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(From left to right) James Scully, Lili Froehlich and Polly Levi star in “The Storytelling Ability of a Boy,” opening tonight at 7:30 p.m.

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Nationwide, high school and college students are denied information that is public by law The issue:

The First Amendment is a microphone built right into the Constitution. It gives people the voice they deserve to have.

Sometimes, though, there’s a kink in the wiring.

One of the intentions of May 3’s World Press Freedom Day is to draw attention to this defect.

Although this is the first time World Press Freedom Day is being celebrated in America, it has existed since 1993. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated the day to underscore the frequently violated rights of student journalists.

Young journalists across the country are often denied information they have a right to. High school and college leaders try to control the content that is printed in school newspapers, almost as if we are kids who have heard a word we don’t know and our parents are saying to us, “We’ll tell you when you’re older.”

Just because a newspaper is run by students doesn’t make it any less of a newspaper, and as a newspaper, it has certain rights.

Our stance:

The point of college media is to prepare students for the real world, and in the real world, people must honor public records requests because of the policies The views expressed on this page laws behind them. However, it is not just a matter of law, it is a do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty and administration of matter of public service.

Otterbein University.

The point of the news is to Opinions expressed in signed tell the public what it needs to columns are those of the writer and not of the newspaper staff. Positions know, and this is the same at every level. But for some reason, in unsigned editorials represent a student media faces resistance to consensus of the editorial staff.

The first copy of the Tan & this cause.

Cardinal is free to the public. Each For instance, take the case of additional copy is $0.50, and paythe assault report in Davis Hall ment can be made at the office at 33 Collegeview, Westerville, OH 43081. before spring break. We were told that under the Family EduOffenders will be prosecuted. cational Rights and Privacy Act The T&C staff would love to hear from you. Write a letter to the (FERPA), which began in 1974, editor and tell us what you’re thinkthe disciplinary records of the ing. Letters to the editor are letters student involved were protected responding to a writer or an article and would not be given out. published in the Tan & Cardinal.

In another case, students in Please keep your letter to 300 a journalism class were recently words or less. It is at the discretion of the Tan & Cardinal staff as to denied the record that shows whether or not the letter will be pub- how spending is distributed to lished. Letters attacking an individual varsity sports. will not be accepted.

Now, we could only assume Letters must include the author’s first and last name, signature, phone that a professional news organization with its own lawyers number, address and affiliation to Otterbein University. would not have had such trouble

getting this kind of information, which is frustrating to say the least, and it’s why we appreciate that World Press Freedom Day is finally being recognized in the United States.

However, before we begin to sound accusatory, we want to make one point clear: This friction could simply be caused by a lack of understanding about the laws that are out there for public information. So, we’d like to clear up a few basic points.

Solutions:

We don’t think everyone at Otterbein is out to get us. But perhaps not everyone here knows what information can be withheld.

Here are some examples of the basic information that, as public records, students are entitled to, per the Student Press Law Center: • Disciplinary records. During the 1990s, state courts in Ohio and Georgia ruled that disciplinary records were outside the reach of FERPA because they are not “educational” in nature.

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• Crime reports. Schools cannot withhold crime reports from the public, even if the records are kept with a security office instead of a police office.

• Certain reports that pass through a campus disciplinary body. If the crime is a violent or sex crime that will be prosecuted criminally, it is not protected under FERPA. • Some athletic program information. The Student Right-to-

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WOBN will join other student-run radio stations today, Thursday, April 28, at noon for a one-minute moment of silence to raise awareness for the closings and sales of college radio stations.

According to College Broadcasters, Inc., more than 10 universities and high schools

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The Freedom of Information Act applies to anyone, not just newspapers.

Know Act and NCAA regulations grant the rights to college and university reports about enrollment and graduation rates of student athletes. Also, the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act requires schools to make available annual reports that compare money spent on varsity programs for men versus women.

take pride in our role as the voice of the campus, and we only want to be treated as professionally as we treat the people we deal with on a daily basis. Hopefully, this editorial is educational to those who read it, because through our research it was certainly educational to us. Have a happy World Press Freedom Day. t&c

Laws can be long and complicated, but they still need to be upheld. As student media, we

THIS EDITORIAL IS A GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THE TAN & CARDINAL STAFF.

have already sold their stations, and a few schools, including nearby Duquesne in Pittsburgh has limited student involvement.

The students at Texas Tech, the University of San Francisco and other places are now missing an incredible opportunity to work in broadcast radio.

At noon this afternoon, WOBN and others will have a minute of silence to

recognize the real travesty that is happening nationwide.

Consider observing this minute of silence, and don’t forget to support YOUR student-run radio station, 97.5FM, WOBN. Tony DeGenaro, junior English literature studies and creative writing major, WOBN music director

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Free textbooks encourage use of digital materials John Doe’s Kindle

Program offers cheaper alternative to pricey books to your major that you’ll never look at again in your life.”

The high cost discourages some students from purchasing books at all.

