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Strong lineup racks up runs Senior finds the ‘care’ in health care 3 Obama legislation benefits student wallets 4 Sarcastic texting gets easier with new symbol 6

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THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN

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Haiti receives nearly $10 billion in aid pledges.

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“Clash of the Titans” will be released on Friday.

No class on Friday. 

Tennessee beats Ohio State in Sweet Sixteen.

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Japan releases RapeLay video game.

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Heavy rainfall causes severe flooding in Rhode Island.

Information compiled by Hannah Ullom. Information from otterbein.edu, cnn.com and imdb.com.

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Palin takes on reality TV Former vice presidential candidate’s show will be added to the list of terrible television

BY HANNAH ULLOM Opinion Editor

She said she can see Russia from her house and now, unfortunately, Americans will be able to see her from their living rooms.

“Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” which will air on the TLC network, joined the list of the other 29 million reality shows taking over television.

Discovery Communications, Inc. announced they had gained the rights to “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” last Thursday. The new eight-part reality show will be all about Palin’s home state of Alaska, featuring interesting people, attractions and traditions of the last frontier. This may be the reason that it is only an eight-part series.

According to Variety magazine, each episode has been picked up for a reported $1 million plus.

OK, a show all about Alaska has potential to be interesting … maybe — but why Sarah Palin? I think I’m speaking for more than myself when I say that I’ve had enough of her.

“If Sarah Palin is the most interesting person Alaska has to host a reality show, then I’m worried about that state,” said Caroline Faust, sophomore international business major.

Politics aside, I just think she’s obnoxious and just wants to keep herself in the media’s

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However there is never a time when I walk into my suitemates’ room and see them watching anything but reality TV. It caused quite an uproar with my suitemates when the hot guy they liked was expelled from “Tool Academy 2” or the girl they liked the most wasn’t given a rose on “The Bachelor.”

My one suitemate almost peed her pants the other day when a preview for the new season of “The Hills” aired, ironically during a commercial break of “16 and Pregnant.”

Today, we can’t turn on the TV without clicking through about 12 reality shows in a row.

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eye. She already got a gig as a Fox News commentator — can’t that be enough?

Her voice and failed attempts at humor during the 2008 presidential campaign did me in.

Couldn’t Discovery Communications, Inc. have found someone else? Jewel’s from Alaska.

What about her?

It looks to me like Palin is just jumping on the reality show bandwagon.

I’ll be honest. I do watch two reality shows religiously.

Two. That’s all. I rarely miss “16 and Pregnant” or “Teen Mom” — absolute trash, I know, but they’re addicting.

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15 MINUTES OF FAME: TLC picks up Palin, but no premiere is set in stone.

They’re everywhere.

I’m sorry to all you “Jersey Shore” fans out there, but really, what’s the attraction? It’s about a couple guys (who are pushing 30, by the way) and girls who look like they have spent the majority of their adult years in a tanning bed. They go out to clubs, they go to the gym, they tan and they do laundry. News flash, people: They’re not the only ones who do that. Why are they so interesting? Oh, right.

They’re not.

If Snooki can have a reality show, why can’t I? I can see it now — “True Life: I’m a Boring College Student.” I’m up early, I stay up late, do my homework and write editorials an hour before they’re due. Sometimes I get a little crazy and watch “The Lord of the Rings” with my roommate. I’m sure MTV would pick my show up right away.

I think I’ve made my point.

Sometimes reality shows aren’t really as interesting as TV networks make them out to be, and there are way too many of them.

Now even political figures are creeping their way into reality TV. One thing’s for sure, I will not be tuning in for “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” especially if it’s on during “16 and Pregnant.” t&c

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opinion

Health care plan may not be so bad Obama’s landmark health care reform provides hope that the American people care for one another’s well-being

BY COLE HAGUE Staff Writer

After months of power struggles among Democrats and Republicans, on March 23, President Obama made history when he signed the health care reform bill into law.

This legislation marks considerable changes to the United States’ health care system — an issue that has not been tackled in decades. Yet the vote for health care reform continues to be the stuff of debate nationwide among politicians and the public alike.

So even with tensions high between liberals and conservatives during political discussions over the bill, some are beginning to question if the signing of this bill simply indicates the beginning of the fallout between Republicans and Democrats.

With the goal of the bill centering on making health care accessible to the 32 million Americans currently uninsured, the new law is expected to ensure coverage for 92 percent of U.S. citizens by 2016.

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the estimated cost of the bill is $938 billion, and the funding for it will come from increased taxes, as well as a decrease in Medicare spending. The CBO expects that the U.S.’s deficit will be reduced by $143 billion within the first

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10 years of the bill’s enactment.

