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Otterbein bids farewell to quarters As conversion approaches, the T&C staff embraces the forthcoming semester transition
It’s time. After a year of floating questions like “Will I graduate on time?,” “How many INST classes do I need now?” and “What in the world is a J-term?,” it’s time to say goodbye to the last quarter of our Otterbein lives. The school year will start Aug. 29 and end the second week in May. We now have a J-term, where students can take one class every day for three weeks. But while we’ve accepted semester transition as an inevitability and are looking forward to some aspects of semesters, we will still miss some characteristics of the quarter system.
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Those perfect 10 weeks. Not only was 10 weeks easy to keep track of, it was also enough time to take solace in if you ended up in a class you hated. “It’s only 10 weeks” will no longer be a mantra. From now on once week 10 rolls around, the thought of one more whole month will be agonizing. • Spring break being at the end of the quarter. One week in the middle is just enough time for us to forget about anything that we’ve learned, and it served as a great way to collect ourselves again for the next quarter. It may also, however, come as a nice break during those long blocks of classes in spring semester. • Three quarters, meaning three opportunities a year to take classes. With semesters,
we won’t have the opportunities to try out as many different classes. One extra quarter a year means at least three extra classes, which means 12 extra classes by the end of four years. These classes would most likely be electives, which are a great way to break up our more difficult courses.
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What will you miss about quarters and what are you looking forward to with semesters? “I’m going to miss taking a larger variety of classes, and I’m looking forward to the lack of the winter-spring quarter ‘sprint.’”
“I like that quarters give me the opportunity to take a lot of different classes, but I’m looking forward to having a longer period of time to explore a class.”
“The long winter break, and if I hated/disliked a class, it was over quick. And I would enjoy getting out early for the nice weather.”
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Student highlights Westerville’s boredom beaters
Quirky summertime fun exists just a hop, skip and maybe one short car ride away from Otterbein’s campus Westerville was rated No. 15 out of the 100 best places to live in America in Money Magazine in 2009. So next time you’re sitting in the library StumblingUpon just for the air conditioning or performing a PETE robot monologue CLACK into your fan to pass the time, try out some of these fun ways to get away.
Serendipity Ice Cream & Coffee House – 33 E. College Ave.
Go for a stroll through Uptown Westerville and grab a decadent panini and a cold glass of Kool-Aid at Serendipity. On previous visits to the small sandwich shop, my friends and family enjoyed the calm, homey feel. With the CD-decorated tables and the order slips you fill out to customize your sandwich, you can enjoy a nice meal and the inviting atmosphere.
Foul Play Mystery Bookshop – 27 E. College Ave.
After you’re done feasting at Serendipity, visit Foul Play Mystery Bookshop to pick up a mystery novel to read while you’re at the beach. The shelf-lined walls of the bookstore are filled with mysteries and thrillers and also the bookshop cat who lounges around the shop. Trinkets for the cat lover in your family can be found sprinkled throughout as well. The last time I stopped in to look at the selection, the owner invited my friends and me out to the back porch for snacks and a book signing with a visiting author.
A Gal Named Cinda Lou – 20 N. State St.
If cats aren’t your thing, then stop by to see if the lovable Boston terrier that frequently visits A Gal Named Cinda Lou is in. The shop on State Street is filled with vintage clothes as well as fun knickknacks and decorations. The T-shirts designed by
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the owner’s daughter are truly pieces of art. You can stock up on anything from wall ornaments made from open books to a set of vintage cups. If you’re looking for inexpensive decorations for your
dorm or apartment, stop in and use the Otterbein discount.
Highlands Park Aquatic Center – 245 S. Spring Road Have an adventure away from campus by heading out for some
fun in the sun next to the pool. You can visit Westerville’s newest best kept secret, the Highlands Park Aquatic Center. t&c PETE CLACK IS A FRESHMAN UNDECIDED MAJOR AND A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.
Signs of profiling in airports trouble freshman Student confronts U.S.’s Middle Eastern phobia after facing suspicion from security for having books on Islam An unofficial racial and religious profiling aspect has been added to the heightened airport security that’s been in place since Sept. 11, 2001. I would like to be able to say that in over nine years since the terrorist attacks on HOLLY the Twin Towers TAKACH the profiling has diminished, but that is not true. Instead, the screening has become more covert as the Transportation Security Administration attempts to deny any prejudices it may have against certain ethnicities and religions. Now, I like to think that I’m fairly familiar with airport security, seeing as I flew on a monthly basis from third-12th grade.