Freshman athletic training major Ayla Starcher said, “I didn’t even buy books at all winter quarter. I used older ones that people still had because it would have cost me over $300 for three classes worth of books.”

Students using books from the pilot program can access textbooks in a variety of formats, including an online version, e-reader versions, audiobooks and PDF downloads.

Interactive aids for studying are also available.

Prices for these different formats vary, but the current deal with Ohio allows the 1,000 students free access to all digital formats and study aids.

“The University System of Ohio works hard every day to provide students with low-cost options that promote student learning,” said Fingerhut.

Ohio Digital Bookshelf, a project geared toward providing ideal textbook options for faculty members, estimates that 49,936 students have saved money by using digital textbooks.

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BY LINDSAY VILGA Staff Writer

Each quarter students embark on a search for affordable textbooks.

A solution to the pricey hassle of obtaining course materials is in the works: digital textbooks.

A digital textbook pilot program has been developed by the USO and publishing company Flat World Knowledge.

They are giving free textbooks to the first 1,000 students whose professors try the program.

“This innovative pilot will evaluate cost-effective options for Ohio college students and set the stage for significant systemwide savings,” Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents said in a news release.

Efforts to encourage the use of digital textbooks are being developed as part of the University System of Ohio’s (USO) 10-year Strategic Plan for Higher Education.

One of the goals of that plan is to lower the cost of the college experience.

And students agree that the cost needs adjusting.

Senior creative writing major Bess Proper said, “It just seems a bit ridiculous to spend half a grand on books for only three courses every quarter, especially the ones unrelated Page 1 of 3 Q

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Tornado season whirls through Westerville

The Franklin County emergency preparedness plan says that tornadoes are the No. 6 threat to the county

BY MONICA BEGAZO Contributing Writer

Spring means tornadoes, and Otterbein is getting its fair share of gloomy weather.

The Otterbein Security Department has its own emergency preparedness plan specifically for tornadoes, as well as other emergency threats.

These plans are available online on the Security Department’s website.

According to the tornado plan, the first step in the event of severe weather is to remain calm.

Then, simply account for everyone in your area and head for a safe shelter in your dorm, which is usually the basement or the central corridor of the building.

Lauren Reenan, a sophomore equine business major and resident assistant (RA) in 25 W. Home St., said to either find the hall director of your dorm or an RA if a tornado siren goes off.

If students cannot find one of these people, she said, they should go straight to the designated safety zone in their hall.

One way that Otterbein exercises tornado safety is through the Cardinal Red Alert system.

The system allows the university to alert students and faculty of inclement weather through a text message, phone call and email.

Director of Security Larry Banaszak said, “If we get a tornado warning, then we’re going to send out a Red Alert.”

The U.S. sees more than 1,000 tornadoes every year, more than any other country in the world, according to Otterbein’s tornado plan.

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With Ohio being a Midwestern state, the occasional tornado warning or watch is not something new to its inhabitants.

But surprisingly, tornadoes are not the No. 1 threat to Franklin County.

According to the Franklin County emergency preparedness plan, the No. 1 threat to Franklin County is floods.

Tornadoes don’t even make the top five, coming in as the No. 6 threat to Franklin County.

The plan said that Franklin County experienced 26 tornadoes from 1954-2008, all of which were rated F3 and under.

Tornadoes are mCtCampUs.Com / zbignieW bzdaK measured on the perFeCt storm: The U.S is hit with over 1,000 tornadoes per year during peak tornado season, which is March-May. Fujita Scale and can range from F0 to F5, F0 being • If you don’t have a basemeans a tornado has been spotSharritts said she starts to worry the lowest with winds up to 72 ment, go to a bathroom, center ted and to seek shelter. about the impact of a tornado mph and F5 with winds up to hallway or closet on the lowest • Assemble a disaster supwhen the tornado sirens go off.

318 mph. floor of the building. plies kit. Include canned food, a Sharritts also said that her According to the Federal • If you’re in a high rise manual can opener, three gallons initial reaction is to go seek imEmergency Management Agency mediate shelter. building and don’t have time to of water per person, a flashlight (FEMA) preparedness plan for get to the basement, take shelter and a battery-powered radio with Junior broadcasting major tornadoes, the peak season for extra batteries.

Brad Carroll said, “I start worry- in a center hallway. tornadoes is between March and • If you are outside and there • Once a tornado has passed, ing about the possibility of a torMay. The plan also said that most nado when warnings are issued are no nearby buildings, seek call Otterbein Security to report tornadoes occur between 3 and 9 by the Weather Channel.” He shelter in a ditch or depression any injuries or damage to buildp.m. but may occur at any time. using your hands to cover your ings. said he used www.weather.com Students around campus react for his main source of updates. head.

Banaszak said, “The main to tornado threats in different • Know the difference thing to think about is to take the ways.

Some tornado safety tips between a tornado watch and siren and the warning seriously ...