Opponents of the bill’s reform, however, are concerned with the government’s increased involvement in the U.S. health care system, as well as additional regulation on insurance companies incurring larger costs.

Others are concerned with the idea that an employer may have to offer health care to more employees.

Choosing not to offer insurance could result in additional taxation.

These changes have sparked a heated battle between Republicans and Democrats. A number of state representatives have spoken out against the bill, threatening to sue the government over the PHOTO BY JAYME DETWEILER constitutionality of the health care reform laws — opposing HOPE RESTORED: Health care is mended. to the bill. A recent poll by The the idea that all Americans be Washington Post suggested that required to have some form of democratic voters have begun to health care. rally around the president with Democrats, however, are arguing that Republicans are taking nearly 56 percent of Democrats things too far in their opposition in favor of the bill’s enactment.

Last month, only 41 percent were in support of the law.

Though I understand the arguments against health care, I find there to be several holes in the logic of those who are attempting to appeal the provisions of the health care reform bill. Those who argue against more government involvement in the insurance industry may not be aware that the government already pays a great deal for large amounts of health care — Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Affairs.

So in essence, this really isn’t anything new.

Also, those concerned with more insurance regulation increasing costs may not realize that increased price will surely increase the quality of the health care you receive.

Despite logistical arguments, I find that the enactment of

the health care bill says a great deal about the United States as a society. Offering health care to every American demonstrates that we care about the people in our nation — that we care about each other.

The United States is a nation that prides itself on being a country founded on freedom, and as such, offering all Americans access to health insurance is an issue that should have been established long before the passing of this bill.

The Declaration of Independence proclaims that Americans are entitled to unalienable rights, which famously include our right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Thus, understanding that the right to life is an operative word in this phrase — shouldn’t that right be offered to all people of our nation? Shouldn’t everyone be able to seek medical care under any circumstance if it aids in their quality of life? I, for one, believe so.

So no matter what political stance you assert, the idea of extending a helping hand to your common man is an idea that I think many Americans share and hopefully will continue to support in years to come. t&c COLE HAGUE IS A SENIOR

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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW HEALTH CARE PLAN? “I think that it is definitely going to benefit Americans in numerous ways, but there is still a lot of unanswered questions about the specifics.”

—Gina Jones freshman economics

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“I feel that the costs of the new helath care plan are going to be outrageous, but I am hopeful that the people who need it the most will be taken care of.”

—Zac Witt freshman life science

“I think that we as a generation need to research this topic and realize it might not be the best thing for our country. The less government control is best.”

—Kara Mulvey junior nursing

“I think it will benefit many people.”

—Megan Studebaker junior nursing

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New bill cuts college kids a break Obama’s Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act includes some reforms to the student loan process

BY FALLON FORBUSH Contributing Writer

With the cost of college relentlessly rising, students can at least smile at the possibility of increased financial aid.

President Barack Obama has signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (in H.R. 4872) into law.

This partisan bill, with 220 ayes (all Democrat) to 207 nays (all Republican, some Democrat), ends subsidies to private lending companies, doubles funding for Pell Grants and caps graduates’ annual student loan repayments.

In a speech and signing ceremony at the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College, The Washington Post reported Obama saying the legislation and the revisions represent “two major victories ... that will improve the lives of our people for generations to come.”

He said the bill will save taxpayers $68 billion in the coming years by cutting out the role of banks and lending institutions as middlemen in federally guaranteed student loans.

Instead of going to the banks, this money will be channeled into the Pell Grant program, invested in community colleges and historically black colleges and used to make student loans more affordable by capping repayments at 10 percent of discretionary income starting in 2014.

The New York Times reported that the legislation plans for Pell Grants to rise to $5,975 by 2017 from $5,350 this year. The bill also includes $13.5 billion to cover the shortfall caused by the increased need for financial aid.

With no Congressional Republicans in support of the bill, some spoke boldly of their disapproval.

U.S. Congressman Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, issued the following statement after the passage of the “flawed” health

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SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED:

President Barack Obama signs into law the most historic reform to health care since Medicare was established in 1965. The bill will extend coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans. care plan: “It’s a disappointing day for the hundreds of millions of Americans who don’t want to see their taxes rise, who don’t want government inserted into the relationship they have with their doctor, who don’t want to see the government spend another trillion dollars … and who actually want to see the cost of their health care go down … an overwhelming majority of Americans don’t want this plan.

We all agree, health care reform is needed in this country, but not this way and not with these bills.”

“Congressman Tiberi of course supports making college more affordable for students,” said Breann Gonzalez, Tiberi’s communications director.

“However, the measures included in the health care reform bill do not do anything to address the rising costs of a college education.

“That issue must be addressed. The provisions in the health care bill just revamp the student loan system to take private lenders out of the student loan market, creating another entitlement program,” Gonzalez said.

