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Don’t be surprised if you spot senior Theodore Gorman crawling, running and jumping around campus — it’s called parkour.

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Theodore Gorman hangs, climbs, jumps, rolls, runs and crawls over feats of endurance

BY PAOLA CASALE Staff Writer

Theodore Gorman is used to people staring at him.

That comes with the territory when crawling, climbing, jumping and rolling around campus.

Gorman, a senior at Otterbein, is a practitioner of parkour, defined by the American Parkour website as “the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment.”

What are some of your hobbies?

Parkour. Parkour is a running, jumping, climbing thing, testing your limits, finding out how strong you are.

How did you get into it?

I started training about two years ago when I moved back to Westerville.

I pretty much Google searched “parkour Columbus.” It’s something I have always seen on the Internet and was interested in, and then I found this group called Parkour Horizon and I went down and trained with them and found out they were really good guys.

I started training with them a lot and it snowballed from there.

What is the purpose of Parkour?

To be strong, fit, useful.

Why do you crawl around campus?

I’m trying to get ready for a challenge for my birthday this Saturday. I’m going to do a crawl that’s 2,300 meters, which is 100 meters short of a mile and a half.

Do you do parkour all the time?

Even on dates and at the grocery store?

Parkour is a lifestyle. It never stops. You try to move around.

The mentality never turns off. I’m always looking for things to climb on or jump off of.

How does it feel to practice parkour on such a small campus?

It’s a lot of fun. People stare at you a lot. I am pretty used to people staring at me when I do it anyways, because I’ll be crawling around, jumping on things. I look like a lunatic.

I am trying to start a club here on campus, and hopefully I get some positive interest for that. During the summer, I (was) told by one of the security guards that I am not allowed to do parkour on campus. I don’t know if he knew what he was talking about or not, but it was bothersome.

Do you get positive and negative feedback from students?

Positive. People are approaching me all the time like, “That’s awesome what you’re doing,” either interested or just amazed.

So a security guard tried stopping you from doing parkour?

He was like, “Dude, you’re not allowed to do parkour on campus.” And I was like, “Oh, OK.” So now I pretty much have changed how I do parkour on campus, just by doing it more quickly.

What are some actions that you do for parkour around campus?

Run, jump, climb, photo by kristen sapp crawl (and) roll. I play a lot when going from Leap oF Faith: When practicing parkour, Theodore Gorman likes to add height as class to class. I go out another element of fear. He also crawls across campus to build endurance. for runs and jump over stuff and land on things. displacement if you talk to the I think that is part of the reason founders. All the different names for starting the club to get some Why would you encourage some- people interested. mean essentially the same thing, one else to do parkour? just training and movement.

To be fit and healthy. I’ve What activities do you guys do as gotten so much happiness from a group when you get together Can parkour get dangerous? just practicing. I rediscovered that with all the parkour practitioThe way I train, I try to find element of play that I had when I ners? calculated risk. (I) try to find was a very small child, but lost at Last night we went out on things that challenge me, but some point. campus and jumped around for that aren’t stupid to do. Trying to four hours and did conditionapproach it with that mentality, Are there more of you guys here ing in a back alley. It was pretty you’re pretty safe. on campus? intense.

I’ve met one student who is What are some challenges that really interested in joining the What do you guys call youryou have faced? club. I actually have a lot of selves?

Big jumps, scary looking students interested in joining the Traceurs. It’s a French word things. Jumping from one curb to club. I don’t really know any other that I believe means bullet ... and another ... When you add height long-term practitioners that have if you talk to the right people, it’s another element of fear. as much experience as I do, but “the art of movement,” and t&c

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According to the Otterbein University Police Daily Crime Log, the following has been reported from Sept. 6-9.

9/6 Theft and criminal damaging of a rearview mirror was reported near the Home Street Commons. A student noticed the white side view mirror covers were missing from the student’s MINI Cooper. The student also noticed the passenger side view mirror was broken.

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A cell phone was reported stolen from the Courtright Memorial Library

9/9 A disorderly conduct and alcohol underage violation was reported in Hanby Hall. Otterbein Police Department received a call reporting four suspects drinking beer in an alley near Hanby Hall. The suspects were looking into windows of the female dormitory saying offensive things to students in their rooms. One of the suspects was urinating on the building. Three of the suspects were not Otterbein students. The fourth suspect ran away when OPD arrived. One suspect was charged with underage coninFormation CompiLeD by kaity Vorbroker sumption and the other two were charged with disorderly conduct.