Sophomore organizational tornado warning. A watch means that’s really the primary tip.” from Otterbein Security and communications major Courtney the Red Cross: a tornado is possible. A warning t&c

1. 4/26 Cash was stolen from a subject’s purse in the Courtright Memorial Library, but the subject declined to file a report with the Westerville Police Division.

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WHAT’S THE BUZZ? News worth texting friends about

Obama releases his records

The White House has released a copy of President Barack Obama’s original long-form birth certificate in response to rumors that he was not born in the United States to rest. The certificate says that Obama was born at Honolulu’s Kapi’olani Medical Center on August 4, 1961.

English royal wedding

Prince William of Wales and his fianceé Kate Middleton will wed this Friday, April 29, at Westminister Abbey in London, England.

Horses die in barn fire

&Michelle EilandAsk’01,alumni business say Cheese:

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The alumna (rear left) was inspired to begin volunteering abroad after the earthquake in Haiti.

BY ANAJAYE’ DIGGS Staff Writer

How did you become involved in Habitat for Humanity?

I began volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Columbus, Ohio, in 2010. The values of the organization are in tune with my personal values. I like that Habitat does not “hand out” houses.

It is in the business of giving a “hand up.”

What have you taken from your trip in Honduras?

I will definitely treasure the friendships I formed with the family, the workers … and the volunteers. We were a group of strangers bound together with one common goal: building a house for a deserving family. The rewards are beyond what I can put in words.

How did your Otterbein education help you with your volunteer service?

Everything that happens in life prepares you for what is to

come. I think that the opportunities I took advantage of while at Otterbein prepared me for my work with Habitat for Humanity. I studied abroad in Argentina and picked up a minor in Spanish. I was an orientation leader, summer orientation coordinator, resident assistant and assistant hall director.

Tell me more about your time in Honduras.

We worked on a house for a family of five — Victor, Leda, Mauro, Nicole and Andrea.

Mom, Dad and their two teenage children were out there every day mixing mortar, laying bricks, moving materials and digging a ditch used as a septic tank. ... We completed about 80 percent of the house. The local masons will complete the rest of the house.

Why is volunteer service important to you?

Volunteerism has been a huge part of my upbringing. My parents constantly put me and my sisters in groups or clubs that did

volunteer service. I was in the Columbus Youth Corp during the summer, picking up trash on the west side of Columbus, and I also volunteered at the local library.

What motivated you to help in Egypt and Honduras?

It was shortly after the earthquake in Haiti that I started to think about volunteering abroad.

A few of my friends and coworkers had thrown around the idea of going to Haiti. At the time, there were no builds scheduled for Haiti, but we found a list of builds in other countries.

What would you like to do in the future?

I enjoy traveling, so I like to volunteer in different countries and plan R&R trips in the country after the build. Eventually, I hope to find a location and an affiliate that I would work with on an annual basis. Hopefully it will be in a Spanish-speaking country. (I) have to put that Spanish minor to good use. t&c

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Eight horses were killed in a Morgan County, Michigan, barn fire last Sunday. Officials say it was an act of arson and

possible hate crime toward the owner of the barn and horses, who is gay. Derogatory terms were written on the barn before it was set on fire.

The culprits have not yet been found.

Sony user information hacked

A hacker managed to obtain personal information from Sony PlayStation users via the Internet Tuesday.

Account holders’ names, addresses, email addresses, user names, passwords and credit card numbers could have been compromised. The breach, reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), comes after Sony’s online network for PlayStation crashed due to a hacking attack last week.

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T&C staffer’s Humans vs. Zombies survival guide “Call of Duty” player gives tips on how to survive as a human or dominate as a zombie in the upcoming game

BY STEVEN COLLINS Arts & Entertainment Editor

I play “Call of Duty” regularly.

While that doesn’t make me a military genius or really mean a whole heck of a lot in the grand scheme of things, I do feel in this instance it gives me a bit of expertise in the area of tactics and gaining the element of surprise.

Here are some tips to help you be the best HvZ player when the game starts on Sunday at midnight.

Every person playing the game should know the rules to the latter. The old adage “Know the rules before you can break them” really applies.

While hiding your bandana with similar colored clothing may be a good tactical idea, the rules state that this is frowned upon (but not entirely illegal).

However, knowing your color wheel is really helpful here.

You can wear colors that are next to each other like red and orange, or blue and purple. Try not to wear any bright colors that might attract attention.

Game players should know that the center of the Courtright Memorial Li-

Hiding Spot 1 Parking lots

good Carma:

People don’t normally look between the cars when they’re passing. The windows on the cars allow you to peak through and see people coming who might not be aware of your presence until it’s too late and you can get a capture.

brary, where there is a large amount of foot traffic, will be a hotbed for activity and a highly populated zombie zone.

You should also try and change up your routes to your classes and places that you regularly go.

Becoming predictable makes you an easy target.

Here are some dos and don’ts for your Humans vs. Zombies experience:

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like you normally would. You won’t stand out in a crowd.

DON’T — Wear camouflage clothing.