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According to Mitch Stewart, the director for Organizing for America in an e-mail sent to followers, this legislation will help an additional five million Americans earn degrees and certificates over the next decade.

For those who are currently trying to earn degrees, the number of 18-24-year-olds attending college in the United States hit an all-time high in October 2008. The reason? According to the Pew Research Center, the recession led approximately 3.4 million students (11.8 percent of all 18-24-year-olds) to enroll in community colleges.

One reason community college enrollment has risen, according to the Pew Research Center, is that tuition averages at $6,750 per year compared to an average $21,240 for fouryear private colleges. Despite the price tag difference, fouryear institutions’ enrollments have held steady, even with tuition increases averaging at 4.9 percent per year.

How are students footing the tuition bill?

According to the Congressional Budget Office

(CBO) of the U.S. Congress, the federal government makes financing for higher education available through two programs: the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program, which guarantees loans made by private lenders, and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP), which makes loans directly to borrowers.

In the FFEL, loans are administered by financial institutions like Sallie Mae, banks and nonprofit agencies.

In “Costs and Policy Options for Federal Student Loan Programs,” a study by CBO, “Those lenders usually raise the money to make loans in the private capital markets.

By contrast, in the direct loan program (FDLP), the Department of Education and its contractors manage most administrative functions, and loans are funded through the Treasury … In both programs, the federal government bears almost all of the losses when borrowers default.”

According to CBO, the president’s passed proposal to cut the FFEL program will save the government $62 billion

from 2010-2020 because “a loan made in the FFEL program consistently shows a much higher budgetary cost than if it had been made in the direct loan program.”

Conversely, young adults entering the work field are descreasing.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that only 46.1 percent of 16-24-year-olds were employed in September 2009. That’s the smallest percentage since the government began collecting such data in 1948.

According to the The Pew Research Center, increases in “boomerangers” have resulted from soaring enrollment and plummeting employment.

The Pew Research Center found that 13 percent of parents with grown children say that one of their adult sons or daughters has moved back into the nest within the last year. These “boomerangers,” as called by social scientists, have increased since the recession.

“Boomerangers” can rest easy as the legislation also allows students to remain on their parents’ insurance plans until they’re 26. t&c

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Dependants can remain on parents’ insurance plan until age 26

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Doubles funding for Pell Grants

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Caps graduates’ annual student-loan repayments

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Semesters shake up scheduling at Otterbein The switch from quarters has faculty reworking their classes and students concerned about their credit hours Trimester (10wk) Trimester (10wk) MONDAY

BY LAINA THOMPSON ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

According to Don Foster from the Of-

quarters were like will complain about

fice of the Registrar, each department is MONDAY how they should be done by now and that Semester (14wk)

holding curriculum committees to discuss another five weeks is still a long way away,” the conversions that need to be made for said Courtney Kast, a freshman studying Beginning in fall 2011, Otterbein will be MONDAY INST 270 8:00 pre-dentistry. the semesters. running on a semester schedule instead of About half of the departments have Another worry for students is if they will 8:00 INST 270 quarters, bringing changes to the curriculum already made their decisions and the rest graduate in time or if any of their credits and worries to the students.

INST 270 INST will have theirs done by the end of spring 9:00 will be270 lost.

“It’s going to be harder for the8:00 music INST 270 majors to take classes,” said Bridgette Wilquarter.

According to The Otterbein Promise 9:00 regarding the semester conversion, “We terdink, freshman business administration guarantee that if you stay on course to major, “and harder to put all my classes 9:00 on graduate before the transition (complete all my schedule.”

“Nobody is going to lose any credit 10:00courses when expected), the conversion will The new calendar consists of two 10:00 not affect your estimated graduation date.”

14-week semesters as well as a three-week in the new curriculum, that’s for The Otterbein Promise assures students term in January (J-term). The typical year 10:00 of three would begin with fall semester spanning late sure.”

11:00 SPAN 110things: no delay to degree completion, no loss of academic progress and no August through mid-December, and spring 11:00 SPAN 110 semester starting at the end of January and Sarah Fatherly increased cost of degree completion.

SPAN 110 adjustment with the semesters Another running until mid-May. 11:00 SPAN 110 12:00is the Integrative Studies (INST) program.

Intergrative Studies Program The new J-term will let students take one SPAN 110 With the new semesters, students are class that would meet every day for three 12:00 Chair only required to take eight INST courses weeks, or choose a travel experience. There instead of 10. Freshmen will be required to will be no tuition costs for J-term,12:00 just room and board fees.

1:00 take a first-year experience course.

