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J-term: What you need to know
As the new term approaches, questions regarding meals, housing and enrollment arise BY PAOLA CASALE Staff Writer
Opinion Editor Steven Collins Arts & Entertainment Editor Jordan LaBatte Sports Editor Mike Cirelli Copy Editor Kristen Sapp Photography Editor Anna Schiffbauer Business Manager assistant editors Paola Casale Kristen Davis Katelyn Hanzel Sabrina Kohls Lindsay Loshbough Blythe Malone Evan Matsumoto Ally Nagle Lindsay Paulsen Dominic Porretta Kathleen Quigley Donny Shallahamer Karly Smith Katie Taggart Holly Takach Laina Thompson contributing staff Melissa Kent
Otterbein University prepares the campus for the very first J-term in the school’s history. Although plenty of changes are expected, J-term is to be treated as any other term.
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One big change that Otterbein made during this school year is that meal swipes will now roll over into J-term. All students that have a full meal plan for fall and spring semester will have access to any unused meal plans, whether it be from the fall or spring meal plans. “There is no room charge, no meal charge, no tuition charge,” Farley said.
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The housing for J-term will be treated like fall and spring semesters. Laura Farley, the administrative assistant of Resident Life, said that for J-term, students will be staying in the same rooms that they live in during the rest of the school year. Those students who are not registered for J-term will not have access to their room or residence hall and their Cardinal Cards will not work. All buildings on campus will be open and fully operated and maintained by the cleaning crew.
Meal Plans
“In the years past, all meals have wiped out at the end of every quarter, but now everything is going to roll over into J-term and spring. It will, however, wipe out at the end of the school year,” she said. A couple of food options will be available to students throughout J-term. Breakfast will be available in the OtterDen while lunch and dinner will be served at the Cardinal’s Nest, according to Will Armstead, the general manager of Bon Appétit.
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The only visible difference for students who are enrolled in Jterm is the fact that there will be fewer students on campus. J-term ends. A lot of students are enrolled in internships and study abroad Spring semester begins. courses that will also count for illustration by linDsey hobbs J-term credit. However, those saVe the Date: J-term will take place Jan. 4 to Jan. 26, lasting almost students will not be on campus. Although the campus will not three weeks. Regular classes in the spring semester will begin on Jan. 30. be seeing as many students as it special courses that weren’t usuning to continue offering regular does during fall and spring, alally offered in the fall and spring, courses for J-term or go back most half of the current student but we ended up offering regular to the original plan and offer population is enrolled in J-term courses,” Foster said. travel courses, special courses for courses. Seven overseas study abroad unique types of study situations,” About 1,100 students are cur- programs are offered during Foster said. rently enrolled in J-term courses the term, including places such J-term will start Wednesday, and 750 of them are living in as Japan, Chile, Trinidad and Jan. 4, and end Thursday, Jan. 26, residence halls, according to Don England. lasting almost three weeks. Foster, the registrar. Almost 100 students will be t&c However, J-term’s original taking travel courses throughout purpose was different. J-term. “J-term was originally in“I don’t know what the plan tended to be travel courses and is for the future, if we are plan-
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Recent survey reveals that 78 percent of students have not enjoyed spending a longer amount of time in class BY MELISSA KENT Contributing Writer
How successful do you think Otterbein’s firstever semester has been after the transition from quarters?
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A Tan & Cardinal poll reveals Otterbein students’ thoughts on moving to a semester system after having been in a quarter system.
POLICE REPORT
According to the Otterbein University Police Daily Crime Log, the following has been reported from Nov. 29- Dec.3.
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Student and faculty think differently about Otterbein’s first semester. According to a survey conducted by the Tan & Cardinal, 44 percent of the online survey takers said that the transition was unsuccessful. Kate Lehman, assistant dean for student success, said that everything went as smoothly as expected. “The reality is you know you can never anticipate everything, so we have done the best that we could,” Lehman said. Lehman recently spoke as the keynote speaker at the statewide semester summit. She spoke of the successful transition at Otterbein and discussed possible upcoming issues with other schools. She will also be speaking at Ohio University in the near future. The conversion also made things easier for the registrar’s office. Instead of having to construct three terms, it only had to build two. “The toughest part about the conversion was the reconstruction of the degree audits, which I am still in the process of doing,” said Don Foster, head of the registrar’s office.