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It won’t hide you at all; it will make you stick out more. That is unless you plan on playing deer vs. zombies.

DO — Pay attention to your surround-

ings. Be more aware when entering and exiting buildings.

DON’T — Listen to your MP3 player while in public. It takes away one of your senses needed for zombie evasion/human hunting.

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Lawn next to Towers Hall

tree hUggin’:

The trees around campus allow for excellent ambush spots, especially near Towers Hall and the library. The closer to the path, the more likely you will catch someone off guard and get the capture. Keep your heads up, humans.

hotspot:

Most of the game’s action will probably center around Towers Hall and the library.

Hiding Spot 3

Outside Mayne Hall

CaUght napping:

Humans are very vulnerable coming in and out of “safe” buildings like their residence halls and classes.

These are the perfect times to surprise them and turn them over. Humans should always be aware of their surroundings.

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Campus Center front door

CampUs Center CaptUre:

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Standing outside these posts on either side of the Campus Center doors are a great ambush spot for zombies looking to pounce on unsuspecting humans. Remember to check your corners, humans; your lives depend on it.

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What’s your flavor?

Name: Kristin Morrison Year: sophomore Major: nursing Hometown: Fremont Favorite place in Westerville: Smoothie King Favorite sports team: Cleveland Browns Favorite book: anything by Nicholas Sparks Favorite “Brady Bunch” character: Alice Life motivation: God Hot or cold: cold

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“Storytelling Ability of a Boy” stars James Scully, Lili Froehlich and Polly Levi (from left).

Story time with a twist The cast of three are ready to finish practice and start the show

BY STEVEN COLLINS Arts & Entertainment Editor

Written by Otterbein graduate of 1973 Carter Lewis, “The Storytelling Ability of a Boy” is about the dramas of high school.

The play’s small cast stars Polly Levi as Caitlin, James Scully as Peck and Lili Froehlich as Dora, and is directed by theatre and dance professor Dennis Romer.

“The Storytelling Ability of a Boy” centers around two friends Dora and Peck, who are too smart for their own good. Their teacher Caitlin, who’s intelligent in her own right, tries to teach them that there are things that they still don’t know.

Sophomore theatre major Froehlich said, “It deals with teen bullying and the psychological stress it places on the victims that often goes unrecognized in our society until it’s too late. It brings light to touchy subjects teenagers deal with. It isn’t afraid to tackle those issues, and at times, throw them in the audience’s faces. It’s brimming with honesty and passion.”

Freshman theater major Scully said, “I think this show, more than being about outcasts, is about love and how scary and unpredictable it can be. And I think that people will leave this show feeling more appreciative of those close to them. This

show is about people you can count on, and learning to appreciate them and accept them as they are, damaged and crazy.”

The play includes adult language and sexual situations that may offend some viewers.

Froehlich and Scully believe that while the play is somewhat risqué, it will be an enjoyable experience for some people.

“I think that Otterbein students will really get these characters.”

James Scully freshman BFA musical theatre “I feel like it has something that appeals to everyone,” Scully said. “There’s humor, suspense, tragedy, betrayal and romance.

There’s a very loud orgasm in the first five minutes. But in all seriousness, especially for students on a college campus, this show is extremely relatable. I think that Otterbein students will really get these characters.”

Froehlich said, “There is an orgasm in the first scene, partial

nudity in the middle of the show and a lesbian kiss later on. But in all honesty, it is a moving story about two teenagers that are too smart for their own good that get way too involved with a teacher.

It deals with sexual frustration and confusion, bullying and revenge … It truly appeals to any young adult and/or adult with an open mind.”

While the play does center around topics that may be uneasy for some, the cast is enjoying the practices and cannot wait until the show debuts tonight.

“It’s been so fun,” Froehlich said. “My character is so different from who I am that is has been fun getting to know her.

It’s always fun playing someone besides yourself for a period of time, and it lets me escape reality.

Who doesn’t need a break from real life every once in a while?”

Scully said, “I’ve been so blessed to get to perform in a main stage as a freshman, and getting to know how Otterbein theater does it has been so exciting. I’ve also had so much fun with this script.”

Performances of “The Storytelling Ability of a Boy” are starting today, April 28, until April 30 and again on May 6 and 7 in the Campus Center Theatre, also known as the Pit. All shows are at 8 p.m. except opening night, which starts at 7:30 p.m.

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Want to blow your eardrums away with awesomeness?

Then tune in to 97.5FM, The Wildcard!

Shows not to be missed this week: In the Know - Thursday at 10 a.m.

Sports Corner - Thursday at 2 p.m.

Working for the Weekend Friday at 6 p.m.

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Proud of your room?

Then show it off in the Tan & Cardinal’s

Coolest Room Contest.

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michael.cirelli@otterbein.edu by Tuesday, May 3, at midnight. It does not need to look professional.

Prizes: Photos of the winning rooms will be printed

in an upcoming issue of the Tan & Cardinal. Winners will also receive snacks from Residence Life.

