance open one day, closed the next, open in the morning, closed in the afternoon, just to reopen again,” Peyton said. “It was inconsistent and that’s what was annoying.” Senior Ian McKercher said he felt differently about the construction. “I think it will be worth it,” McKercher said. “So you detour for a little while, but when it’s all done, it will show off the ball field and have way better parking,” In addition to the new water lines, the main change to 13th Street is the width of the street. This will make it more convenient and safer to park. The second phase of the construction will occur in the near future. “The next targeted area of road construction in Crete would be in 2012, starting with Hawthorne Avenue,” Ourada said.

% $ # " ! On Campus 9/8/11 • 3:45 a.m. Police were contacted for reckless driving. 9/8/11 • 3:45 a.m. Safety vandalism. 9/9/11 • 10:17 p.m. Open container Alcohol Policy violation in Burrage Hall. 9/10/11 • 12:02 p.m. Lost and Found in Safety Office.

9/10/11 • 11:57 p.m. Emergency Medical Response for alcohol poisoning.

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Construction workers push to finish 13th Street construction by the new mid-November deadline.

Campus vandalist found ALYSSA BOUC STAFF WRITER

A Doane student vandalized property on and off campus due to reckless driving last Thursday. The Saline County Sheriff Department is currently investigating the situation. “A vehicle was seen driving at a high rate of speed through cornfields off campus and made its way to Doane around 4 a.m.,” said Russ Hewitt, Student Leadership associate dean. Hewitt said a safety officer saw the vehicle drive by the golf course, pull on to the driving area and then on to the driving range. He said the vehicle proceeded to do burnouts and spin cookies on the golf course property. It nearly struck the safety officer’s vehicle as it drove on campus and continued to do donuts on the roundabout

“The student was straight forward and confessed to the incident.” Deputy Mitchell-Saline County Sherriff ’s Department by Osterhout Lane. The vehicle drove away at a high rate of speed. The safety officer was unable to keep up with the vehicle, but managed to catch a partial plate number and vehicle description. Skid marks and tracks were the only trace of vandalism on campus. The same day, a Doane staff member reported vandalism in their cornfield, Hewitt said. The sheriff’s department and staff member’s vehicle descriptions matched. A vehicle that matched the description was found in the Sheldon Hall parking lot on Saturday at noon. The owner of the vehicle was contacted by the sheriff’s department.

“The student was straightforward and confessed to the incident,” said Deputy Mitchell of the Saline County Sheriff’s Department. The cornfield had the largest amount of damage from the vehicle. “The damage on the property first has to be assessed in order to determine if the crime will be ruled as a felony or a misdemeanor,” Mitchell said. Until the property is assessed, the name of the student will not be released. “The significance is that the incident did occur off campus but then came on to campus,” Hewitt said. ”The concern was the reckless driving.”

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house. Eisiminger said he and Clark were left watching the intoxicated student. as the police cars and amHe said he then asked Ei- bulance arrived, and the siminger to help him get student was taken away on a stretcher. the student to his room. “It was a little scary,” “When Eisiminger I went to said. “I’d get him, “Pretty much half his never seen he was blood was alcohol. I’m a guy that responnot going to lie, when drunk before. sive,” you see someone in that The Doane C l a r k guy said. “I state and you don’t know Safety said if we tried to just left him, get him if they’re going to make to throw it or not, all you can do is he probably would have up but died.” he told hope.” Messier me he couldn’t. Kirby Messier-Safety Administrator said this was a situation Once I that students got him in my car he wasn’t respond- needed to learn from. “Pretty much half ing to me. We stopped right in front of my room his blood was alcohol,” Messier said. “That’s and security saw us.” Hewitt said the two stu- pretty scary. I’m not dents told Messier that going to lie, when you see the third had been drink- someone in that state ing off-campus and had and you don’t know been picked up by the field if they’re going to make from p. 1

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Courtsey Photo Students struggle to carry their friend, who had alcohol poisoning, out of their car before Doane Safety arrived.

it or not, all you can do is hope.” Hewitt said the student’s parents, who had to drive to him from several states away, determined he no longer needed to attend Doane. Hewitt said he didn’t think this incident would affect the behavior of the student population at large. “A lot of people feel

that when nobody dies we dodged a bullet, but there are consequences,” Hewitt said. “There doesn’t seem to be a lot of concern about the people who procure or provide the drinking environment.” But Eisiminger said he did learn a lesson. “Don’t get that drunk,” Eisiminger said. “Be smart when you go party.”