Each department is also working out a A new focus on global citizenship will Students will also see an increase in 1:00 credit and course conversion for students be the basis for the courses. A new mission breaks with switch to semesters. A Chriswho will be sophomores, juniors or seniors statement and set of learning goals have topher Columbus three-day break1:00 will beMATH 115 2:00also been set up for the program. at the start of fall 2011. introduced, lasting from Columbus Day Another change that will take place is One thing the program hopes to change through the following Wednesday. Thanks2:00 that returning students will only have to take is the variety in staff members who are giving break has been formed and starts on 2:00until 120 hours on the semester system instead teaching INST courses. the Wednesday before Thanksgiving of the 180 currently required. Incoming 3:00 “The classes can be staffed by anyone the following Monday. Winter break will be freshmen in 2011 and all future classes will throughout the faculty,” said Integrative between the semesters, lasting from mid3:00 have to take 128.

Studies Program Chair Sarah Fatherly.

December until the end of January.

The 3:00 The college assures students the new Fatherly said students have no need to week-long spring break will be kept, but HPES 103 program will be for the best, but some stu-4:00worry. placed in the middle of spring term.

“Nobody is going to lose any credit in While the schedule changes have already dents still have concerns.

4:00 HPES 103 “By the time week 10 of semesters roll the new curriculum, that’s for sure,” said been announced, the college is still working 4:00 HPES 103around, all of the people that knew what Fatherly. t&c on changing the curriculum.

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OC SECURITY REPORT

According to the WPD and the Otterbein Security Log, the following has been reported from March 11 through March 31.

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1. 3/12 Between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 12:20 p.m., an iPod was stolen from a car in the Park Street Commons lot. The suspect climbed up on the car and reached into the car through the open sunroof. On the hood of the car were muddy sole prints, and two handprints were on the windshield. There was also a mark on the hood where the paint had been scratched. The right outside mirror housing was also broken away from the passenger door.

2. 03/20 At 11:48 p.m., a call was made about a truck sitting in the Davis parking lot. When police investigated they detected the smell of burnt marijuana. The suspect also had an open container and marijuana.

Officers also found a 12-pack of beer, drug paraphernalia and many empty beer cans in the truck.

3. 3/34 At the ATM located in the campus center there was a possible theft of funds from a bank account.

4. 03/24 Between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m., there was a possible debit card theft from an office in the Hancock House. t&c

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arts & entertainment Dorm Munchies: Puppy Chow

Ingredients:

1/2 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup butter 1 cup chocolate chips 1/2 tsp. vanilla 9 cups Crispix cereal (any flavor) 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions:

1. Combine peanut butter, butter and chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl.

2. Microwave for one minute, then stir to blend all ingredients thoroughly. Add 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Stir well.

3. Put 9 cups of Crispix cereal in a very large bowl.

4. Pour the peanut butter-chocolate mixture over the cereal and toss evenly, making sure all the cereal gets a good covering.

5. Coat with powdered sugar, sprinkling evenly over the cereal and tossing as you sprinkle to cover each piece well.

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New punctuation mark aims to clarify sarcasm in messages The $1.99 SarcMark guarantees that no one will ever misinterpret your witty sarcastic statements in e-mail or texting again

BY ELIZABETH LIVINGSTON Staff Writer

OMG, finally something that will let people know what I really mean in my texts (insert SarcMark).

Have you ever been texting or e-mailing someone and thought you were saying something really funny, but he or she took it the wrong way?

Don’t worry, the SarcMark, the newest punctuation mark to grace the messages of texters around the world, will let you and your receivers know exactly how to interpret your messages.

The mark looks like an upside-down squiggly exclamation point crossed with the “@” symbol and can be placed after a sarcastic statement to clear up all confusion on the other end about how to take your joke.

With texting and e-mail as a main source of communication, it’s possible for messages to be taken the wrong way due to the absence of voice tone and expression. Be confused no longer — the SarcMark saves the day.

The use of the punctuation mark is appealing to Otterbein freshman psychology major Echo Alford, who said, “I would definitely use it. The idea is a little unusual at first, but I have had way too many written conversations where sarcasm was misunderstood.”

This newlyinvented punctuation mark relates to a mark used two centuries ago by French poet Alcanter de Brahm. He used a backward question mark to signify irony in his poetic works in the late 19th century.

Step aside de Braham. Your previously genius punctuation mark has been one-upped.

Developed and copyrighted

by Paul Sak, owner of Sarcasm Inc., the SarcMark is undergoing the process for an official patent.

The symbol is available online to download for $1.99 and is compatible with any device running Windows 7, XP or Vista, as well as Blackberrys and Macs.

After it is downloaded, the mark can be inserted into an e-mail, instant message chat and a Word document by pressing control and the period button (Ctrl + .).

There are some restrictions with the new mark, however.

