T&C- Winter 2010 Week 10

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thursday, march 11,2010

vol. 91, issue 20

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CafÊ proves to be a mouthful Otterbein’s price tag gets marked up How well do you know your tomatoes?

Equestrian team saddles up to host regionals

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The t&c welcomes next year’s staff starting spring quarter

Britany Byers

Editor-in-Chief

Lindsey Hobbs News Editor

Laina Thompson

Assistant News Editor

Hannah Ullom Opinion Editor

Mike Cirelli

Arts & Entertainment Editor

Austin Walsh Sports Editor

Leah Driscoll and

Andrea Evans Copy Editors

Jayme Detweiler

Photography Editor

Kristen Sapp

Assistant Photography Editor

Sarah Douglas Web Editor

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Interviewing one last time Editor reflects on his time spent at the T&C and how lucky they were to have him

BY PETER BEHR Arts and Entertainment Editor

As my time here at the Tan & Cardinal comes to an end, I decided to sit down and conduct one more interview. My interviewee is someone that I know incredibly well and would provide me with a fitting end to my T&C career. Peter Behr, meet Peter Behr.

Peter Behr: So Pete, do you mind if I call you Pete?

Peter Behr: Yes. Peter Behr: So Peter, you’ve been the Arts & Entertainment editor here on the Tan & Cardinal for a year now. You’ve been part of an award-winning team, you went through a complete design overhaul and you went to a conference in New York among many other things. What are you going to remember most about working here?

Peter Behr: That’s your first question? What will I remember most? That is such a sappy and typical goodbye interview question. I thought we were going to avoid those types of questions, Pete.

Peter Behr: It’s Peter.

Peter Behr: Yeah, sorry. Anyway, what will I remember most?

I guess I will remember the people and the friendships that I made with everyone, the laughter and the late nights, the music and most of all the terrible white boy dance moves.

Peter Behr: That was boring.

Fallon Forbush Rae Reed

News Editor

Assistant News Editor

Andrew Henderson Peter Behr

Editor-in-Chief

Opinion Editor

Arts & Entertainment Editor

Aaron Angel

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Photography Editor

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Britany Byers

Jeana Harrington

Web Editor Business Manager

everyone just felt bad for me. I mean, I’d been hanging around for two and half years before I got the job. I guess I just wore everyone down. That, and I had a pair of speakers and was willing to handle music-playing duties.

Peter Behr: Why did you decide to apply in the first place? You clearly weren’t prepared for the responsibilities this job entails.

Peter Behr: Well, I got hungry a lot on Wednesday nights, so I figured if I was eating the dinner the Campus Center provided I might as well get paid for it.

Peter Behr: How incredibly noble of you. Would you say the food was worth your time?

Peter Behr: I would say that I

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Senior Peter Behr interviews himself.

Peter Behr: It was a boring question.

Peter Behr: Fair enough. Let’s move on. Describe the Tan & Cardinal in one word.

Peter Behr: Readable.

Peter Behr: That’s debatable.

If you could change one thing about your time as an editor, what would you change?

Peter Behr: I would be the opinion editor. It’s a way easier job. Also, I think I would run about 30 percent more cutouts. I am always telling people that we don’t have enough cutouts.

Peter Behr: How did you even get this job? You seem to be completely clueless on everything newspaper related.

Peter Behr: I’m pretty sure

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earned my paycheck just by eating that “food.”

Peter Behr: What was your biggest challenge working on the paper?

Peter Behr: Thinking of story ideas. The main problem is that when I thought of an excellent story idea, I always wanted to write it myself. Because let’s be honest. I’m the best.

Peter Behr: Some of your critics paint you as a vain, selfaggrandizing diva caricature of a human being. How do you react to that?

Peter Behr: Well, I did “interview” myself for a goodbye column. I suppose it doesn’t get any vainer than that. But since you called me vain, what does that make you?

Peter Behr: Touché.