Guidelines: Only on-campus rooms may be entered

into the contest. By entering the contest, you give the Tan & Cardinal and Residence Life permission to publish photos of your room. spiCe it Up:

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Clucker’s House of Wings is next to Pizza Primo and is just a stone’s throw from campus.

Clucker’s lands in Uptown Clucker’s House of Wings has enough sauce flavors to please those who like it hot as well as those who shy away from the fire

BY JT HILLIER Contributing Writer

Uptown Westerville’s latest dining option is built on a recipe, one that’s homemade and familiar: wings, sports, cold beer and a jukebox.

Since the restaurant’s opening on St. Patrick’s Day, Clucker’s House of Wings has provided an alternative for local wing-lovers hoping to steer clear of Polaris Parkway for a night.

Co-owner John Lambillotte said he is pleased with the feedback in the first month of business.

“We’ve really been getting people out, and we’ve been getting more and more Otterbein students in here lately, which is great,” he said.

Located on 8 E. Main St. in Uptown Westerville next to Pizza Primo, this local business provides a decor as lively as can be expected of any self-respecting sports bar, with Otterbein golf bags, Buckeye regalia and

B.C. Rich guitars decorating every wall and crevice.

The menu features 10 specialty sauces, including classic buffalo, spicy buffalo garlic, the house specialty Clucker’s cayenne and a death-defying tearjerker, Clucker’s habanero, which is advertised with a warning in bold font: “This is the boldest of the bold. Not for the faint of heart.”

“And we can do hotter,” Lambillotte said. Scary-high numbers on the Scoville scale (the measurement of the spicy heat, or piquance, of a chili pepper) proves to be no boundary for Lambillotte, his local business or the quality of his wings.

Buffalo Wild Wings’ now iconic Blazin’ sauce is among the hottest sauces in the chain eatery market, allegedly recorded at 200,000 to 350,000 Scoville units. In comparison, Lambillotte claims that his wings can easily surpass this number upon request, priding himself on tweaking ingredients

to the customer’s preference, whether this means heating them up, cooling them down or fine tuning flavors.

Clucker’s also offers a chicken tender wrap, Philly cheesesteak and one-half and one-fourth pound Angus burgers, plus sides, desserts and a Little Clucker’s menu for kids.

Carry out is also available if you can’t dine in. t&c

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Student doubts dorm safety & Varying degrees of security in DK raise one resident’s eyebrows

According to Groucho Marx, “Home is where you hang your head.” By that definition, I share my home with four floors of people.

As my first year at Otterbein is starting to come to an end, I’ve grown accustomed to PETE living in a dorm.

CLACK Although my dorm building, Dunlap-King Hall (DK), isn’t the newest or the quietest, it’s been a suitable home away from home.

I grew up in a small quiet town where we didn’t have to lock our doors at night. We didn’t broadcast our lack of door locking, but if I drove the two-and-ahalf hours home, I would be able to get in without a key.

When I came to school, I was underwhelmed with the slightly

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outdated security of DK. There is only one entrance that can be opened by residents using their Cardinal Card.

When you walk into the building you are immediately in the lounge, usually filled with residents watching a movie, coloring or rehearsing a scene in an upcoming play.

DK’s lower two levels are all-boys floors, while the top two levels are only for girls. Each resident’s room key unlocks only his or her floor and individual room. With the laundry room being in the basement, a boys’ floor, every resident of the building can swipe into that hallway.

The first floor, where I live, has an unlocked stairwell leading from the lounge to a constantly propped-open door in the middle of the hallway. This means anyone who can get into

the building, whether it is a resident who swiped in or anybody else who slips in through the constantly opening doors, can gain access to my floor.

It seems odd to me that there are security measures put in place to keep us safe, yet there aren’t equal security measures put in place for all floors.

I understand giving all residents access to the basement, but what I don’t understand is why the first floor is open to everyone. Every day I walk through the lounge and see friends of residents hanging out. I have no problem having people who don’t live in DK come to hang out, but I feel that all floors should enforce the safety precautions put in place. t&c PETE CLACK IS A FRESHMAN UNDECIDED MAJOR AND IS A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.

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Letter to the Editor

Editor: The Cardinal model is something students here can be proud to be a part of. The acronym is the mission statement for the Cardinal community.

Conceptually, the rhetoric presented seems like a well enough model to live by. However, for Otterbein Security, the model remains only rhetorical, unless we make an amendment: “N” for negligence.

On April 20, around 2:30 in the morning, Westerville sounded the tornado siren. So, like the diligent, life-loving person I and many others are, we sought out shelter. I watched the weather on TV and waited for my Red Alert to let me know the plan for campus.

Students living in residence halls were frightened and unsure what to do. An RA told me there was great confusion, residents not knowing where to go, what to do. Everyone was waiting for the Red Alert.

At 2:50 sirens again rang; RAs were ushering students

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to safe places, still waiting for Security to respond to its needing student body. Nothing was announced. RAs tried to call in, students tried to call in. The phones were off.