When it comes to racial and religious profiling, the first culprits are the TSA agents. They spend their days guiding you on your hour-long journey to walk through a single metal detector, rifling through your bags and unfolding everything it took you three hours to pack and inspecting your driver’s license thoroughly so they can make some snide comment about the photo. Don’t get me wrong, I am glad they take the time to screen everyone to ensure that my plane won’t explode midair. I can’t help but notice, however, how much more in-depth the searches of those who are Muslim and those who look remotely Middle Eastern are. Seriously, next time you are at the airport, grab a coffee and sit by security and watch how many
Middle Eastern people or those wearing religious garb get pulled aside for an extra pat-down or a bag search. And the last time I flew, as I was getting on the plane, a TSA agent pulled me aside to check my bag. He unzipped my bag and started pulling out my books on Islam. No joke, they were the only luggage I was carrying on the plane. By the time he was done, I had four TSA agents watching the search, and they were all giving me questioning looks. Perhaps this was because of my unusual luggage contents or the fact that they presumed that I practice Islam and were confused because I did not look like the stereotypical Muslim. They then asked to see my photo identification, which was unusual because they didn’t check it against my
boarding pass or the in-flight roster. I handed it to them saying the books were for a school project, and as soon as those magic words left my mouth, they packed up my bag and handed back my ID after giving it a quick glance. By the time they had finished with me, two other people had been searched and sent on the plane and they had started inspecting a third. So thanks, TSA agents, for making me feel religiously profiled and discriminated against. And then there are the civilians at the airport. There was one time that I was on a plane shortly after 9/11, and a family requested a new flight once it saw that there was a family of Muslims on our plane as well.
Now, the weary civilians who buy into the stereotypes give those who they suspect to be Muslim a wide berth. In both the waiting area at the gate and on the plane, I’ve noticed that the open seats are around those same people. TSA can attempt to deny its profiling all that it wants, but the proof is in the way that it treats those whom it suspects to be Muslim. If America ever hopes to overcome this harmful prejudice, it needs to start at how they are treated by government employees. The more people that see them getting pulled aside at airports and receiving an extra thorough pat-down, the more people will continue to buy into the bias. t&c HOLLY TAKACH IS A FRESHMAN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR AND A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.
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Victoria McGillin to visit through July and begin tenure Aug. 1 BY JOSH ADKINS News Editor
Otterbein’s first weeks under its new semester system will be guided by a new face after a months-long search. Victoria McGillin was announced as the new provost and vice president for academic affairs last Friday, according to an Otterbein news release. McGillin comes after resigning suddenly July 1, 2010, as the vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Linfield College in Oregon. McGillin served for only two years in this position. According to an article from the Linfield Review, Linfield College’s student newspaper, McGillin told the college that she believed her resignation would help promote greater trust in “shared governance” at the school. Shared governance is a key tenet of higher education in which decision-making responsibilities are divided among faculty, administrators and trustees, according to the American Association of University Professors. Kelley Hungerford, former editor-in-chief of the Linfield Review, said she didn’t know much about McGillin’s resignation because many administrative dealings at the college were kept “under wraps.”
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The T&C could not reach McGillin or Otterbein President Kathy Krendl for a comment in time for deadline. In the same article, Linfield College President Thomas Hellie said that although McGillin’s sudden departure was shocking, it showed her willingness to put the needs of the institution first. According to Hellie, McGillin created strong relationships with faculty and staff and is someone who will be missed. McGillin will pHoto proVided by tHe dept. of MarketinG and coMMunications visit Otterbein’s new Gal in town: McGillin comes from a campus in July and small school in Oregon called Linfield College. begin serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs on knowledge about the changing landscape of higher education,” Aug. 1, before the school year Krendl said. “She will work with begins on Aug. 29. us in shaping our future as an Krendl said McGillin will institution that offers a distincbring impressive experience to the table that will help in dealing tive educational experience for our students.” with the challenges and opporMcGillin said she is excited to tunities the university will face in become a part of a community the coming school years. “I look forward to her leader- whose passion and excitement impressed her.” t&c ship and direction as well as her
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Construction of the Main Street bridge is on track to be completed before fall semester begins BY KAITY VORBROKER Assistant News Editor