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Suspicious package deemed harmless Blame for Friday’s Uptown frenzy over a bomb scare owed to student’s lunchbox

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At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, Westerville hosted a memorial observance at First Responders Park in honor of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. Citizens braved the pouring rain to honor those lost 10 years ago. A full slideshow is available at www.otterbein360.com.

A suspicious package investigated last Friday evening was found to be a lunch bag that was dropped from a school bus by a student, according to a Westerville Division of Police press release.

Witnesses alerted authorities after a subject was spotted tossing the package into the area where it was found in front of Hanby Elementary School on State Street, the release said.

The subject was detained for questioning and later released.

Investigators verified the subject’s claim that the subject had picked the package up and tossed it onto the sidewalk to clear the street.

A remote robot was used to observe the package from a mobile command post.

“In situations like this, we try to treat it as a public threat,”

Westerville Police Chief Joe Morbitzer said.

The Columbus Fire Department Bomb Squad, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Westerville Police Division and members of the Otterbein Police Department responded, according to Morbitzer.

Local businesses and homes within the area were evacuated, and the area of State Street from Walnut to Main Street was closed during the investigation, according to the WPD. City Manager David Collinsworth said it seemed like “a whole lot of nothing.”

At the time of the initial investigation, authorities believed that the contents of the package were likely harmless, according to Morbitzer.

Collinsworth said a few administrators from Hanby Elementary School were evacuated and that everything was fine. t&c

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Do you think Otterbein’s transition into the semester system has gone smoothly so far?

No 31.4%

Yes 54.9%

I don’t know

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Actually it is going pretty smoothly.

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In a new survey, 54.9 percent of Otterbein students said they think the transition to semesters has gone smoothly.

Kate Lehman, the assistant dean for student success, said the transition has gone as well as expected.

Although more time for unexpected delays would have helped, there have not been any major problems, she said.

“We tried to do the most preparation we could, and then we’ve just tried to handle any issues that come up as quickly and as best we can, but I think overall it’s been a good start,” Lehman said.

Lehman said a couple scheduling issues arose, namely whether prerequisites were set properly and if classes were being sequenced appropriately.

Students have given mixed reviews on the transition from quarters to semesters. From the results of a Tan & Cardinal

online survey, 31.4 percent of students said they don’t think it went smoothly, and 13.7 percent of students said they don’t know.

One student from the anonymous online survey wrote, “Personally I had no problems.

As long as you took the steps, especially meeting with your adviser and planning out what exact classes you’re going to take, you should have had a smooth transition.”

Mollie Majcher, a senior actuarial science major, did not have the same reaction. “I don’t like having more classes for a longer period of time while the professors are still moving at quarters pace when we are actually on semesters,” she said Lehman expressed that for faculty, it was almost a relief to be back in school because they had been working so hard over the short summer to redesign courses and plan for new INST classes.

For incoming freshmen, there is a completely new scheduling process. Previously students

received a packet of information and registered for classes on their own. Now there is an online survey where students share their preferences with scheduling, and then faculty build their schedules prior to the students’ arrival.

“Overall, huge improvement.

I think we were really able to work with students and we didn’t have the same anxieties and frustrations that we did in the past,” Lehman said.

Otterbein decided to go with the four-credit course instead of the typical three-hour course that other schools on semesters have.

According to Lehman, this schedule provides students with classes that are a little more in depth as opposed to on a threehour credit model.

J-term, or January term, was set up in hopes that students would do the 4-1-4, meaning four classes in the fall, one during Jterm and four during spring. The approximate number of students enrolled in J-term classes so far is 1,002, according to Associate Registrar Cindy Davis. t&c

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Viewers have one more week before many of cable’s top-viewed dramas, sitcoms and comedies air new seasons

BY STEVEN COLLINS Arts & Entertainment Editor

The new seasons of many television shows are right around the corner. With everything going on in the life of the typical college student, sometimes episodes of your favorite show are missed. Here is a guide to ensure that won’t happen.

Monday House

Premiere Date: Oct. 3 Time: 9 p.m.