Unless your receiver has subscribed to the SarcMark, he or she will not be able to reply using

the mark, and it will show up as a graphic in their inbox. However, if he or she downloads the mark as well, it will appear as a font, and the color, style and size can all be altered.

It is also not compatible with all cell phones, so check with your provider to ensure your device is listed before you blow a whopping $1.99.

To download the punctuation mark, go to www.sarcmark. com.

Also available on the Web site is a line of SarcMark clothing, accessories and office items, including a clock that reads, “I love my job,” followed by a SarcMark. t&c

SARCASM PUNCTUATED:

The SarcMark looks like a hybrid of an “@” sign and a period.

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Video game hosts $1 million contest PlayStation® and Xbox® game offers a cash prize for pitching a perfect game

BY KATE WATKINS Staff Writer

CLOTHED GENTLEMEN:

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The four remaining members of the Barenaked Ladies perform at the Rockefeller Center.

Barenaked Ladies grow up

Canadian jokesters lose singer and become power-pop pros on new CD

BY MIKE CIRELLI Arts & Entertainment Editor

“All in Good Time” shatters this losing streak. Not only do Sometimes the best revenge is the Ladies discard the geeky living well. Or, in the Barenaked humor, they replace it with Ladies’ (BNL) case, making an upgraded sense of style. an album better than almost The album is full of sinewy everything recorded with their power-pop awash in AM radio recently departed lead singer. charm and the slyly optimistic Steven Page, who sang lead in melancholia of bands like Cheap a majority of BNL’s discography, Trick and The Replacements. left to pursue a solo career last “Summertime,” the most year. Still sporting his thickmemorable pop song in the rimmed specs and Colin Meloy bunch, sprinkles its hunky guitar haircut, he released a disc of chords and squiggly synths with artsy orchestral covers of pop a slew of apathetic bah-da-bahs, and indie songs — and nobody letting the music settle during really gave a damn. the shimmery, disco-fied chorus.

But the Ladies got along The tone is appropriately sunny without him very well. Current but also dipped in a subtle lead singer Ed Robertson, who gloominess as Robertson croons, often took white-boy rapping “We’re all pushing through for duties on previous albums (as summertime.” well as their charmingly gawky This melancholy-soaked rap-folk classic, “One Week”), optimism is done just as well gets by on his frail but effective elsewhere. The gentle piano croon, occasionally letting plinks of “Another Heartbreak” keyboardist Kevin Hearn and erupt into a chugging, sugarbassist Jim Creeggan fill in. coated power-pop sing-along, Steven Page wasn’t the only and the romantic “Every Subway pruned leaf on “All in Good Car” sets a tale of unrequited Time”; the Ladies completely love against a Gin Blossomsrelinquished their status as a meets-Cars pastiche. joke band, without becoming Of course the songwriting too boring in the process, a veers toward Page’s exit. The mistake they made on 2007’s first track, “You Run Away,” has admirably meticulous but bland Robertson singing, “I tried to “Barenaked Ladies Are Men.” be your brother. You cried and thursday, april 1, 2010 | vol. 91, issue 21

ran for cover.” Oddly enough, this jab at Page is one of the album’s few weak tracks, with a melodramatic crescendo of guitars toppling over a mushy, string-laden bed of bad-Elton piano-pop.

And then for two songs, the Ladies inexplicably turn into the Foo Fighters, but with less guitar might and incongruently feeble vocals.

A few missteps keep “All in Good Time” from being the smart and concise pop rock album it could have been.

Ending on the rather beautiful, “Watching the Northern Lights” almost compensates. This masterfully restrained ballad seems to be aware of its own simple beauty, never really trying too hard to impress anyone.

Pop sensibility like this is what helps a good portion of the songs on “All in Good Time” stand out. The others are just learning bruises from a talented new band called the Barenaked Ladies. t&c

The new “Major League Baseball 2K10” video game released a challenge for baseball fans everywhere: Be the first to pitch a perfect game and win a million dollars.

The game is available for PlayStation 3® or Xbox 360®, and the challenge lasts throughout a two-month period, from March 2 - May 2.

The Perfect Game Challenge poses a strict set of criteria in order to win.

The game must be won without making any pitching substitutions or calling any coach visits to the mound.

You cannot pause or delay the game, meaning you can’t wait more than 60 seconds between pitches, and the player cannot change any of the control options and must play using Total Control Pitching and Total Control Hitting modes, which are automatically set for the Perfect Game.

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The first person to pitch an error-free game must record the entire game and submit a copy on DVD. It will then be looked over by 2K Sports to make sure that all criteria were met and no cheating occurred.

According to gaming blog Kotaku, 2K Sports Marketing Director Chris Snyder said, “I would be shocked if someone doesn’t get it. It’s very doable.