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something like that.” He said he is looking forward to getting to know his freshmen class and being a resource for them. Couton is an intended Music Education and Spanish double major. She said she would like more intramural opportunities and Simply-to-Go available at dinner. Couton said she ran for StuCo because she wanted to be a part of helping people feel attached to campus. “I want everyone to know that I want to know their ideas, and they will be executed the way they

want,”Couton said. Kayla Ambrose is an intended English/Language Arts and Secondary Education double major. She is a member of Sertoma, Queer Straight Alliance, Rugby, Track, Student Activities Council and a tutor at Crete Elementary School. She said StuCo was ultimately for the students and wanted to talk to them before she brought ideas back to Congress. “I’m really a mixture of excitement and nervousness,” Ambrose said. “I’m ready to get started, but at the same time, I don’t want to not know what’s going on, or fall behind. It’s like the first day of school jitters.”

Professor Phil Weitl is a member of the task force. “In my mind, if there’s have to do with your one thing that’s challengmajor like you would at ing about the Doane Plan, UNL,” Rainforth said. it’s that it’s too big,” Weitl An official decision to said. change the plan has not Engebretson said the been made yet. current plan focused on Engebretson said the content areas, whereas task force the working was still in “We should expand plan focuses a strategic our horizons because on specific planning outcomes. we want to, not bestage. “You have O n c e cause we’re forced to.” a thread a plan is that’s tying made, they together elJordan Renkert-Junior ements of will send it to the Doyour educaane Plan tion,” EgeCommittee, who will send bretson said. it on to the faculty, which Dittmer said that while must approve the plan by the Doane Plan was an a majority vote to make overall positive, it still the changes official. had its flaws. Assistant Biology Pro“I think what the Dofessor Brad Elder said ane Plan is trying to do is students didn’t see Do- make students more wellane Plan classes as part of rounded,” Dittmer said. their overall education. Engebretson said the “The idea behind lib- proposal would likely ineral education is not only clude a three-to-four year to make students experts transition plan. in their field, but well “We’re in middle stages rounded citizens,” Elder now,” Engebretson said. said. “There’s a lot of ‘ifs’. The Renkert said he thought earliest anything would general education classes ever happen is at least shouldn’t be mandatory. two falls away and there “We should expand our may still not be anything horizons because we want that happens. Ultimately, to,” said Renkert. “Not it’s up to the faculty what because we’re forced to.” the best curriculum is for Associate English our students.” from p. 1

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Echopoetico shares culture

Librarian retires, search continues Burney, faculty representatives and potentially a student representative. “The responsibiliDonna Jurena retired this summer after dedi- ties of the director cating 26 years to Perkins will be to manage the day-to-day activities, set Library. She became the li- the policy and have a vibrary director in 2007 sion for the future of the after being a staff member library," Germer said. "Someone with a Library for many years. Jurena graduated from Science degree will be Doane in 1973 with a de- needed." Germer said she was gree in English. She worked various jobs considering applying for in Crete and eventually de- the job. The college posted the cided to look for a job at applicaDoane. tions for After a the job brief stint in two weeks the theatre ago and department, hopes to Jurena got a find a new job at the lidirector by brary through second sea friend. mester. “I took the Germer job at the lisaid the brary as a tems e a r ch porary and commitI fell in love DONNA JURENA RETIRED LIBRARIAN tee would with it,” Junot sperena said. “It cifically just clicked.” Jurena said she loved look for Doane alumni. “Outside hires can helping students and creating a sense of commu- sometimes bring a new vinity where people could sion and energy but they also may not understand work closely together. After more than 20 the Doane culture,” Germyears, Jurena said she felt er said. Mitch Green, a sethat she wasn’t doing the job justice. She was diag- nior work study at the nosed with cancer in Jan- library, said he thought uary of 2007 and still felt anybody should be able to apply. the effects. “If a Doane alumni has “I never got my stamina back. My brain wasn’t as the right qualities then fast as it used to be,” Ju- they should be strongly considered,” Green said. rena said. For Jurena, leaving the “However, only narrowing library was difficult but our search to alumni could she said she was happy limit the Doane commuwith her decision. She now nity of growth and new has time to visit her family ideas.” In the meantime, the and get her house in order, library staff will join she said. Jayne Germer will be the rest of the Doane at a the interim director un- community retirement party for Jutil the position is filled. The interview process rena at 3-4 p.m. Thursday will involve Academic Af- in the Art and Education fairs Vice President John Building.