Can you say dial “N” for negligence?

Where was Red Alert? Why was nobody answering? It seems that in the greatest time of need, Security was nowhere to be found. They are immediate to arrive on the scene when a 21-yearold resident has lawfully purchased alcohol, but in the face of a natural disaster, that had it manifested itself, could have wiped Otterbein’s small campus off the Westerville map, were completely asleep at the wheel.

Security needs to adjust their priorities and owes the student body better than this risky negligence. I nervously await their transition to a police force; I hope their authority doesn’t further blind them from their duty to residential safety.

Tony DeGenaro, junior English literature studies and creative writing major

Crappy songs ensnare listeners

Two students have songs they love to hate and hate to love, but one is embarrassed while the other embraces it Not all of it, because seriously, what does “swinging my hips like yeah” even mean?

But I do like OneRepublic and a few Ke$ha songs, and I’m afraid to ever tell anyone.

With all the gimmicks, Auto-Tune and constant repetition, it makes sense why I’m embarrassed. People already judge my intelligence for loving trashy reality TV If you ever worked somewhere that shows; I don’t need the additional bad rep because I was caught singing “Peacock” by played Top 40 songs all day long, you can understand the amount of contempt Katy Perry.

Of course now that I’ve outed myself I have for the genre. to the entirety of campus, I’ve lost any sort Top 40 is what of street cred I’ve built. people of our generaNow people will recognize me as that tion consider pop. It’s one girl who pretends to be cynical and basically the Justin pseudo-intellectual but is really listening to Biebers, Taylor Swifts the same mindless dribble everyone listens and T-Pains of the to. music world.

ALYSSA So if you see me with my earbuds on, Since I’ve spent my COOKdon’t ask what I’m listening to. I’ll lie and summers scooping ice ALEXANDER say some artist featured on VH1, because cream and being subat least they have more credibility than jected to the crappiest lyrics in history, Avril Lavigne. t&c I could hardly summon any love for the genre. However, I’ve been put in an ALYSSA COOK-ALEXANDER IS A SENIOR PUBLIC awkward position: I’m starting to like RELATIONS MAJOR AND IS A CONTRIBUTING pop music.

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Here’s what’s crazy about the world: Even when two people generally agree on a topic — such as the frustration of love/hating obnoxious Top 40 hits, for example — there is still so much room for disagreement.

It’s called perspective. One topic, two people, and two similar yet completely different viewpoints.

Over spring break I had a one-woman dance party in my basement in which the playlist was Avril Lavigne’s “What the Hell” on repeat.

I have brought dishonor upon my family, I know. But that’s not even the half of it. “Teenage Dream” is officially my jam. And I may be in danger of catching LEAH a cold from all the ice DRISCOLL inside my soul because I think that despite having the world’s worst lyrics, “Jar of Hearts” by Christina Perri is a lovely song.

These and other Top 40 hits are usually identifiable by three characteristics:

1. Excessive radio air time 2. Lyrics so awful they make “The Wheels on the Bus” sound like Shakespeare

3. The world’s catchiest beats that will crawl into your brain like a tapeworm

The other day I was in the car and halfway to my destination before realizing that I had been singing along to “Grenade”

despite wanting that song to die a fiery death. When even people who hate a song know all the words to it, that’s a sign of serious musical success.

Top 40 songs are my guilty pleasure.

But let’s take a moment to look at this phrase. It often gets tossed around without much consideration for the actual meaning of the words.

Merriam-Webster defines guilt as “feelings of culpability, especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy.”

OK, cool. Culpability is defined as “meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful.”

Well, that’s not how Katy Perry’s music makes me feel. I’m a little bit ashamed to like such processed music, but I don’t think I should be condemned. In fact, I’d like to see someone try. Whatever, I was born this way.

Which do you think will feel better?

Stewing in your unwanted guilt or grooving to a terrible song you happen to love?

I don’t know about you, but I’ll be the girl singing “Firework” at the top of her lungs in the Cardinal’s Nest. t&c LEAH DRISCOLL IS A JUNIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR AND IS THE OPINION EDITOR FOR THE

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Strange Sundays

NFL work stoppage gives students more time

BY STEVEN COLLINS Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Freshman Aaron Lucas gets his shirt signed by Will Allen at Tuesday’s PRSSA event.

Steelers’ safety tackles issues Will Allen shares his career influences and thoughts on the NFL

BY JORDAN LABATTE Sports Editor

Will Allen, safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers most remembered for his big plays at Ohio State during the 2002 season, spoke at Otterbein about his experience as a communications major last Tuesday.

Allen has also created the Will Allen Foundation as well as Quest for Real Life Success, which helps high school students prepare for life after school.

Allen chatted with the T&C about his career and the current controversial topics in the NFL.

The lockout. What are your thoughts?