Network: FOX Last Season: House, who is lashing out because of his breakup with Dr. Lisa Cuddy, drives his car through her living room. Meanwhile, Taub has been handling the news that his girlfriend and his ex-wife are both pregnant.

This Season: Set one year after the end of last season, House wakes up in prison. Lisa Edelstein, who played Cuddy, will not be making a return this season.

DVD Release: already released

Two and a Half Men

Premiere Date: Sept. 19 Time: 9 p.m.

Network: CBS Last Season: The show ended abruptly after Charlie Sheen’s transgressions off the screen.

We last left off with the show as Charlie was set to fly to Paris with Rose with the plan to propose to her.

This Season: Charlie Sheen will not be back, and Ashton Kutcher will replace him. Sheen’s character will also reportedly be killed off.

DVD Release: already released

Castle

Premiere Date: Sept. 19 Time: 10 p.m.

Network: ABC Last Season: After finding a dirty cop in the department, Captain Montgomery is killed trying to right the wrong. Beckett gives the eulogy and is shot in the chest while doing so. Castle whispers to Beckett, “I love you,” and the episode ends.

This Season: The new Captain of the department is played by Penny Johnson Jerald. There will also be more Esposito and Ryan bromance going on, as well as a new love interest for Castle.

DVD Release: Sept. 20

Tuesday NCIS

Premiere Date: Sept. 20 Time: 8 p.m.

Network: CBS Last Season: In the final episodes, Mike Franks is killed and his funeral is shown. Gibbs’ team knows the identity of the Port to Port serial killer. DiNozzo is on a case in a foreign country trying to find a traitor.

This Season: The season will start with the results of DiNozzo’s three-month investigation.

It is learned that he is responsible for a dead NCIS agent, and Gibbs tries to help DiNozzo put it all back together.

DVD Release: already released

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Glee

Premiere Date: Sept. 20 Time: 8 p.m.

Network: FOX Last Season: New Directions made it to Nationals. Will isn’t telling any of the students about his Broadway aspirations.

This Season: Sue decides to run for Congress, and Chord Overstreet, who played character Sam Evans, won’t be returning.

DVD Release: already released

Wednesday Psych

Premiere Date: Oct. 12 Time: 10 p.m.

Network: USA Last Season: The team manages to catch Yin with the help of Yang, putting an end to that arc.

Lassiter sees Shawn and Juliet kiss in the final scene.

This Season: Shawn’s mother Allison will be returning for some episodes. Pierre Despereaux (played by Cary Elwes) will also return later in the season to help Shawn and Gus catch some art thieves.

DVD Release: already released

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Thursday Bones

Premiere Date: Nov. 3 Time: 9 p.m.

Network: FOX Last Season: At the end of the season, Vincent Nigel-Murray is killed by Broadsky, one of Booth’s enemies. It is known after a discussion between Brennan and Angela that Brennan is pregnant. She later tells Booth that the child is his. Also, at the end of the season, Angela has given birth to her child.

This Season: This season will be considerably shorter because of Emily Deschanel’s pregnancy.

Finn Abernathy, played by Luke Kleintank, will be replacing Vincent as an intern. The series will begin with Brennan in her third trimester and her preparations with Booth to raise the child.

DVD Release: Oct. 11

The Mentalist

Premiere Date: Sept. 22 Time: 10 p.m.

Network: CBS Last Season: At the end of the final episode, Patrick kills his nemesis, Red John, and leaves him sitting across the table from him as police arrive.

This Season: The season starts off with Patrick being arrested for the murder of his nemesis.

DVD Release: Sept. 20

This fall’s season includes enough murder, romance and new characters to satisfy any TV junkie.

The Office

Premiere Date: Sept. 22 Time: 9 p.m.

Network: NBC Last Season: Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, is leaving the office.

This Season: There will be several new characters that make appearances, including Andy’s family, played by Stephen Collins, Dee Wallace and Josh Groban.

DVD Release: already released

Community

Premiere Date: Sept. 22 Time: 8 p.m.

Network: NBC Last Season: Last season ended with an epic game of paintball.

This Season: Producers have said that the show will flow more fluidly, and there will be more arcing storylines.

DVD Release: already released

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Blue Bloods

Premiere Date: Sept. 23 Time: 10 p.m.