It’s been budgeted for. It’s in an escrow account, and we’re fully expecting to pay it.”

This provides encouragement and high hopes. However, thinking about how hard it is for professional baseball players to pitch a perfect game, this is truly a difficult challenge.

But for those die-hard baseball fans and dedicated video gamers, good luck out there.

For all details about how to enter the 2K10 Million Dollar Perfect Game Challenge for the Xbox 360® and PlayStation 3®, visit the Web site at 2ksports. com/perfectgame. t&c

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▪Physics Coffee Break in the Science Building, Room 205, 3:30 p.m.

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▪ Alveda King speech @ the Rike, 7-9 p.m.

▪ Hypernova “Through the Chaos”

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▪ Census Day for Spring Term

Music Releases

▪ Jason Castro “Jason Castro” ▪ Jeff Beck “Emotion and Commotion” ◄◄

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▪ CPB Camping Trips, Hocking Hills

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▪ “Date Night” ▪ “Who Do You Love” ▪ “After Life” ▪ “Everyone Else” ▪ “La Mission”

▪ Softball vs. Capital, 1 p.m.

▪ Women’s Tennis vs. Capital, 2 p.m.

▪ “Death at a Funeral” ▪ “Handsome Harry” ▪ “Kick-ass”

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▪ Tim McGraw with Lady Antebellum @ Nationwide Arena, 7 p.m.

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▪ Baseball vs.

Baldwin-Wallace, 1 p.m.

▪Men’sTennis vs.

Baldwin-Wallace, 3:30 p.m.

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Movie Releases

▪ Baseball vs. Urbana, 4 p.m.

▪Softball vs. Ohio Northern, 3:30 p.m.

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opinion

Tuition increase causes controversy

Parent and student tempers flare as colleges and universities across the nation boost the cost of education

In March, college students across the nation pounded the pavement and raised their voices against tuition increases. In California and 30 other states, public colleges and universities are raisAMANDA ing tuition at WEED mind-boggling rates of 20-30 percent. Even The Ohio State University is planning an 7 percent tuition increase now that a state-mandated tuition freeze has been lifted.

Students, parents and teachers have had enough and they are fighting back.

While I read about these protests, I found

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myself torn about which side I felt the most sympathy for.

Colleges and universities are facing tremendous budget deficits. States are slashing funding for higher education, leaving most schools bleeding out in the red. Colleges and universities have to find a way to receive a financial infusion, or they will be out of business altogether.

On the other side of the protestors’ line are students and parents struggling to meet the cost of higher education as it currently stands. Tuition increases in the double digits will shatter the dreams of many students to attain their bachelor’s degrees.

Job opportunities for people without a degree are vanish-

ing. The “blue collar” job that paid well is quickly becoming a distant memory that only our grandparents remember.

Otterbein has kept its tuition increases consistent during the past five years, averaging between 3 and 5 percent.

According to U.S. News and World Report, Otterbein’s tuition next year will cost $27,321.

These small increases add up, though. Our current seniors have seen their tuition rise nearly $3,500 in just four years.

At the same time, state grants such as the Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG) are quickly drying up. The maximum OCOG award for Ohio students attending private colleges during the upcoming academic year will

be $1,848, a drastic 63 percent cut from the maximum award of $4,992 just two years ago.

Making higher education affordable should be the highest priority for the United States.

Higher education is the key to opening the door of opportunity.

Raising tuition costs this drastically will cripple students financially and, eventually, our nation’s ability to remain competitive in a global marketplace.

Both sides of this volatile issue should open communication with each other. Yelling across a picket line will do little to find an actual solution to the problem of tuition increases.

The colleges and universities at the heart of this debate

should open a forum to find alternative ways to cut costs or raise funds. Parents and students need to bring viable solutions that will reduce or eliminate the tuition increase. The cost of education should be determined by all parties benefiting or suffering because of it.

Protesting may get a one-way message across, but often fails in creating a meaningful solution.

Colleges and students need to work together to find the best answer to skyrocketing tuition costs. t&c AMANDA WEED IS A

JUNIOR ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND BROADCASTING MAJOR AND IS A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.

Another way to kick boredom

Baker’s Dozen Minus Three

Homework procrastination is made easier when a deluge of useless information is at the click of a fingertip

BY JESSICA MILLER Business Manager

So if you’re sick of the same old same old, hopefully I can help. The following is a list of 10 things, hence the baker’s dozen (13) minus three. Each column will include a list of 10 things, 10 silly things, 10 random statistics.

Something entertaining. Feel free to submit topic ideas. I’m up for anything.

I’d like to begin with the best boredom buster — thank you, Google. Pick a letter, any letter.