I think it needs to be the right deal and fair for both parties, and we each have to give up something for the betterment of the game. I don’t know what specifically that is, but it’s bigger than the situation we are going through now. I think both parties understand that. We can’t be greedy, we can’t be selfish and everybody’s needs have to be met at some point.

What would be fair for the players and the owners?

I’m not sure from the ownership side. I know that specifi-

cally that they want us to pay for certain things, and they want us to take back some money that was kind of hurting their pockets, and they want an 18game season, but I think you just got to go back and forth, have the mediation. You got to have different negotiations, but right now let’s not jeopardize the season because of selfishness. We got a little bit of time here.

Some of the injuries that have been occurring are concussions.

Do you think there should be some sort of regulation on it?

Well, it’s funny because I have played football for a long time and I have never had a concussion. I just got my first this year.

It’s weird and a little scary but you know I had to miss two games for it. It’s a really touchy subject. A lot of this new technology for the helmets needs to be re-evaluated.

Does it have anything to do with how a player comes into a tackle?

No, not at all. I think it has to do with the technology. …

Once I put on my old helmet, I thought it was more durable. It was a better fit and it embraced impact better versus the new helmet I have, which is lighter (and)

bigger. But (the new helmet) was designed to take an impact differently, and I just don’t know if that’s happening with the new technology because (of) the rate of (head) injuries that are happening.

What kind of values and lessons have Jim Tressel and Mike Tomlin taught you?

They taught me specifically how to face adversity and how to handle yourself as a man, as a responsible person, and really encouraging things that are beneficial for yourself and others. It’s not just you’re here for football, you’re just a football player, they have that side of it too, but yet you can tell they have a genuine care for individuals.

What was it like playing in the Super Bowl against the Green Bay Packers?

It was a fun time and I enjoyed it. ... On one end it was a great experience and on the other it was tough to enjoy because of all the pressure and how fast everything was going, but once it was game time you go out there and have fun and you just play to win, and we fell a little short.

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While both the NFL Players Association and the individual team owners decide on a new collective bargaining agreement, the fans are all left in limbo as millionaires and billionaires argue over some hot-button NFL issues and try to get a new deal done before it becomes too late in the year to have a normal season.

As an NFL fan of more than a decade, I pretty much have my Sundays reserved for watching football and all the various things that coincide with that, like playing fantasy football and enjoying buckets of wings and/ or pizza. While I think there will be a season this year, I do have plans should the players and the owners not get their act together in time.

Play Nerf wars. If I don’t

have 13 friends that are available to play a game of touch or tackle, I’m always up for some Nerf-gun-inspired fun. Capture the flag is given a whole new element when you play with Nerf guns, which should lead to hours of fun.

Play “Madden NFL 11.” If

there is a continued lockout and no labor agreement, then EA Sports will have to trash Madden 12, leaving Madden 11 as the most up-to-date. If it’s not nice outside, or negotiations last deep into the fall and early winter, then I would be inclined to pick up the controller and challenge my friends on the Internet.

Color. I greatly enjoy the fine art that is crayons on paper.

Work. The way I see it, if Sundays are open for me, then literally 20 books, many of them I’d like to make some money. If started back in my freshman year, I’m making money, then I’m not including both of Bill Simmons’ spending it. newest titles, Tony Dungy’s “Quiet Strength” and Jimmy Pick up a new hobby. I’ve Carter’s “Our Endangered Val- always wanted to be able to ues.” I’ll probably have to start knit. I can never seem to find a over on most of them. good pair of mittens or a warm and comfy scarf. I also wouldn’t Play the game. I’ve always mind working on my hiding skills had a profound enjoyment for because you never can tell when playing the game of football, those might just come in handy. whether it’s tackle, touch or flag.

I’ve got enough friends that Call Mommy dearest. My seven on seven might not be out mom rocks. She deserves a Sunof the question. day call. t&c Read. I’m halfway through

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What would you do with your time if the NFL season was canceled?

The T&C surveyed 56 Otterbein students on the work stoppage.

Student responses to “other” included:

• Crying • Hanging out with friends • Playing “Madden” • Believing that Sundays will

cease to exist • Ignoring the issue entirely

Some students found these as possible options for Sundays.

Watch other sports

30.4%

Do homework

10.7%

Go to church

0%

Catch up on TV shows

3.6%

Get on Facebook more

0%

Don’t watch the NFL Other

30.4% 25%

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Track to jump OAC hurdle

Both teams will compete for the championship at Mount Union

BY DORRION JENNINGS Staff Writer

The Otterbein men’s and women’s track teams will compete in the OAC Championships Friday and Saturday at the University of Mount Union.

“On the men’s side we’ll be counting on the hurdles, pole vault and our distance guys to have great meets and give (us) a chance to move up (in) the standings a little,” head track coach Dave Lehman said.

Juniors Austin Curbow and Karl Wunderle and seniors Matt Dixon and Chris Fyock are all ranked in the top three of their events.

“For the women, pretty much the same events plus the jumps will need to have good meets,” Lehman said.