Network: CBS Last Season: The season ended with Frank choosing not to turn in the dirty cops to try to get to the bottom of the Blue Templar.

This Season: Frank’s decision leads to a mayor’s assistant’s death.

DVD Release: Sept. 14 Shows that won’t be returing this season: Brothers & Sisters (ABC), The Chicago Code (Fox), Friday Night Lights (NBC), The Good Guys (Fox), Human Target (Fox), Lie to Me (Fox), Life Unexpected (CW), Medium (CBS), $#*! My Dad Says (CBS), Smallville (CW) t&c

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The Otterbein Marching Band performs at the 2011 Cardinal Marching Band Invitational

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The marching Cardinals hosted a show for area high school talent

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There was no football game Saturday night, but for the first time ever, Otterbein’s marching band shared the field with four others from local high schools.

Michael Yonchak, the director of Otterbein’s marching band, said that in his four years here no one has done it before.

“I have heard from previous directors that tried to do this a few years ago, but it got rained out,” Yonchak said.

The 2011 Cardinal Marching Band Invitational at the Otterbein Memorial Stadium featured four local high school marching bands that played musical tributes to American music.

Of those four schools were Northland High School, Westerville North High School, Buckeye Valley High School and the Ohio State School for the Blind.

This year they wanted to do a classic invitational to take the competitive edge out of the process and enjoy music for music’s sake.

“We had this idea to host a home festival,” Yonchak said. “I called all the band directors I knew in a 20-minute drive and we had four or five that were interested.”

Otterbein opened the show with the Cardinal Fight Song, moving into “CARDS” formation and inciting applause from the stands. The band also performed the Pledge of Allegiance, Cee Lo Green’s “Forget You” and “The

Battle Hymn of the Republic” in honor of 9/11.

Buckeye Valley played more traditional American band music, including a rendition of “My Country, ’Tis of Thee.”

Northland’s selection was taken from the musical collection of American rock band Steely Dan. Westerville North, which has an average-sized band and an expansive percussion section, featured songs from “West Side Story.”

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I liked the Braille O-H-I-O. I remember the first time I saw it and I thought it was cool.

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Junior early childhood education major Valentina Dixon said, “They were my favorite part. They just ran around in circles and played each other’s drums.”

Otterbein was also treated to a performance by the Ohio State School for the Blind.

The band, which was helped into formation by aides, played a more contemporary selection, including “Dynamite,” “Sweet Georgia Brown” and a mashup of “Let It Be” and “Hey Jude.”

Also, in honor of its namesake, the Ohio State School of the Blind

played “Across the Field,” which is Ohio State University’s fight song, and “Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse.” Director Dan Kelley said that the band liked to spell “O-H-IO” in Braille as its finale.

Senior mathematics major Jeff Fabus said he’s seen the band perform before.

“I liked the Braille O-H-I-O. It’s something different. I remember the first time I saw it and I thought it was cool,” he said.

After the high school performances, all the directors received trophies of appreciation from Otterbein’s band fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi. Then, Otterbein’s band went on for its final performance, which was movie themed. Yonchak said they often pick what their show concepts will be in spring.

“We have the students vote on four concepts, like a rock show, and they definitely wanted to do a show based on movie music.”

The Otterbein color guard wore peasant shirts, got into sword fights and danced to the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song. “The Time Warp” from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was a solo for featured twirler Tara Mills, while the color guard danced back up. Otterbein ended with the Star Wars theme song.

“I thought it was a huge success,” Yonchak said. “The directors thought it was great and the bands got to see other bands they wouldn’t normally see during the season.”

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Junior welcomes semester conversion

Student likes the pace of new semester-long classes, but finds that different class times makes scheduling difficult A great revival has taken place and Otterbein has been converted. To semesters, that is.

I was actually glad to hear that we were converting to semesters because I took college classes in high school that were on semesters and really KARLY flourished in that SMITH environment.

The pacing is what was most appealing. On quarters, most classes seemed squished. Classes like British literature seemed constrained and rushed compared to the survey of American literature I took on the semester calendar.

And I can tell that my classes this semester have slowed down

to a steadier pace already. We have time to digest the material, really dig into certain topics and more thoroughly read materials.