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1. 11/29 Hazing allegations have been reported at 79 S. Grove St. 2. 11/30 Criminal damage was reported at Battelle Fine Arts Center.
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Despite the dry campus status of Otterbein, students still find a way to wet drunken whistles. The T&C polled the college’s population for their answer BY STEVEN COLLINS Arts & Entertainment Editor
Everybody knows that Otterbein is officially a dry campus, but the Tan & Cardinal has discovered that that may not actually be the case. The survey showed that 77.7 percent of students actually drink. As far as those students’ favorite type of alcoholic beverage, beer and mixed drinks led the category with the same amount of votes with 30.8 percent. If you’re someone who prefers Boston Beer Company brands (Sam Adams Boston Lager, Sam Adams Pale Ale, Yuengling, etc.) then you prefer the same as a majority on campus with 30.5 percent of the votes. Next highest was Bud brand with 16.9 percent and Coors Brand with 11.9 percent. Budweiser brands were students’ favorite pong beer with 27 percent of the vote followed by Pabst Blue Rribbon
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with 11.1 percent. PBR was also the least favorite beer among respondents with 24.6 percent of the votes. Budweiser brands were the second least favorite beer with 16.4 percent, and 31.7 percent of respondents said they don’t play beer pong. While students have spoken on what types of drinks they do and don’t like, there is some split among where students go and where they like to drink. Respondents who didn’t prefer to drink at home 51.9 percent of the time said that Jimmy V’s was their go-to place for alcoholic beverages with 19.2 percent. Less popular options included Old Bag of Nails, Cluckers, Rancho Alegre and other area bars including some of the ones downtown on Ohio State’s campus as places they like to go. While the response for Jimmy V’s was significantly more popular, some students
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feel that that Old Bag has some tages. Junior broadcasting major N said, “I prefer Old Bag to Jimmy sonally. I feel like the service is b they’re a little more personable a than at Jimmy V’s.” Senior broadcasting major Kr Hughes agreed. “I know a lot of people (at O Nails),” she said. “A lot of Otter dents work there and my roomm there. I’m used to going there. Ji doesn’t have the atmosphere for Old Bag does.” When it comes to hangover r students agree that drinking lots and taking some aspirin before b good ways to try to avoid the mo hangover. Several respondents suggeste Gatorade or Powerade or consum basco sauce. One student even m that their remedy was to take a n “Happy Days” on repeat. Brown’s hangover remedy is brunch in the Campus Center af ing in and watching some footba Senior political science major Watts’ hangover remedy is to eat tons and tons of meat.” “I think I heard it from some lady, but every time I have a han and overload on some chicken,” Students may have their meth according to the health center nu Ann Bowers, the only prevention is not drinking at all. She said, “The only guarantee avoid a hangover is to not drink. way to get rid of it is time. But r fluids should help the process alo
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sports 6 Junior calls for more attendance at sporting events wednesday, dec. 7, 2011
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T&C writer urges students to bring more life and create a unified student section to cheer on the Cardinals BY DOM PORRETTA Staff Writer
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Home-court advantage is difficult to quantify when it comes to college basketball, but most consider it fact to be a gamechanger, fuel to a team’s inspiration. For most schools, it stems from their student section. Duke’s Cameron Crazies, Kentucky’s eRUPPtion DOM PORRETTA Zone, Minnesota’s Barnyard, Wisconsin’s Grateful Red and Missouri’s ZouCrew are some of the most recognized student sections in college basketball that come to mind. Excited, energetic, noisy, obnoxious (and probably for some, drunk), students pack into a section of the gymnasium clad in school colors; faces and chests painted, ready to make playing in their home gym a nightmare for the visiting team. I know a student section doesn’t win or lose a game for a team, but there’s no doubt that they can help decide an outcome. So my question is, why doesn’t Otterbein have a bona fide student section? Yes, some students come to the
games, but they’re indiscernible from the rest of the Westerville community. Maybe this should be the year Otterbein creates a student section. I remember a blog post by Mark Titus, the infamous former walk-on and benchwarmer on the Ohio State basketball team that became well known for his blog “Club Trillion.” While talking about how the Big Ten has the best student sections, he remembered some of his favorite encounters, like when Michigan State knew more about his new girlfriend at the time than he did, or how Indiana fans knew that he airballed his last shot in high school and even how Michigan’s Maize Rage had a cheat sheet with the dirt on every player on the OSU roster. “We had a real good student section (at Walsh),” transfer point guard Jason Davis said. “It just made the environment more fun to play in. When there’s momentum swings the students can really encourage that. I feel like the student section has a lot more of an effect than student’s think.” Davis said that going to away games with good student sections means advanced planning