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Sam Ritchie/The Owl Oscar Rios Pohirieth plays the Indian flute for Doane College’s elementary methods of music class on Wednesday. Pohirieth is a member of the group “Echopoetico”, a poetry and music group that will be performing as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month at 6 p.m. today in Common Grounds.

Students reduce pollution with bike use TYLER WEIHE STAFF WRITER

In effort to go green, some Doane students are trading in four wheels for two. Many students are making use of the year-old bike racks on campus while helping cut pollution out of the environment. Senior Erik Dutcher said it was an easy opportunity to make a cost-effective decision. "Riding bikes are not only good exercise, but

you don't have to pay for gas," Dutcher said. "Driving cars in a small town like Crete just seems lazy, unless you are driving out to Wal-Mart. That is a little bit of a trek." A four mile round trip, the distance from Doane's campus to Wal-Mart, keeps about 15 pounds of pollutants out of the air, according to the Worldwatch Institute. The 15 pounds of motor vehicle emissions represents 31 percent of total carbon dioxide, 81 percent of carbon monoxide

and 49 percent of nitrogen oxides released in the United States, according to The Green Commuter. According to the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, 25 percent of all trips are made within a mile of the home, 40 percent of all trips are within two miles of the home, and 50 percent of the working population commutes five miles or less to work. Meanwhile, more than 82 percent of trips five miles or less are made by personal motor vehicle.

Some students said they would ride a bike, but they don’t own one. "I don't have one," sophomore Candice Crider said. "But if I, did I would ride it." Senior Nile Schneider said it was unfortunate that he didn’t have his bike on campus. “I would have a bike here right now, but I didn’t want to store it inside until spring,” Schneider said. “I thought it would be more efficient space use of my quad area.”

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Student-led peer advising program offers freshmen chance to reach out HANNAH BAUER STAFF WRITER

Freshmen can now get advising help from people that know them well—other students. A new program is being developed to help freshman students with topics from academics to finding their place on campus. First-Year Student Success Adviser Rhonda Lake said the program was an alternative to asking professors and professional staff for help. “Eighty-five percent of first-year students don’t ask for help,” Lake said.

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“This is a way they can do that without being afraid or embarrassed to come to me.” There are currently 10

peer advisers that will assist Lake with the program. All peer advisers are juniors and seniors who were orientation leaders. Many are also teaching assistants for Liberal Arts Seminar classes. Senior Ashli O’Brien she said she received an email informing her that she had the opportunity to join the new program after she was asked to be a teaching assistant. “I think students will be more likely to ask questions of their peers than their professors, because

their professors can often be intimidating,” O’Brien said. Junior Jessica Brown said she came into the program similarly. “I think it’s a great program to get to work individually with 10 to 15 students of the incoming class and to help them feel adjusted to Doane,” Brown said. Currently, the Peer Advisors each have groups of students that they will talk to about forming study groups, joining organizations and promoting time management.

Freshman Sara Umland, said she’d already benefited from the program. “We had a meeting and we just talked about our (college) experiences so far,” Umland said. Right now, the firstyear students receiving attention from the peer advisers are primarily out-of-state students or students with undecided majors. Lake said she thought that would change over time. “Eventually I’m sure all the first-years will hear from the peer advisers,” Lake said. “These ten are

just working on a model for the program and testing it out.” Umland said she thought that all freshmen could benefit from peer advising. “I think it’s helpful to all freshmen, it doesn’t matter if you’re twenty minutes from here or twenty hours from here,” Umland said. Lake said she had a similar optimistic view. “The advisers are writing personal cards and helping any homesick students feel like they belong,” Lake said.