Project deadlines do not seem so overwhelming and feel much more feasible. Another advantage is having only two sets of finals, which is no small thing.

The most obvious advantage in the switch to semesters is for transfer students. Most transfers have semester credit, as I did, and it will now be much easier for them to transfer in. Those who want to transfer out will also find it easier.

A few other pros are the new classes and minors. There is a film studies minor now, among others. The Philosophy of Harry Potter class now being offered is one that students are excited for.

English professor Jeremy Smith’s perspective is an interesting one. He has added only a little more material to most of his classes.

“My concern is that not everyone realizes that we should be covering material as if only a week had been added,” he said.

“Anything more might overburden students who are now taking four classes instead of three.”

Some students, however, have struggled with the semester conversion. Fulfilling major and minor requirements for those who have taken classes on quarters is becoming much harder.

Casey Buckler, a junior psychology major, is trying to pick up one of the new minors but has run into a struggle with the old and new catalogs. Since she

is on the old catalog, she cannot add the new minor or she would have to change her major over to the new catalog. Instead, she has to make an individualized minor that is identical to the new minor.

Another more surprising struggle has been with her WorkStudy schedule at the library.

With the strange new class times, some of the work slots have been harder to fill than others.

“The switch made it hard,” Buckler said. “We work in hour shifts and many of us can’t work a whole hour because of the weird class times.”

Upperclassmen may also find it a challenge to balance four or five classes at a time as opposed to three. Once-a-week classes that are three and a half hours long can be very hard on a student.

According to Buckler, some organizations such as Circle K are finding it harder to schedule social events around these night classes.

Semesters are a positive change for Otterbein, but I think it will take some time to adjust to the new schedule and figure out the kinks.

Professors and students both need time to figure out just how to balance semesters.

So perhaps it is not the semesters themselves that should be the concern, but how we handle and plan those semesters.

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KARLY SMITH IS A JUNIOR ENGLISH EDUCATION MAJOR AND A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.

Student weighs in on controversial book The children’s book has parents outraged, but its moral is no different from messages in other forms of media As the month of October rolls around, young children’s excitement dramatically escalates with the arrival of endless amounts of Halloween candy to local grocery store shelves.

Yet, while boys and girls indulge LINDSAY in 5-pound bags of sugary sweets, LOSHBOUGH bookshelves will be stocked with a less favorable treat.

Next month marks the release of Paul Kramer’s controversial children’s novel, “Maggie Goes on a Diet,” the transformational tale of a continually mocked overweight preteen girl who, through proper diet and exercise, becomes the school’s soccer star.

As anyone could easily predict, this obvious acknowledgement of childhood obesity has struck a chord among concerned parents who stress their children’s sensitivity to the exposure of such literary material.

Perhaps there is no correlation to the release of this polemical piece of literature and the nationally celebrated holiday which practically encourages children to pack on those extra

unnecessary calories. However, to a media-conscious individual such as myself, the timing of this release does not appear to be merely coincidental.

Sure, Kramer urgently presses the promotion of healthy diet and exercise to cushion the blow of this overly veracious book and defend him from the masses of furious parents who interpret such literature as an insult to their parental skills, but at least he is finally saying what we are all thinking.

As humans, or as Americans more specifically, we live in a world in which the concepts of body image are teeming with outrageous contradictions. We are subliminally subjected to various ad campaigns every day that point out a thousand and one things “wrong” with our bodies, yet we become irate when an author openly acknowledges childhood obesity in one of his books.

After first hearing about the upcoming release of “Maggie Goes on a Diet,” I became immediately offended that a credited author would so bluntly subject children to such material, a stance similar to that of several other individuals. I mean,

seriously? Attacking preteen girls about their body composition?

Talk about insensitive, as if being a teenager is not difficult already.

Despite the fury instilled in me by this children’s novel, I decided to give Kramer the benefit of the doubt and further investigate this taboo topic of obesity.

After reading through countless websites acknowledging our misperceptions with body image while bright blaring ads flashed easy diet tips all over the article’s margins, I started to come to a slightly different conclusion.

We all know that media and society have established this craze with being stick-thin, but I never realized our obsession with lithe models was so severe.

According to the Media Awareness Network website, 20 years ago, the average model weighed 8 percent less than the average woman — but today’s models weigh 23 percent less. Advertisers believe that thin models sell products.