The rain that Westerville has been experiencing the past few weeks held up construcConstruction of the Main tion slightly. Street bridge’s superstructure, Pajk said, “When they or top of the bridge, is under would get out there to pour way, according to the Franklin concrete, it would downpour, County Engineer’s Office. and we didn’t want to jeopar“We’re pretty dize quality just close to being on to save a few schedule,” Jim days.” “We’re pretty close to Pajk, Franklin Pajk said County deputy that he is hopbeing on schedule.” engineer said. ing that the “You should Jim Pajk contractors see a lot more factored in things happendays Franklin County enough ing here in the into the originext couple of schedule deputy engineer nal weeks.” to include the The bridge is recent rain. scheduled to be West Main completed in August. Street was the path that most “Hopefully it will be comstudents took to get to the Art pleted around the third week and Communication Building. of August, before Otterbein’s With the bridge being imclasses start back,” Pajk said. passable, students have had to The plan for the bridge resort to a detour around the was to construct a new conbridge. crete and steel bridge with a Emily Meese, sophomore modern-style arch, decorative undecided major, said, “It will railing and street lighting. be better for the environment “They’re currently still because people will not have pouring the superstructure, but to drive to the comm. building they are almost to the point of anymore.” forming the deck on top of the The bridge has been out bridge,” Pajk said. since spring 2010. t&c
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Seniors look back at their undergrad years
Three soon-to-be college graduates spoke with the T&C about what they’ll miss and where they’re headed next
Otterbein’s 164th graduating class, comprised of approximately 500 students, will congregate in the Rike Center on Sunday, June 12. The T&C contacted 33 graduating seniors about their experiences at Otterbein. The
Miranda Braun psychology
students featured responded in time for deadline. One thing all graduates agree on is their excitement to enter the real world. Senior psychology major Miranda Braun said, “I look forward to closing this chapter of my life and beginning to write the next chapter.” After graduation, some students will continue their education by attending graduate
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school while others will enter the work force. Those who have studied abroad look back fondly on time spent not just at Otterbein, but in foreign countries as well. Senior business and graphic design major Justin McDonald is studying abroad in Ireland and returning to Otterbein just in time for commencement.
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Walking the sidewalks of Otterbein and feeling like I am a part of a great community.
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I will be attending graduate school ... in the fall in pursuit of a master’s in social work. I am ready to begin making my impact on the world, and I know I am perfectly capable of that because of what Otterbein has bestowed upon me.
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What is your favorite Otterbein memory?
Study abroad in the Netherlands fall 2010 and the first weeks after pledging freshman year.
What will you miss about Otterbein?
Friends, giving tours during the summer and all-nighter visual communication projects at the art building.
What won’t you miss about Otterbein?
The meal plan freshman year and Quiznos.
What are you looking forward to? Full-time employment, then starting an MBA.
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Growing up, summer vacation meant warmer weather and, more importantly, not having to spend all day at school. With our busy college lives and all that comes with them, we often don’t take the time out of our days to have a little fun. With all that is going on this summer in the world of music, movies and video games, not to mention two summer theater shows at Otterbein, there is no reason to experience that end-of-summer boredom that eventually sets in. For those who aren’t taking summer classes or lightening their work loads, here is an entertainment guide to make sure you get the most out of your summer. Everything in this guide takes take place after the final day of week 10, (Friday, June 3) and before the first day of fall semester next year (Sunday, Aug. 29). Whether you spend it in an airconditioned theater, in your parents’ basement in front of the TV, between headphones or on campus supporting the Theatre Department, make the most of your summer vacation this year and don’t forget to bring the sunblock.
Video Game “inFAMOUS 2”
June 7 PlayStation 3 Cole comes back in a new city with new powers and abilities. With improved controls and handling coupled with new character models similar to the “Uncharted” series, this game is sure to please.
“Duke Nukem Forever”
June 14 PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 After 14 years of development, “Duke Nukem Forever” is finally here. He’s back and ready to slay more aliens and save all the ladies and beer from them. A multiplayer mode should add a new and exciting element to the franchise. Other players can be killed in a variety of ways, such as shrinking them and then crushing them, and strapping explosives to their backs.
Movie “Green Lantern”
June 17 Ryan Reynolds, Geoffrey Rush Hal Jordan (Reynolds) is a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force. He is recruited by a society called the Green Lantern Corps for his skills and is soon discovered to be the missing piece it has been looking for. It then becomes his and the Green Lantern Corps’ responsibility to save the universe from a villain.
Movie “Mr. Popper’s Penguins”
June 17 Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino In this live-action adaptation of the famous children’s book of the same title, Carrey plays Mr. Popper, a very serious and professional businessman. He inherits six penguins that ultimately change his life. As he becomes attached to the penguins and turns his apartment into a winter paradise for them, the business life he always knew becomes threatened.