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Staff Editorial

Alcohol incident to teach lessons Dead. That’s what one student would be today if Safety Administrator Kirby Messier hadn’t stepped in on Saturday. After a night of partying, the student ended up in the hospital where he was able to make a full recovery. Although there have been many cases of Doane students with alcohol poisoning in the last few years, none have been as serious as this. Yes, all students have survived thus far, but that doesn’t mean that being hospitalized for alcohol poisoning is okay. This student came frighteningly close to not surviving the night. As a community, we can’t let this happen again. We need to take some responsible steps to reduce the number of alcohol poisonings. It starts with education. Yes, an e-mail was sent out to inform students about the signs of alcohol poisoning, but that’s not enough. Although students should be aware of the symptoms, that point of alcohol consumption is easily preventable. There needs to be education about drinking safely. It’s ridiculous to think students aren’t going to drink at all. They’re going to do it. The logical idea is to teach them how to be safe about it. This means e-mails, posters, speakers, and events need to start educating students about the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption. And it needs to start before another incident occurs. Also, we need to understand the importance of people on campus like the Safety Office. True, students sometimes dislike the safety administrators because they bust parties and write parking tickets, but their main job is keeping the students safe. That’s exactly what Messier did on Saturday and that’s exactly why we need to thank him. We each need to take a moment to consider what may have happened if that student did not survive. Think about the reactions of your professors, your parents, your fellow classmates and the media. Since we are fortunate to not have a deceased student, we need to make sure this event turns into a positive lesson. This is our opportunity to eliminate alcohol poisonings on campus. And we need to do it before somebody else gets hurt.

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Celebration wows student Today marks the 190th anniversary of Costa Rica’s Write to Ryan! independence from Spain, and they did it without firing a single bullet. Costa Rica was originally a colony of the Spanish empire. When Guatemala and Mexico declared indeto send him pendence from Spain in the early 1800s, a Republic of a letter! Central American countries was formed. Coasta Rica the national anthem began witnessed this raw passion case. It seemed a switch was formally withdrew from the aying. on the 4th of July. Too often turned on as soon as the playing. Republic in 1838 and offiThe Costarricense were I believe it is used as a day people crossed the street cially became its own counot celebrating a revolution off and a chance to see who into the square and just not try. they were celebratl b t has the best firework show. about everyone around me off war, th Last night the celebraLast night, neither was the started bawling as soon as ing a revolution of peace. tions began with the la Marcha de la Torcha in Heredia. For this celebration, a torch traveled over 550 miles by the feet of student runners from Guatemala to Cartago, Costa Rica, the colloquial capitol. The touch arrived at approximately 6:00 pm and directly afterward the whole country sang the national anthem. Finally the fiesta began. Thousands of people lined the streets dancing and singing at an entranced pace. Parents held their children close and enlightened them to the history of their country. In their hands, the children held freshly made candles decorated extravagantly in the form of houses, superheroes and, of course, the flag of Costa Rica. For me this was an enriching experience. These people walked to this square from their homes. The children built their candles by themselves the day of and proudly displayed them around the square. There was no over-the-top explosions, no salesman trying to scam me, and the experience would have been average if it were not for the passion of the people. They were not there to be wowed; they were in the square to celebrate 190 years of peace, to be with their families and to express their culture through dance and music. As I observed the traditional ethnic dancing and a father telling his daughter about a monuRyan Corrigan/The Owl ment, I couldn’t help but think that I have never A woman in Costa Rica dances in the street during the national celebration of Costa Rica’s independence from Spain.

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Thumbs up to students using their bikes around campus. Small steps like recycling and using bikes instead of driving can help our environment in a big way. Thumbs up to the new freshmen Student Congress Senators. Good luck as you tackle the responsibilities of representing the student body. Thumbs up to taking another look at the Doane Plan. As time goes on, education will change, too, and Doane should update its requirements to meet the needs of the current students. Thumbs up to peer advisors for helping freshmen adapt to campus. Nobody should have to go through their first year of college without some help. Thumbs up to the volleyball team for its win against the Concordia Bulldogs last night. A record of 17-1 is phenomenal. Keep up the good work!

Thumbs down to the construction around Crete. It has made transportation difficult for students both on and off campus. Thumbs down to a lack of participation in fall intramurals. Intramurals are a great way to get involved on campus and the more participants, the better. Thumbs down to Homecoming being so early this year. An event so big involves a lot of planning and preparation; which takes more time than what’s available. Thumbs down to the vandalism on campus. Disrespect to our community is never acceptable. Thumbs down to the colder weather this week. We’re not ready to be done with the summer yet.