Yet, why are we so adamant about ruthlessly attacking an author who has simply written down our negative perception of obesity and published it when we all know our society determines

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Kramer also has two other books scheduled to release this fall: “Do Not Dread Wetting the Bed” and “Divorce Stinks!”

being thin is equivalent to being attractive?

So until our media outlets ban these ad campaigns for Alli and Dexatrim and stop glamorizing thin models as a proper body image, how can we justify removing the same concept from literature? Unless something is willing

to change, “Maggie Goes on a Diet” is definitely not the first piece of mass media to influence poor self-image in children, and it certainly won’t be the last. t&c LINDSAY LOSHBOUGH IS A SOPHOMORE ENGLISH EDUCATION MAJOR AND A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.

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Otterbein football will return to the field to battle Ohio Northern

BY DOM PORRETTA Staff Writer

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Coach Stephani Schmidt teaches sophomore Alyssa Johnson during a fall practice. Check out otterbein360.com for more details.

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Much like last season, the Otterbein football team won’t have a chance to get its feet wet in Ohio Athletic Conference play.

The Cardinals will have to jump right into the proverbial water as they travel to face Ohio Northern University Saturday.

Coming off a 10-2 season in 2010 and their third ever playoff appearance, the Polar Bears are ranked 12th in the week-two DIII Football.com poll and are expected to give the University of Mount Union a run for its money this year in the OAC race.

“I think every game every week in the OAC is a tough game,” head coach Joe Loth said.

“You’ve got to be ready to play every week, whether it’s Ohio Northern or anyone else in the conference; you need to be just as ready to play no matter who it is.”

Last season the Polar Bears routed the Cardinals 34-10 in Westerville during week one of OAC play.

In Northern’s first game, junior Chad Mason started as quarterback and completed six of eight passes for 48 yards and rushed for a touchdown before sophomore Tyler Rue came off the bench to connect on nine of 13 passes for 72 yards.

As running back, sophomore Justin Buenger took the bulk of the carries, rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries.

Junior DeMarquis Payne rushed five times for 83 yards and a touchdown while senior Seadrick Marshall gained 29 yards on nine carries.

Leading the receiving corps so far has been junior Kyle Baker, who grabbed eight catches for 81 yards.

“I think we’re going to see the exact same offense we saw last year,” Loth said. “They’re a team like us that likes to run the football; their offense starts with the run.

Both teams had week-two byes after season-opening wins.

However, while Otterbein held its breath in its overtime win over Gallaudet, Ohio Northern’s first victory occurred with a little more ease, dropping North Carolina Wesleyan 38-20.

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Otterbein linebacker Chad Pepper drills an Ohio Northern player despite being beaten 34-10 in last season’s match-up.

“I think if you look at the first week games, I don’t think either of us played as well as we wanted to play and had as much success as we wanted to have,” Loth said. “So I think it’s a week really to work on the little things and try to get your house in order a little bit.”

Loth said he is expecting to continue with the two-quarterback system of senior Austin Schlosser and junior Rocco Pentello.

“We’re probably going to continue to use two quarterbacks,” Loth said. They both bring something different to the table; they both had success in the game (against Gallaudet).

Statistically Austin had a great game, and Rocco’s statistics maybe weren’t as eye-popping but Rocco’s a guy that gave us the lead at 21-14 and he’s the guy that led us down to set up the potential game-winning field goal that was blocked at the end (of regulation). He had two really good drives at the end of the game and put us in the position to win.”

Schlosser connected on 15 of 19 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns while throwing

no interceptions in the victory.

Pentello completed three of 10 passes for 51 yards and a score with one interception.

The coach said he was still uncertain as to whether junior running back Cody Green, who missed the season opener, will be healthy in time for Saturday.

Junior Brock Burzanko took the start week one and rushed for 64 yards on 16 carries. A healthy Green would create a different look for the Cardinal ground game, which Loth said will be a key to victory.

“Whoever runs the football the best and whoever has the least amount of turnovers will win this football game,” Loth said.

Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in Ada, Ohio. t&c

&Correction Last week the Tan & Cardinal published that women’s golfer Allie Pulos was a sophomore and that there was a golf tournament between Otterbein and John Carroll. Pulos is actually a junior, and there was no tournament.