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June 21 PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 The newest edition of the “F.E.A.R.” franchise is going to bring some innovation to the table with co-op modes and better cover-taking gameplay.
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June 23-26, June 30-July 2 (with two performances July 1 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.). Opening night starts at 7:30 p.m. All other shows are at 8 p.m. Campus Center Theatre An actor’s rivalry is taken to the extreme as an action movie star meets his understudy. The only thing standing in the way of absolute chaos is a crafty stage manager.
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June 24 Owen Wilson, Cheech Marin and Larry the Cable Guy Lightning McQueen is invited to race in an international race against the world’s fastest cars. With Mater accompanying him on the journey, the two are sure to get into some danger and be a part of some crazy antics. Will a new job offer for Mater threaten his friendship with McQueen and gain him some international attention of his own?
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June 29 Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson In the third installment of this fighting robot franchise, the Autobots and the Decepticons prepare for their final battle on the moon. Megan Fox is out and Rosie HuntingtonWhiteley is in as the love interest for Sam (LaBeouf). Director Michael Bay has also said that this will be the final film in the series.
July 15 Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson The doors will close on the Harry Potter movie franchise when the final installment of this series is released this summer. Harry and company return to their old school Hogwarts to find the remaining horcruxes and prepare for the final battle against Voldemort. Friends will be lost and enemies will become friends as the series comes to a close.
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July 12 “All of You” Featuring the bubbly sleeper hit “I Do,” Caillat’s third acoustic pop record in four years includes production by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and a guest rap by Common.
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Movie “Captain America: The First Avenger”
July 22 Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving The newest Marvel movie gives audiences its first introduction to Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, a 1940s weakling turned into a badass superhero.
OtterU Event “Nunsense”
July 14-17, 21-24 and 28-30 (with two performances July 22 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.). Opening night starts at 7:30 p.m. All other shows are at 8 p.m. Campus Center Theatre After some members of a group of nuns are accidentally poisoned, the surviving nuns must perform a variety show to raise enough money to bury the dead sisters. Their only trouble? The auditorium they use is set up for “Grease.”
Movie “The Smurfs”
July 29 Neil Patrick Harris, Katy Perry This film, which will be a CGI/live-action hybrid, follows the Smurfs as they are chased away from their village by the evil wizard Gargamel. They end up in New York City, where they befriend and take shelter with a young married couple. The Smurfs must then come up with a plan to return to their village and escape Gargamel.
“Cowboys & Aliens”
July 29 Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde Ford, Craig and the very attractive Wilde star in a movie containing two of the great prestigious characters of our time: cowboys and aliens. The film’s director, Jon Favreau, directed the first two Iron Man movies and should provide experience and a keen eye for good filmmaking.
“30 Minutes or Less”
Aug. 12 Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride In this stoner comedy, Eisenberg plays a pizza delivery boy who, after delivering a pizza to a couple of criminals, is forced to rob a bank for them. The two criminals strap a bomb to his back and tell him he has a couple hours to complete the crime, or else. t&c
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We were proud of you then, even more so now. Mom & Dad
Robert, Four years of hard work are coming to an end. Your efforts have paid off in success. May that success continue as you begin a new phase of your life. We wish you all the best. Dad and Donna
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Emily Anne Bonnette We are so proud of you, Emily! You worked hard, made excellent grades and are ready to begin your graphic design career. You are prepared to stand on your own, but remember: We’ll stand beside you if you ever need someone to lean on!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Love, Dad and Mom
I am so proud of you! After a rocky start, you found your passion for journalism through the T&C and are finishing at Otterbein with flying colors. I pray that you take your love for writing into the work world and find the job of your dreams. All my love, Mom
Hayley Whitman Congratulations, Hayley! Your perseverance and courage have paid off — graduating with honors. Well done! Love, Your family
Jordan Roberts Bachelor of arts, communications, minor in music In addition to entering Otterbein with a music scholarship, you built and managed Otterbein’s PRSSA agency, “Cardinal Connections,” were selected for and excelled at your internship with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, attended the National PRSSA Conference in D.C. and traveled abroad to Europe, all while maintaining a 3.8 GPA. Congratulations!