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Living’s large on Doane’s campus! Its 7:45 a.m. and you just woke up for your 8 a.m. class. The serious academic will rush to grab their books, throw on pants, slam down a Redbull, find their keys and…drive to class? Being conscious for class is preferred, so the Redbull is a must. Books mean you are prepared, (and professors don’t call on prepared students) so books are good “question shields”. Pants are usually required. It looks like the thing to cut from the “running late this morning game” is driving to school. Tuition is painful enough. Gas prices aren’t getting any lower. Combining tuition with more cash for the gas tank isn’t fun or even necessary. Living on campus is the way to go. It is so convenient! When

friends want to hang out, they just walk down the hall. No more driving to five different houses to meet up with five different friends. Winter driving is never enjoyable. Why venture to the icecovered car, wait in the cold for 20 minutes for the car to heat up, and then drive on the slick roads to school? Instead, you could spend 30 seconds throwing on a coat and five minutes walking to any building on campus. Living in a dorm setting provides students several opportunities to meet, study and socialize, daily. Students don’t have to go home to a lonely apartment or house, they can feel wel-

comed and know that there is always someone around. The campus is a community within itself. As a campus community, students work, learn, compete and perform together; what a great thing to be a part of. Living on campus is almost a rite of passage as a college student. For most, college is four short years. You have the rest of your life to live away from your friends and franticly rush to get where you need to be in the morning. There will be many years of running around store to store. Living on campus gives you m o r e opportunities to socialize with peers, grab a quick bite without the drivethru hassle and lets everyone hit the snooze bar one more time.

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Living off campus is an extremely beneficial choice for many reasons, three of which are: 1) off campus is cheaper, 2) the food is much better (in taste and quality) and 3) there is a greater sense of freedom and independence off campus. Room and Board at Doane isn’t as “affordable” as is often claimed. The cost of a basic d o r m r o o m for a semester is $1365. T h e average cost of rent for an off-campus student in Crete is around $230, making a semester’s worth of rent (AugustDecember) cost around $1150. The aspect of off-campus living that really saves

to be the biggest factor to students is food. Assuming that a student would use every meal on their meal plan over the 16 weeks they could eat on campus (including weekends and breaks), the meal plan costs break down as follows: $2030 for 21 anytime meals (6.04 per meal) $1895 for 14 anytime meals (8.46 per meal) $1860 for 10 anytime (11.62 per meal) There is no way to figure exactly what an offcampus student would spend on food, but it is pretty easy to make your own meals for less than $6 per meal and definitely less than $11. Besides eating being cheaper off campus, the food you eat is approximately 14.69 times tastier than the food on campus (but that is just an approximation.) Weigh your options: Eat healthy on campus and pay around $8 for a salad from the caf. OR eat healthy off campus and

pay $5 at the grocery store for enough lettuce to eat for several days while the on-campus students are again paying $6-11 dollars for…well…Sodexo. Also, off-campus students get to live a life free of the worries that plague many on-campus dwellers. Off-campus students do not have to worry about age of their roommates, how many of their friends they can have over for some cake and punch, or avoiding those darn red plastic cups. What a blissful life! As policies continue to change and college costs continue to rise, there is little doubt that more and more students will feel compelled toward a more affordable, tastier, healthier and independent life off campus.

Sam Ritchie/The Owl A large group of males usually stands on the sidelines at home games. Last night, Benson encouraged the men to dress in business attire to support the volleyball team in their game against Concordia.

Fans empower players, help support team AUSTIN BENSON STAFF WRITER

During the week, talk spreads quickly about going to the next volleyball home game, or the upcoming Saturday football game. I, along with many other students get excited! We talk about what the theme will be at the volleyball game, or what we will say at dead times during the football game. Being a fan, in my opinion, is all about knowing what to say, and when

to say it. Not only is being a fan fun, but it is also important. We are showing support for our small Doane community, along with some of our classmates and friends. At volleyball games we are right on the court, impacting the game. Our group of fans is not worried about looking cool, or dumb. We are only worried about one thing; helping our girls come out of their match victorious. I am not lying when I say we have moments where

we relentlessly attack a player on the other team. If we can cause a girl to lose focus for a play or two and have it swing the momentum, we have achieved our goal. Some girls on the volleyball team have told us how they appreciate our help; not to mention Coach Cindy Meyer hands out the occasional shirt or DQ Blizzard slip. At Football games, we do not have the same sort of effect on the game. We are not as close to the field