Peter Behr: Well, I think it’s about time we wrapped this farce up. Last question: Any suggestions to the new staff ?

Peter Behr: Start working on your goodbye column now, that way when it’s actually due, you won’t be writing it on the Wednesday before it’s due.

Peter Behr: You truly are a terrible, lazy excuse for a newspaper man. Thanks for taking the time to sit down with me and give everyone an insight into your time at the T&C. Peter Behr: I’m welcome. t&c PETER BEHR IS A SENIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR AND IS THE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR FOR THE t&c.

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The gigantic A-1 burger is one of many menu items from the Thurman Cafe in Columbus accompanied by kettle chips and a pickle.

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OC fights government over cleanup costs The college is battling a $4 million lawsuit with the United States Department of Defense to pay for the continued disposal of hazardous waste that was found on the land surrounding the Center for Equine Studies

BY FALLON FORBUSH News Editor

The Center for Equine Studies is surrounded by grounds contaminated with hazardous waste.

Dave Mead, vice president of Business Affairs, said the unclean parcel of 600 N. Spring Road has “heavy metal contamination and debris from military products manufactured during World War II.” Otterbein is now in suit to pay for the cleanup of the rest of the land not occupied by the Center for Equine Studies.

The land that is now home to Otterbein’s horses fell into Otterbein’s lap in May of 1962.

These 111 acres of donated land were formerly the property of Kilgore Farm. According to Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) documents, the property was used as part of an Army Chemical Warfare Service, Kilgore Manufacturing, in 1941.

According to an interview on file with the Ohio EPA, Leonard Day, former resident and employee of Kilgore, said chemicals including TNT, perchlorate, permanganate, red and white phosphorus, sulfur, black powder, copper, aluminum and tetryl were used on the site to make flares, hand grenades, primers, flame throwers and 250pound bombs for the war.

According to Day, there were “off-limits” areas where flares, trash and chemicals were

CONTAMINATION CONCERNS:

disposed of by burying materials 10 feet into the ground.

There was also a burn pit measuring approximately 50 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep.

Southeast of the burn pit was an experimental building that was destroyed after an explosion occurred, killing two workers.

Day also said that experiments with munitions and flares took place on the property along with the manufacturing of weapons. To the best of Day’s knowledge, “no bombs were ever buried on the site ... ” The Center for Equine Studies now sits on approximately 69 acres of this land.

The parcel of land that the Center for Equine Studies occupies has been approved

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COURTESY OF OHIO EPA

The contents of these drums and other findings were classified as “of concern.” for use by the EPA. Under the Ohio EPA’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP), Otterbein was given permission to assess and voluntarily remove pollution from the 69-acre parcel of land.

In exchange, the Ohio EPA agreed to take no further action against the property and issued a release of liability, known as a covenant not to sue, after the property met cleanup standards.

Under VAP, Metcalf & Eddy of Ohio, Inc. was contracted in April of 1998 and June of 2005 to work with Otterbein to clean the parcel. Forty-one different chemicals in seven different areas on the property were reported to be “of concern.”

Otterbein claims that, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the government should pay to clean up the approximate 40 acres of land next to the Center for Equine Studies that remains contaminated.

Under CERCLA, chemical and petroleum industries were taxed to build a fund to allow the government to respond directly to releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment. The fund is used to clean abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.

“We have notified the court that we have stayed litigation in order to negotiate a settlement,” Andrew Ames, public affairs specialist for the United States

Department of Justice, said on behalf of Jered Lindsay, the attorney representing the United States Department of Defense. “Beyond that, we decline to comment.”

The college recently entered a contract with Tetra Tech, an environmental firm, for study of remediation on behalf of the Ohio EPA. “At this time, Ohio EPA cannot speculate on whether the site will ever be eligible for the VAP,” Erin Strouse, media relations coordinator for the Ohio EPA Public Interest Center, said.