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and preparation on how they will communicate on the court. “It would just boost the morale around campus,” Davis said. “It just gets the students more involved and would bring an extra boost of excitement.” For those who don’t know, Otterbein won the national championship during the 200102 season. I attended quite a few games that season at the age of 10 with my brother and now sister-in-law, who was in the pep band at the time. The Rike Center was packed every game during that 30-3 run to the national championship, and we had to get there extra early to make sure we had seats. How loud the student section was still sticks out to me. Though I probably remember it mostly because I learned a few new words during those games that my brother had to explain to me, words that my brother told me mom couldn’t know I knew about. While the attendance at home games still remains respectable, it’s no longer the students that are packing the gym, but an organized student section would change that. Naturally, we would need a creative name. Most schools play off the coach’s
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name, arena’s name or mascot’s name. So I’ve taken some liberty to come up with a few suggestions for student section names — but just to warn you, these could be pretty lame. The Fourth Rike, The Rike Ragers, Dick’s Disciples … OK, so maybe that’s all I’ve got that I didn’t consider too lame to print, but I’ll put it on you to brainstorm. In addition, the men’s basketball team has its home opener
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this Saturday against Ohio Athletic Conference favorite Marietta. You can expect the Pioneers to come in with quite a bit of talent. So, why not start this year? There’s not much else to do on campus at 7:30 on Wednesday or Saturday nights. t&c DOM PORRETTA IS A JUNIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR AND A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.
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An empty section tries to encourage the women’s basketball team at a home game last Wednesday against Oberlin College.
sports 7 Dual-sport freshman dominates the hardwood www.otterbein360.com
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Tabatha Piper is a standout volleyball setter and basketball forward in her first year at Otterbein University BY ALLY NAGLE Contributing Writer
It is no secret that playing a sport in college is a difficult task. Playing two sports is often unheard of. However, that did not intimidate or stop freshman Tabatha Piper from continuing to play volleyball and basketball. Piper, a graduate of Big Walnut High School, started her first year a few weeks earlier than most other freshmen by reporting to volleyball preseason camp to start her athletic career at Otterbein. Piper was originally recruited and committed to come to Otterbein to play basketball, but in the process was also heavily recruited by volleyball coach Monica McDonald. Both volleyball and basketball coaches were well aware of the talent and potential Piper held. In similar situations, the athlete in this position would pick between the two sports and solely focus on only one; she came to the decision to tackle playing both sports. “I love both and couldn’t decide, so I thought why not give both a try and see how they go,” Piper said. Fortunately for both programs, Piper has done just what was expected and more. “Tab’s composure on the floor mirrors
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that of an upperclassman, and that is why she was able to excel at running a 5-1 (rotation setup which made her the only setter on the court) as a freshman,” assistant volleyball coach Michael Crofton said. “She gained the respect of her teammates right away with her leadership and her ability to take control of the floor. She possesses a great awareness of how the game is flowing and is able to break down what the opponent is doing tactfully.” Piper started in all the matches this season, and her performance earned her Ohio Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and second-team All-OAC. Piper dished out 1,118 setting assists, which ranked her second in the conference with 10.25 assists per game. On top of ranking second in the conference, she finished out the season with a .330 hitting percentage and 136 kills, which is an accomplishment for someone with the position of setter. The volleyball season extended to the middle of November after the team qualified for the NCAA Tournament, during which basketball had already started. With the two sports overlapping, Piper had no time to rest and enjoy a little bit of
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Piper looks to her offense for a scoring opportunity by setting up the play during a home match this past volleyball season.