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and most of our cheers or supportive comments go unnoticed. We still show up because is goes back to supporting each other. Sometimes when we can

sneak a chant, or start a wave, you can bet that we get it done (not to mention singing along with the pep band). If you’re a fan of one sport, and you play a sport as well, it is almost guaranteed that the athletes you cheer for will go to your sporting event and cheer you on. I know I appreciate the support at the basketball games I play in, so I believe showing support should be a

given. Our fall sports teams are all enjoying success on their chosen field right now, so why not recognize it? I have been to volleyball games, soccer scrimmages and soon I’ll attend the first home football game. Being a fan isn’t something students pick and choose to do. True fans go to each event and in my opinion represent Doane College extremely well!

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she removed her name from the list. “If there were more people Intramurals are second- I knew doing intramurals, string to other Doane I would do it,” Mason said. extra-circulars. “I just don’t feel there’s Intramural Flag football enough of an interest.” with four teams is nearly Freshman Carter Hulinksy half the size of last year. said intramurals were hard Intramural Sports Director to fit into his schedule Grant Mollring said vol- because he was running leyball had better results for Student Congress and with 15 teams signed-up. worked for college radio Mollring said former foot- station. ball players who partici- “I don’t have the time or pated in flag football may the active-wear,” he said. intimidate other students. Junior Quint Geis, a forHe also said the varsity mer flag football player, level coaches didn’t rec- said playing was often a ommend their athletes to burden in his schedule. participate in intramurals “The campus as a whole is for fear of injuries. insanely involved in other “It’s definitely not some- things,” he said. thing we overly encour- Geis also said he thought age,” Mollring said. there wasn’t enough “Incidental contact takes emphasis on intramurals. place.” “There’s not a sense of Rugby’s growing popular- pride connected to intraity has cut down murals at i n t r a m u r a l “If there were more Doane,” he numbers as people I knew do- said. well, he said. Hulinsky said F r e s h m a n ing intramurals, I he would be C h r i s t a l i n would do it.” more interMason said ested if there rugby seemed were a larger Christalin Mason-Freshman more exciting. variety of Mason said she sports. was the only “A bowling team would be one in her suite to sign up wonderful,” he said. for an intramural sport, so Intramurals are not going

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away anytime soon despite the small participation numbers in flag football. Mollring said low numbers in the fall were expected. He said the college was looking to add more sports in the spring, such as kickball. One-day activities specifically for interterm are also in the process of consideration. “We’re pretty excited about that (new intramurals),” Mollring said. “We have some good ideas.”

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‘Ball in the House’ to rock Common Grounds CALLIE COX

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Five men and their voices are all the a cappella group Ball in the House needs to get a crowd going. Now Ball in the House is adding Doane to its impressive list of performances. The group has performed with big name artists including The Beach Boys, Jessica Simpson, The Jonas Brothers, and Blondie. Student Activities Council (SAC) Adviser Amy Schmitt said the vocal group had been featured on ABC’s hit show, “America’s Got Talent.” Besides their television appearance, sophomore

SAC Booking and Special Event Chair Mark Lucas said the group used to sing on Cool Whip commercials. Ball in the House sings a mixture of classical and contemporary music. They blend a variety of sounds including classic R&B, pop, hip-hop and gospel. They don’t use any instruments in their performance except their voices. Lucas said he thought the group would bring a new type of music to campus. “They bring a different variety of music and we haven’t really had an a cappella group on campus,” Lucas said. “They will be good for college

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said he attended the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) conference looking for entertainment to bring to Doane. NACA is an association that provides college campuses with activities or groups for entertainment and high education. Ball in the House was at the conference and caught Lucas’ attention. Hoefler said she thought Common Grounds would be a good location for the

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event. “I hope there is a good turn out,” Hoefler said. “People will be crossing through Common Grounds to get dinner and hopefully stop.” Schmitt said she wanted to encourage students to check out the group’s

music before attending the performance Friday night. “S d h ld go lisli “Students should ten to them on their website,” Schmitt said. Students can listen to the group on their website,www.ballinthe house.com. Ball in the House performs at 8 p.m. Friday in Common Grounds.