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Wiser soon-to-be sophomore
As the end of the year approaches, Paulsen looks back on the things she learned outside of the classroom
The only thing that kept me chugging along through my last days of high school was my official countdown to summer. As it is now week 10 of my freshman year of college, I have yet another countdown in the works: the first day of LINDSAY sophomore year. PAULSEN Just seeing my roommate gradually start to pack up her stuff has already got me feeling nostalgic. As finals are approaching, there are certainly more productive things that I should be doing with my time rather than dwelling on my nostalgic emotions, but I decided that those same nostalgic feelings
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can be productive as long as they’re reflective. They say that hindsight is 20/20. While I still beg to differ, most aspects of college life are a whole lot more clear to me than they were on move-in day. In said hindsight, there really isn’t much that I would change about the way that this year treated me. However, if I were to have the chance to do it all over again, there are a few pieces of knowledge that I would impart upon myself before I moved in.
1. The fridge does not need to remain stocked all of the time. Not only are weekly grocery shopping trips dangerous for your bank account, they’re also damaging to your waistline. This same fridge will also be insuffi-
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A Georgia native, Paulsen revels in the beauty of Ohio’s winter weather during this winter’s first big snow.
cient if you attempt to use it as a form of air conditioning in your steamy residence hall.
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The best investment I made was in towel wrap with reliable Velcro attachments that guaranteed it would remain fastened from the walk from the dorm room to the bathroom.
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The library exists for a reason.
4.
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You will not douGHnut run: Heading to Schneider’s Bakery for a late-night (early morning) meet the love of snack is a rite of passage for Otterbein students with normal college-kid budgets. your life at a frat party. Unless you 10. It’s time to do laundry know some secret that I don’t. 7. Abandon all hope of a when you’re tempted to borrow reasonable bedtime. College 5. You may laugh at the email students redefine the meaning of your roommate’s underwear. you receive winter quarter with “nocturnal.” 11. Schneider’s is closed on the subject titled “Walking Advisory” ... but you just wait 8. The walls of your room be- Sundays. That means no doughuntil you discover that you’re no come thinner when an individual nuts after your Saturday night adventures. Michelle Kwan. of the opposite sex walks in. Your neighbors might not appre12. Conserve Cardinal Dollars 6. Command Strips are nifty ciate hearing the intimate details for finals week ... the Otter Bean doodads to have on hand. They of your love life. might become a lifeline. t&c can support surprising amounts of weight, but the company 9. Mom’s cookies taste even conveniently didn’t mention that better when you’re 1,000 miles LINDSAY PAULSEN IS A FRESHMAN they can also tear the plaster off away from home. JOURNALISM AND EQUINE FACILITY the walls faster than you can snap MANAGEMENT MAJOR AND A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c. your fingers.
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Paulsen and her equestrian teammates take a break from practice to have a little fun.
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No change for fall athletes Semester conversion brings nothing new to fall athletes’ summer
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Athletes of the fall will be attending camp on schedule and may benefit from the shorter length.
BY JORDAN LABATTE Sports Editor
Fall student athletes will be feeling nothing new regarding the short summer break and quick return to school that is coming along with Otterbein’s semester conversion. “For student athletes, the summer is the exact same,” head football coach Joe Loth said. “The average student is going to have the same summer as (fall athletes) have had for the last 20 years.” Under Otterbein’s quarter system, school started in early September and ended early June, but athletes have never had a solid three-month summer break. Fall athletes typically arrive early to mid-August to begin their camps in preparation for the oncoming season. Preseason length during August varies among the core fall sports but always leads right into the start of a new school year. However, this year school will resume Aug. 29, when preseason camp is usually still in session. “The week before the season is the same. We just have that one week before school starts that really we don’t have a game that week, so it’s what we call an NFL week,” Loth said. “We can really work on football but (it) also allows our younger guys to
go to orientation and miss practices and miss meetings without a lot of ramifications, so it’s nice that way.” Semester conversion does little to the veteran fall athletes and their usual summer plans. As for the incoming freshmen, it may cause some confusion.
“For student athletes, the summer is the exact same.” Joe Loth head football coach Freshmen that move right onto the varsity team might lose their chances for starting spots or role players because of class and early fall orientation activities. “ I have been lucky it’s only been juniors and seniors, so at that point they don’t feel as cheated out of practice … because I think as a freshman, missing practice feels like the end of the world because you’re competing for a starting spot,” head volleyball coach Monica McDonald said.
Those players who have been in their respected programs for more than a season might feel the strain of class schedules and maintaining a solid academic record while still being competitive on the field or court. “We haven’t had any issues of that in terms of other kids getting mad that other kids are missing practice and still starting in the game the next day or something like that,” McDonald said. The conversion to semesters and the shorter preseason camps may actually have a positive effect. Loth said, “ I think it becomes staler for our guys on quarters, and I think on semesters our guys will be a little bit fresher at the mid to end of the season.” Fall semester begins on Aug. 29. Women’s soccer, football and volleyball open up their season the first weekend of the fall semester, while men’s soccer will have preseason matches beginning Aug. 22.