Now type just that letter into the Google search bar, but don’t press enter. Google predicts what topic you are going to search based on popularity of topics searched. I randomly chose the letter “k.”

1. Kohl’s- I’m confused as to why this is the most searched “k” word. Why would you need to search for Kohl’s? Maybe to find a location, but if you seriously don’t know where your page 10 |

nearest Kohl’s is, you’ve been hiding under a rock.

2. Kelly Blue Book- Now this would make sense to be No. 1.

3. Kmart- Who shops at Kmart anymore? By the way, the closest one is off of 315 downtown.

The next closest one is in Reynoldsburg. Sounds like a road trip to me. With “Tarjay” (Target) practically up the road from Otterbein, it’s a much better choice.

4. Kesha- Yes, it comes up as “Kesha,” with an “s,” even though that’s not her name. For those of you contributing to the incorrect spelling of her name on Google, it’s “Ke$ha.”

5. Kayak- Really? I can probably count on one hand the number of times I’ve even said that word.

6. Kim Kardashian- OK, so I normally hate MTV and VH1 and all of this junk, but the “E! True Hollywood Story” of

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the Kardashians was on last night and I’m not going to lie, I watched about a half an hour of it. Not that I could keep any of the girls straight — Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, then the younger brother, the four step siblings and the two youngest girls on top of all that. Crazy.

7. Kay Jewelers- This doesn’t surprise me either, with what seems like everyone and their brothers getting engaged lately.

8. Kroger- Again, like Kohl’s, why would you need to search Kroger?

9. Kinko’s- So FYI world, FedEx bought Kinko’s a while ago. It’s not called Kinko’s anymore. Although it is wonderful for printing color when you need it and the Otterbein computer labs only print black and white.

10. Ke ha- So I had no clue what this was at first, so I clicked

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Google tries to predict what you might be searching for.

on the search and really it is just Ke$ha without the “s” or the “$.” Weird, Google. t&c

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JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR AND IS THE BUSSINESS MANAGER FOR THE t&c.

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March goes mad Teams from the Big 12 have me singing the bracket blues

BY AUSTIN WALSH Sports Editor

It could have been the field of 64 or it could have been the fact that I had my wisdom teeth pulled three hours before the opening wave of first-round games started.

Whatever the reason, this year’s tournament didn’t seem to grab my interest like previous ones have.

I would now like to thank Ohio University and Murray State for shaking things up when they took out thirdseeded Georgetown and fourth-seeded Vanderbilt in the first round, reminding me just how crazy this tourney can get.

I mean, think about it: Georgetown just ousted Syracuse in the Big East Tournament. Are the Orange in danger?

Because I know OU isn’t for real.

Before the first round had ended, my dependency on CBS had begun.

My bracket was on my kitchen table before I went to bed Thursday night.

Without spending too much time second-guessing my picks, I was sure that the Big 12 was well-represented this year.

Kansas and Kansas State, two of my Final Four teams, never made it there.

And Texas, who I had beating Kentucky and getting to the Elite Eight, didn’t even make it out of the locker room in the first round.

Moreover, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying.” Writing OSU into the Sweet

Sixteen seemed like a lock with Oklahoma State and Ohio State meeting in the second round, except Big 12 Player of the Year James Anderson and the Cowboys lost to Georgia Tech in the first round.

Fortunately, the Buckeyes took care of business. Curse the Big 12. Curse March Madness. Next year I’m going to wait until the Final Four is set before I make any predictions.

As for the remainder of this tournament, I really like the fact that Michigan State has won their four tournament games by a combined 13 points.

They know how to win close contests and shouldn’t be overwhelmed if the Butler game comes down to the wire.

However, knocking out Syracuse and Kansas State has to count for something, so I’m taking Butler to claw their way into the championship game. Curse March Madness.

I shouldn’t, but I am going to stick with my original bracket on the other side.

I had West Virginia beating Duke and see no reason to change my mind. With Kansas sitting at home, I think West Virginia will win the whole thing. Or maybe I just want them to.

My brother loves Duke and Michigan State. I’m sure you all understand that matchup can’t happen.

Family bragging rights: one of the PHOTO BY JAYME DETWEILER many things to love about March MadBUSTED BRACKET: When Kansas’ spectacular season went in the trash, my bracket did too. ness. Can’t wait ’til next year. t&c

Lady Cardinals enjoy some spring success Senior-led squad look to stay hot as they invade Ohio Wesleyan for their first road match of the season

BY AARON ANGEL Staff Writer

As the weather slowly heats up, the Lady Cardinals have been doing the same on the tennis court.

After a win and a loss before spring break, Otterbein has been on a tear as of late, winning seven of its last eight matches.