free time, as she was expected to report to basketball practice a few days after her final volleyball game of the season. Piper, however, enjoys having a sport to occupy her time. “One thing I love about playing a sport is how it keeps me active and doesn’t leave me sitting around bored. I have also made so many great friends on both teams that I always enjoy my time at practices and games because I am with them playing the sports I love,” Piper said. Basketball season is already underway and Piper is once again showing her skills and talent on the court. She has started four out of the six games this season and was the leading scorer with 14 points in a huge conference victory over ninth-ranked Mount Union. Those 14 points made her on going season total 37, averaging 6.2 points per game. Within those 37 points she is 10 for 15 at the free throw line, making her accuracy an impressive .667 percent. Piper admits that it was strange transitioning from volleyball to basketball so quickly. “I had a slow start, but everyone has been very understanding and welcoming,” Piper said. Head women’s basketball coach Connie Richardson is impressed by Piper’s performance thus far on the basketball court and is excited to see what lies ahead. “Tabs is a great addition to our program,” she said. “I think once she gets some time to adjust to the speed of the game as well as get into basketball mode, she will continue to develop and do nothing but get better. She and the other post players help compliment our outside game and she is also an integral part of our defense. She is smart and understands the game which makes it easy to coach her,” Richardson said. Piper said, “The games are much faster paced and are different … definitely more challenging. That is what I am enjoying so far though; it’s really pushing me to become a better competitor.”
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Piper runs up court with her teammates to capitalize on another scoring opportunity weeks after completing volleyball season.
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Senior captures T&C life in snapshots
Photo editor discovered passion and talent for sports photography throughout her time at Otterbein’s newspaper I’ll never forget the first time I took sports photos. It was on production day of week one during fall quarter of my junior year. The sports editor, Austin Walsh, and I made our way to football pracKRISTEN tice and arrived SAPP shortly before practice was about to end. The assignment: Get photos of running back Colton Coy. I only had one opportunity to get these shots. I was so nervous, but that all changed once I started snapping pictures. I was hooked. From that day on, sports became my favorite thing to photograph. I loved being on the sideline right next to the action, but most of all I loved the challenge of getting that perfect shot and freezing the action at just the right moment. I even started showing up at games to take pictures without being assigned, which is something I’m thankful I did for those moments when photos were needed, and there just happened to be no home games that week. My experience with the T&C also introduced me to the sport of lacrosse. I had never seen a game before, and I knew next to nothing about the sport. This posed a bit of a challenge at first, and I was a little on the nervous
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side. I don’t know what I was so worried about, though. I caught on fairly quickly and was able to get that amazing shot of the goalkeeper, which was on the cover for week two this past spring. That photo is my favorite sports action shot I have taken. Not only did my time as photo editor lead me to discover my passion for sports photography; it also gave me the opportunity to work with an amazing staff, which became more like family. They are all very talented and have been a blast to work with. Josh, I’m sorry Lindsey lied to you, but I’m not sorry we let you eat 1,200 calories worth of doughnuts. I hope you felt “nice and full.” Kaity, thanks for letting me take photos of your hands, not once, not twice, but four times. Steven, no, I will not write an article for your section. Anna, is there any way we can shrink this ad? Lindsey, Starbucks run? Mike, thanks for being the best T&C DJ, and congrats on being the next editor-in-chief. Leah, all those headshots that I always seemed to forget about. Alyssa, wait, whose turn is it? What color is it? Gotta love Uno. Jordan, you’re welcome for all of those awesome sports photos that I always seemed to make sure your pages revolved around, and thank you for always being optimistic … Can we make that photo larger?
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Kristen had a goal of getting a shot of someone heading a ball at every soccer game she attended.
Dr. Warren and Mike Wagner, I’m pretty sure you both are still in denial that I am a senior. You two have been the best advisers this staff could have asked for. Not only when it came to the paper, but life in general. New photo editors Kristen and Blythe, I hope T&C is as great of an experience for you as it has been for me. I wish you both the best of luck, though I don’t think you will need it. There are things I’ll miss about T&C and I have learned a lot from it, but I know it’s time to close this chapter of my life and open up the next. t&c KRISTEN SAPP IS A SENIOR ART MAJOR AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR FOR THE T&C.
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This year, Kristen tried to focus on capturing the emotion involved in the sport, in addition to capturing the crucial moments happening on the field.
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This photo ran on the cover of the T&C in spring 2010 and is Kristen’s favorite photo she’s taken for the newspaper.