Senior Sarah Petraitis, junior Samie Corbin, sophomore Michelle Gernert and freshman Ayla Starcher are ranked in the top three.

“For the conference meet, our focus was to make sure we are rested and fresh heading into it,” Lehman said. “It will be a challenging two days, but our kids have been working hard since January to prepare, so this week is just about sharpening and getting ready mentally for the increased intensity that a conference meet brings.”

This weekend’s meet is also a qualifier for the NCAA DIII championships.

“Our main goal as always is to be confident and determined to give our best effort of the year.”

Coach Dave Lehman A few of the runners have already provisionally qualified

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springing:

Sophomore Aaric Milligan hit 14 feet in the pole vault during last year’s OAC Championships.

www.otterbein360.com for the NCAAs, while others are looking this weekend to hit the mark to qualify.

Corbin hit the automatic mark and will be in the meet in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAAs, and she is also provisionally qualified in the 100-meter hurdles, as is Petraitis.

Curbow has also hit a provisional mark and sits fifth in the country in the 110-meter hurdles.

“In other events, I think a couple of our vaulters might be able to hit a provisional mark, and we feel like Matt Dixon is capable of popping a time in the steeple chase.”

The Cardinals hope to have a better team performance at this weekend’s conference championships.

Lehman’s goals have switched from the individual events to maximizing the overall points, a different tactic from previous years.

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“For the All-Ohio, we entered our kids in events to maximize performance in one main event, whereas with the conference we will double and triple our athletes to try and maximize points,” Lehman said. “In the All-Ohio, we had a lot of conference schools ahead of us, and certainly our goal is to move up that list; however, our main goal as always is to be confident and determined to give our best effort of the year.”

“We can’t control what the other teams and athletes do, but we can control our own efforts, and we want to give great effort over a two-day period this Friday and Saturday. If we do that, then we’ll be fine,” Lehman said.

The Cardinals will make their championship stand against the rest of the OAC this Friday and Saturday at Mount Union Stadium at noon.

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On the field, off the field

Name: Adam McGrath Position: attack

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sports management

Favorite class:

public speaking

Favorite athlete:

Alexander Ovechkin

Favorite pizza place:

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Jet’s Pizza

Catherine Brunoehler looks to aid the women’s golf team in winning its fourth OAC title.

Cardinals drive the bar high

Favorite lacrosse memory at Otterbein:

“It just proves that we are consistently better than all the other teams.”

Ben Adams senior The women have been at the mercy of Mother Nature as well.

The Lady Cards played their last regular season tournament at the Laura Bump Invitational held by Ohio Wesleyan University and finished second with a team score of 700 behind Ohio Northern University.

The women’s side will be led by senior Catherine Brunoehler, who placed third out of 40 golfers with scores of 82 and 88.

Brunoehler averages a stroke of 80.6 and tied for fourth at OAC championships as a junior.

Senior Kelsey Tosca averaged an 88.2 stroke for the fall season.

Her OAC experience of medaling and having a low round of 79 as a junior should bring an air of confidence.

“We all work really hard together,” Brunoehler said. “We have been working a lot on our short games where you save a lot of the strokes, which is what we have been continuing to work on this week heading into conference, because we know that’s where we are going to win it.”

The women’s golf team will be looking for its fourth OAC title.

“Going for our fourth (and) being able to win conference here all four years would be a big deal and very exciting. I would say heading into the fourth one, we all just know we need to play well, and if we play well we should do well. I have high hopes heading into it. I think we have a good chance,” Brunoehler said.

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Favorite movie: “Out Cold”

sLUgger: Sophomore Adam McGrath

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What’s next in sports

Saturday, April 30 vs. Marietta 1 p.m.

Saturday, April 30 vs. La Roche (Ind.) 2 p.m.

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The Otterbein men’s and women’s golf teams will be competing for the OAC title this weekend at River Greens Golf Course in Coshocton, Ohio.

The men’s side, which is aiming for its third straight OAC title, is led by junior Brock Neighbors, who earned tournament team honors and tied for a second-place finish with a score of 235 for the weekend at the OAC Spring Invitational hosted

by Capital University on April 20.

Right beside Neighbors, senior Ben Adams also won tournament team honors while tying for fourth with a score of 237.

Following the tournament, the men’s side was crowned the regular season champs through a combination of fall and spring tournament scores.

“It’s a combination win of one fall and one second, but we ended up winning by I think 20. It just proves that we are consistently better than all the other teams,” Adams said.

The men hoped to get more swings in at the Cedarville Spring Invitational, but were denied from both rounds by the rain

that created unplayable conditions.

“It has been pretty inconvenient. The course we are playing OACs at, we played this past weekend, and it was underwater,” Adams said.

Women’s tennis

BY JORDAN LABATTE Sports Editor

scoring the overtime goal against Fontbonne last year at home

Saturday, April 30 vs. Marietta (DH) 1 p.m.

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High hopes for men’s and women’s golf to achieve consecutive titles

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