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Early homecoming cuts rehearsals COLBY SKELTON STAFF WRITER

Music and theater groups are scrambling to prepare for an early Homecoming this year. With Homecoming a week earlier, directors said students have been pushed to prepare themselves in order to be ready for their performances. Director of Theater Robin McKercher said it was necessary to increase rehearsal time for the upcoming play “The 39 Steps”. “Every minute of script is worth one hour of rehearsal,” McKercher said. He also said that normally the actors would rehearse three hours a day, six days a week. With a week less to rehearse, times have moved up. The cast now rehearses four hours a day, six days a week. Rehearsals for the show also began by the third day of school. McKercher said that even with the increased workload, the students are handling the pressure well. “They’re doing great!” McKercher said. Instrument Music Director Jay Gilbert said he is completely confident in

his group’s abilities to put on a great Homecoming show despite having less time to prepare. “Three weeks is forever in a college student’s mind,” Gilbert said. He said the group has not changed how they prepare. Instead, they are simply maximizing the time they have available. Gilbert compared a band practice to a football practice: A student starts with a warm-up, moves into individual work, comes together with other students in a group, and finally assesses the results when the performance is done. Even though the band will be limited to ten rehearsals Gilbert said he is confident they will be prepared. Senior Allison VanDriel said she thought the play will be less stressful because the cast is smaller. She said there are usually 20 cast members, but this year there are only four. VanDriel said that she thinks time constraints are less demanding with fewer cast members. Despite having a shorter rehearsal time, the directors and students said they believe it’s going to be the same process.

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There are also perks for the audience. The host will play ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ with the audience to provide another way for students to earn cash. “It’s just a fun, random event,” SAC Event

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Coordinator Stefani Lloyd said. “This is a really fun twist on the usual SAC events.” Freshman Jamie Riddle said she wanted to participate in the game show. “I think it will be fun,” Riddle said. “It sounds like an awesome event.” Schmitt encouraged students to attend. “It’s a great break from studying, and a fun atmosphere to get to know people,” said Schmitt. “We want people to come and have fun.” There will be a teaser of The Real Deal Game Show at 5:45p.m. in the cafeteria this evening. Various other activities will also be available for students.

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The Doane College volleyball team improves to a 17-1 record after a close game yesterday with Concordia University. The match was the first time this season the Tigers were forced into five sets. The team started out strong in the first set after sophomore Ashley Axmann had the first kill of the night. Axmen went on to have a game-high 18 kills. Concordia was forced to call their first time-out after Doane scored four unanswered points. Concordia fought back at the end of the set, but Doane won 25-19. The Bulldogs stepped up their game and gave the Tigers a challenge in the second set. Axmann said the team had to stick together to pull out the win. Errors in the second and third sets caused the

Tigers to struggle against ized we needed to play our Concordia’s strong de- game,” sophomore Emily Max said. fense. Max, who had a game“Concordia was digging everything up and we high hitting percentage of .579 and 13 kills after playweren’t,” Axmann said. She said they let too ing just three sets, said they many balls drop and had knew that they could push through. probT h e l e m s fifth set serve was close, receivbut the ing. The Tigers Tigers were able kept the to keep scores their moclose but entum dropped Ashley Axmann-Sophomore m and pull the sets through 22-25 with a 17and 2315 win. 25. “ T h e Head Coach Cindy Meyer said middles came in at the end the team needed to serve and really helped us,” Axharder at Concordia to get mann said. Other key players were them out of system. “They got some mo- junior Susan Rollman, mentum and rode on it,” who contributed 17 kills and 4 ace blocks and seMeyer said. At the end of the fourth nior Terra Andreasen, who set, the momentum shifted contributed 12 kills and 18 from Concordia to Doane. digs. Tiger volleyball will play The Tigers ended the set with an 11-1 run against Mount Marty College at 10 the Bulldogs, the score of a.m. on Saturday at Haddix Recreation and Aththe set 25-15. “We woke up and real- letic Center.

“The middles came in at the end and really helped us.”