The team will take their success to Ohio Wesleyan today, looking to stay hot.

Duo seniors Brittany Rings and Cheryl Thinnes have led the way as Otterbein’s primary first and second singles players for the fourth straight season.

Individually, Rings and Thinnes are once again on pace for double-digit win seasons.

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“To be honest, I had no idea I was that close. I walked off the court and coach took me aside and told me,” Rings said.

The Lady Cardinals look almost exactly the same on the doubles side as 2009.

Rings and Thinnes lead the way as first doubles while fellow senior Megan Anders and junior Kylie Hammons take the reins again as third doubles partners.

The only change has been freshman Megan Asterino joining senior Jena Smith as second doubles.

Their combined efforts have put the team on track to top its 45-21 team doubles mark set last season.

A pair of freshmen have also shown just how deep the team is.

Along with Asterino in doubles, freshman Taylor Jordan has shown bursts of talent at the fourth and fifth singles spot.

Jordan is tied for second on the team with six individual wins.

“I think this is definitely one of our years where we have a strong possibility to win it.”

Brittany Rings senior “Us seniors help the freshmen work harder, but the fact that there are freshmen coming in with the potential to be in the starting lineup make those up-

perclassmen work even harder. It’s good competition during practice and we all work harder,” Rings said.

Otterbein has notched at least 13 wins the past three seasons. However, there still is one obstacle the team has not been able to shake.

Since 2006, Otterbein has only one win against Baldwin-Wallace and Ohio Northern combined, two teams that have won either the regular season or OAC Tournament titles the past three seasons.

With John Carroll and Mount Union boasting talented rosters as well, the Cardinals’ race for its first OAC title since 2003 will be as tough as ever.

“I think this is definitely one of our years where we have a strong possibility to win it, so hopefully we just keep working hard and doing as well as we have been,” Rings said. “We’ll see how it goes.” t&c www.otterbein360.com |

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Waiting for the call Winning ways welcome freshman pitcher to college baseball

BY DOM PORRETTA Sports Columnist

My dreams of playing Division I baseball finally came true Tuesday afternoon. Scratch that: My dreams of sitting in the bullpen while we play a Division I team finally came true.

The bullpen — sitting, standing, squatting, stretching — I do it all there, which is where I spend most of my time.

Occasionally (perhaps “rarely” is the better word) I even get an appearance in the game.

There is often quite a bit of downtime in the “pen” and you can only spit sunflower seeds for so long.

I, like my fellow relief pitchers on the team, am able to take in the entire game and its atmosphere, generating ideas, thoughts and feelings.

But I am the only one with a medium to express them, so here is my first view from the bullpen.

As I mentioned, the team traveled to face Wright State University, a Division I team and arguably the best we will face this season, Tuesday.

We put up our only two runs in the top of the first inning, dropping the game 6-2. With the loss, our four-game win streak was snapped and our record dropped to 8-3 for the early season.

The game started off badly, at least for me. As one of my roles as freshman relief pitcher, I was on “the bucket” for our pregame batting practice session.

I catch the throws from the fielders in the outfield after the ball is hit to them and put the balls into the aforementioned bucket and ultimately run them in to the coach who is pitching.

Sounds like a blast, right? Well, I managed to get a bruise doing it when I took a line drive off the back of my thigh while fetching an errant throw.

Only I would be able to get hurt in pregame.

After the game though, I realized I took one of the few line drives our offense was able to hit that day, as they mustered a season-low five hits and struck out a surprising 10 times.

It was the first time our offense had scored less than six runs in a game. I may only be a freshman, but I feel as though I can guess correctly that this is the best offensive team Otterbein has had in the recent past.

The one-through fourhole hitters in the lineup are some of the best in the conference, and dare I say the Mideast region or nation?

Senior shortstop John Quimby is the leadoff hitter.

He is possibly the most powerful leadoff hitter

you will see if you stop by Fishbaugh Field sometime this season to catch a game.

Through our first 11 games, he leads the team in batting average (.438), slugging percentage (.917), hits (21), runs (21), runs-batted-in (19), doubles (5) and home runs (6).

Most games, freshman utility player Wes Meadows follows him up and looks like a seasoned veteran batting .415 with two home runs and 11 RBIs. Batting third is D3baseball.com’s honorable mention preseason All-American Brian Hiscox, our senior first baseman.

He’s batting .364 with five home runs and 15 RBIs. And hitting cleanup is senior right fielder Brandon Gessner, who has garnished his fair share of accolades and is currently batting .333.

There are plenty of others who can hit besides those four, but you can see for yourself at our next home game when we take on conference foe Wilmington Tuesday, April 13 in doubleheader action starting at 1 p.m.

Rest assured, I’ll be hanging out in the bullpen. t&c

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