Continental Insurance Company is counter-claiming that Otterbein does not have proper documentation proving that Continental Insurance Company was liable for the land when it was discovered to be contaminated.

“We are pursuing it nonetheless,” Mead said. “We couldn’t locate our actual insurance policies from the 1960s. We believe there is historical documentation other than the insurance policies that support our claim.”

Otterbein currently holds insurance policies with Educational and Institutional Insurance Administrators (EIIA). “These things are very long and drawn out … We’re looking at years, not months,” Mead said. If the $4 million is granted to Otterbein, it will be used to pay for the cleanup. t&c

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Tuition climbs again Otterbein students can expect an increase in tuition for the 2010-11 academic newsyear

BY LINDSEY HOBBS Staff Writer

Students are going to need to open their wallets a little wider, because another tuition increase is on its way.

“Setting tuition is much more of an art than it is a science,” said Dave Mead, vice president for Business Affairs, at Tuesday’s budget update meeting.

According to Mead, the comprehensive cost of attending Otterbein, which includes tuition, room and board, increased by 3.4 percent last year. So, the budget committee is looking at raising that comprehensive cost by between 3 and 4 percent for the 2011 fiscal year.

“The budget committee is leaning towards a 3.5 to 4 percent increase in comprehensive fee,” said Mead.

“That’s quite a bit of money for a college student,” said Joshua Neiswanger, junior math major. “I don’t have $1,000 laying around.”

According to the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio and “U.S. News & World Report,” even with last year’s tuition increase, Otterbein was the eighth most expensive institution out of the 12 institutions around Ohio that are comparable in size and enrollment.

Ohio Wesleyan University topped that list of 12 and Muskingum College ranked as the least expensive.

“I think that sucks because I’m already broke,” said Cassandra Thomas, fifth-year senior and biochemistry major. “I’ve been here five years and they’ve raised tuition each time. I’m already struggling with what I’m paying.”

A singular cost that Otterbein does not plan on raising, however, is the cost of board. This could be the third consecutive year that Otterbein has decided not to raise this price.

“For a 100 meal plan … the average cost per meal is $12, so we are sensitive to that price. We are proposing no increase for 2011, which would keep our board charges the same for the third year in a row … we are trying to keep the economics in mind of families and students who come here,” said Mead.

Sammi Bickerdt, sophomore religion major, is among the students at Otterbein who do not have a negative opinion about these increases.

“I mean, we pay for a private education and we get that,” she said. “We have a great library, a full gym and great professors.”

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Institution Ohio Wesleyan Univ.

Tuition

Room

Board

$35,040

$4,490

$4,734

$44,264 $42,962

Total

Wittenberg Univ.

$34,190

$4,554

$4,218

Ohio Northern Univ.

$31,866

$4,140

$4,140

$40,146

Xavier Univ.

$28,570

$5,250

$4,280

$38,100

John Carroll Univ.

$28,840

$4,420

$3,910

$37,170

Capital Univ.

$28,480

$4,790

$3,870

$37,140

Marietta College

$27,066

$4,400

$3,646

$35,112

Otterbein College Otterbein College

$27,321 $27,321

$3,714 $3,714

$3,891 $3,891

$34,926 $34,926

Baldwin-Wallace

$24,320

$3,888

$4,072

$32,280

Mount Union

$23,880

$3,460

$3,960

$31,300

Heidelberg College

$21,330

$3,968

$4,416

$29,714

Muskingum College

$19,880

$3,990

$3,750

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$27,620

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IN COMPARISON: Otterbein College tuition, room and board costs ranked eighth among the most expensive private schools compared to those simialr in size and enrollment.

“Applications are up, but commitment is down,” said President Kathy Krendl.

This news seemed to resonate well with returning students.

“That would be good because it’s kind of frustrating not knowing (about aid),” said junior early childhood education major Patricia Jimenez.

“The budget committee is “Yeah, I guess that’s better because usually I have to wait ’til like August or Septemleaning towards a 3.5 to 4 percent ber for that (aid),” said Thomas.