Golf ‘tees off ’ GPAC PARKER SLEPICKA

years ago was all conference and last year was The top five members all conference honorable of the men’s and women’s mention. Craibelli said he golf team hope to improve has high expectations for past conference finishes the year. “I feel confident and I this week. The men’s team played feel like we have a lot of on Tuesday and the wom- good talent on the team,” en’s team will be playing Craibelli said. The men’s team has on Friday in the first round been practicing since of the Great Athletic Plains school started. Qualifying Conference tournament. The men’s team will travel rounds determined the to Yankton, South Dakota top five players. and play at the Fox Run Coach Parsley said he is Golf Course. The women’s confident with what he has seen team will i n “I feel confi dent and I feel like travel p r a c to Sioux we have a lot of good talent on t i c e Center, and he the team.” I o w a feels to The that Ridge Bo Cribelli-Senior h i s G o l f team Course. will be contenders in this The two teams will take the top five players to com- meet. “The GPAC has a lot of pete in the meet. The top good teams and Nebraska four scores will be counted and the highest of the five Wesleyan is predicted to win,” Parsley said. “The will be dropped. The top five men’s play- team needs to shoot 300 or ers are Senior Bo Cribelli, less to have a good chance Sophomore Colby Black- of winning.” The men’s team finished man, Freshman Ryan Har6th last year. ris, Senior Colby EnevoldThe top five women’s sen, and Freshman Tyler golfers are Sophomore Vasek. The head coach for JaCee Pilkington, Freshthe team is Myron Parsman Jenna Woitaszewski, ley. The men’s team is lead Sophomore Holly Ryan, by Bo Cribelli, who two Junior Rhiannon Downes, and Freshman Kaitlyn ErSTAFF WRITER

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Friday, September 16 Women’s Golf @ GPAC Championship Round 1 Saturday, September 17 Cross Country @ Woody Greeno Invite

Volleyball vs. Mount Marty College 10:00 a.m. Football vs. #16 Northwestern College 1:00 p.m.

ickson. Head Coach Jeanine Foster chose the top five based on their scores at the Northwestern and Dordt Invite. “Actual tourney play is the best practice,” Foster said. “The girls will be familiar with the golf course for the GPAC tourney now that they were able to play it last week.” The women’s team finished 10th last year and coach Foster said she feels this year they need to be around 330 to place in the top five. Foster said the competition will also be tough with Dakota Wesleyan, Morningside, and Northwestern being the predicted top teams. “Based on how they played In the GPAC preview they should be able to place 4th or 5th,” Foster said. Foster said that Dordt could also be tough competition because they will be playing their home course. The two teams will compete in one more conference tournament during the fall season and in two conference tournaments during the spring season. The four rounds will be totaled and that will determine the conference champions.

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chances and have them fire back.” Sophomore Byron EvThe Doane football team is keeping to their routine ans said that no matter even with a tough home who the team plays, they prepare the same way. opener this weekend. “We do the same thing The Tigers will play at whether we play someone 1p.m. Saturday against ranked or unranked,” EvNo.16 Northwestern Colans said. “Everybody is lege. The team is off to its first focused and we are having 2-0 record since 2001 and more intense practices.” Juis optinior m i s t i c “It always helps to have a loud, J o e for this crazy, crowd behind you.” Knott weeksaid end. Coach Joe Knott-Junior t h a t t h e M a t t team Franzen i s said that s t a y even though they are playing positive and focused ing a ranked opponent, the team isn’t planning on about their first home changing their game plan. game. “We are just staying “We are just going to have to decide, going in, optimistic,” Knott said. how many chances we are “Talking about our oppogoing to take,” Franzen nent and how important said. “We can’t just take our home opener is.” SPORTS EDITOR

Monday, September 19 Women’s Golf @ Nebraska Wesleyan Invitational (2) Wednesday, September 21 Women’s/Men’s Soccer vs. York College 5:00 p.m. & 7:15 p.m. Volleyball @ Midland University 7:30 p.m.

Knott said that the team hopes a crowd of local fans shows up to the game. “We are hoping for a good turnout,” Knott said. “It always helps to have a loud, crazy, crowd behind you.” Evans said he thinks that the crowd can help pump up the team in this weekend’s game. “It’s going to be a factor,” Evans said. “You get more energy from the home crowd.” Franzen said if the team plays like they have in past home games, they should do well. “Traditionally we play pretty well at home,” Franzen said. “If we get a good crowd, I think they can be a huge difference” Northwestern College enters the weekend with a 1-1 record, 0-1 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference.

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