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thursday, june 2, 2011
Soccer twins look back on first year at Otterbein
Whether on the field or off the field, competition is a recipe for success for twins Tyler and Dylan Stegall BY MIKE CIRELLI Copy Editor
They’ve got the same mohawks. The same piercings. The same athletic attire. And, unless you look really closely, the same face. Freshmen Dylan and Tyler Stegall are about as identical as identical twins can get. “Sometimes people say I’m nicer than Dylan,” Tyler said. “I don’t know if I’m nicer, I think it’s just Dylan’s pretty blunt, and maybe some of the things he says can come off as mean.” It always takes at least a couple days before an acquaintance can tell the two apart. Even their coaches and teammates at Otterbein initially called them by their last names, their jersey numbers or simply “Twin.” The brothers have been playing on the same soccer team since fourth grade. They also took the same classes throughout high school and maintained the same high GPA — that is, until Tyler took an extra class and bumped his up by .005. “Everything is a little competition,” Dylan said. “I think it’s made us better overall, just because we always have someone there who pushes us to do our best.”
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other, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t hapBoth twins constantly motivate each pened once or twice. other to improve. Sometimes this motiva“It had all been building up,” Tyler said. tion comes from one firmly telling the oth“We were aggravated at the team, it wasn’t er he’s slacking off. Other times it comes a good practice, one of us made a mistake from not wanting to lose to the other one. and called the other out on it. … I wouldn’t In this way, they maintain a sort of necessarily call it a fistfight; it was more a symbiotic relationship, constantly dependwrestling match.” ing on the other one to elevate their own Dylan said, “It had individual standards. to be broken up, and we “I think there’s a were sent home after level of understanding that.” between twins that you “They know each other’s Each twin is able to don’t get between other people,” head soccer preferences, and then they predict where the other will be on the field at coach Gerry D’Arcy said. “They know how have that extra ingredi- any given time. Though one may be tempted to each are going to move ent of being twins.” call it twintuition, Dylan on the field, they know and Tyler both said such each other’s preferences Gerry D’Arcy perception isn’t any difand then they have that ferent than that of teamextra ingredient of being head soccer coach mates who have played twins. They know what together for a long time. each other is about, how “A successful, really they will react in certain good team always knows what each other situations.” Tyler said, “We compete with each other is going to do, they know each other well, and that’s already tied in with Tyler and I,” to a certain extent. But as far as playing in actual games outside of practice, I think we Dylan said. “We know each other like the back of our hands because we’ve been with both want the same thing — and that’s to win. We try and do the best to ensure we’re each other our entire lives.” Dylan can think of times when he could both performing at the highest level.” count on Tyler to be exactly where he The twins inherited this skill from their needs him to be, but he can also think of dad. times when he could count on other team“He was the same way,” Tyler said. “He mates for the same thing. always pushed us to be the best that we In the fall, the soccer team will try could, so we push each other quite often.” to avenge last season’s 3-14-2 record. It Figuratively and literally, as it turns out. might have a shot at the OAC title this The two don’t frequently fight with each
Identical twins Dylan and Tyler Stegall are alike in many ways, often confusing teammates and acquaintances.
year if each player sharpens his individual strengths over summer, Dylan said. Tyler said, “Once we get our feet wet in the conference tournament, maybe in the next couple years, we can think about winning the conference tournament and getting into the NCAA tournament.” Soccer aside, there are some key differences between the two. Tyler plays guitar, for example. “I love playing guitar almost too much,” he said. “I don’t need anybody to listen, I don’t care if I’m bad or good — it’s just something I enjoy to do.” Their majors are different, too. Dylan is majoring in sports management and wants to be a coach when he’s older. On the other hand, Tyler, who loves numbers, is a business major and hopes to work in an office. They don’t know if their different career paths will keep them living in the same town, though they’d like to live relatively close. “You always have someone there for you,” Tyler said. “He’s like a best friend and he’s always there. I’ve never felt (lonely). It’s definitely a blessing.” Dylan said, “He’s been such an important part of my life. I don’t know what I would do without him. Obviously, I’m going to have to live without him, and I’m able to do that completely. But it’s nice to have him around, someone that’s always there, that knows you up and down, that knows if something’s wrong.” t&c
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