During the meeting, Krendl also noted increase in comprehensive fee.” that a wireless campus is currently not included in the previous budget estimates because Otterbein trustees are planning Dave Mead to fund the initiative as much as possible on their own. vice president for The trustees’ goal is to raise $85,000 with percent participation by the end of June.

Business Affairs 100 So far, they have reached 42 percent of their goal.

On a faculty and staff note, Krendl Institutionand Tuition Room Board Total to the budget committee have decided Ohio Wesleyan $35,040 University $4,490 $4,734 delay any and all decisions regarding$44,264 salary According to Thomas Stein, vice president and$34,190 benefit changes until the fall census in Wittenberg $4,554 $4,218 $42,962 for Enrollment Management, as of right October.

Ohio Northern $31,866 Univ. $4,140 $4,140 $40,146 now the Office of Admission has 92 paid “I think our salaries are lagging,” said Xavier University $28,570 $5,250 $4,280 deposits from incoming students, compared Krendl. “This isn’t something we can$38,100 just John Carroll University $28,840 $4,420 $3,910 $37,170 to 111 last year at this time. However, they solve in one year.” have accepted roughly 200 more students According Krendl, the board plans to Capital University $28,480 to$4,790 $3,870 $37,140 than last year, and for the first time ever, the announce tuition and fees in early April.

Marietta College $27,066 $4,400 $3,646 $35,112 t&c percentage of accepted males is greater than Otterbein College $27,321 $3,714 $3,891 $34,926 the percentage of accepted females.

Baldwin-Wallace $24,320 College $3,888 $4,072 $32,280 “Something that we’re starting this year … is awarding students that are return-Mount Union$23,880 College $3,460 $3,960 $31,300 ing… at an earlier pace than previous years ForCollege the full alcohol$3,968 brief, lawsuit$4,416 story and $29,714 exclusive Heidelberg $21,330 … our goal is to have those students a content please visit www.otterbein360.com. $19,880 $3,990 $3,750 $27,620 package by the end of May,” said Stein.Muskingum College

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Editor’s Note

IN THE NEWS News briefs from around campus

Alcohol Survey

Board of Trustees student member, Anna Haller, recently posted a survey online about potentially loosening the alcohol regulations on campus. Of the 109 surveyed, 86.2 percent think that those of age should be allowed to have alcohol in their rooms or apartments on campus.

Housing concerns that come along with allowing students of age to possess alcohol were also addressed. When asked, 83.5 percent of those surveyed said they believe that students of all ages should be given the option to live in a “dry” residence hall.

The survey also asked if people thought allowing alcohol on campus would lead to an increase in alcohol-related incidents such as fighting and vandalism. One participant wrote, “There are … residences in very close proximity to campus where alcohol is obviously allowed and ... I do not see having alcohol on campus as a bad or threatening thing.”

Haller said that no matter what changes are made, “students under the age of 21 will never be allowed to possess alcohol on campus.” t&c

Community Data Center

At the Westerville City Council meeting Tuesday night, a discussion centered around a possible joint project between the city and Otterbein.

The Community Data Center would provide access to broadband services and rack and cage space for business servers to be maintained. In relation to Otterbein, it could provide space for business education training programs, as well as MBA and entrepreneurship courses.

The proposed location for this center is 60 Collegeview Road, across from the Art and Communication Building. According to Otterbein President Kathy Krendl, the college previously utilized this building for relocated classes during the renovations to the science building, but now it sits vacant.

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What’s your flavor?

Name: Marki Overholt Year: sophomore Major: sports management Hometown: Fredericktown, Ohio What’s your flavor? orange sherbert If you could go anywhere in the world: Maui, Hawaii If you could have any superpower: to fly Favorite store: Buckle Favorite sport to watch: college football Favorite season: summer Favorite zoo animal: monkey

THURMANATOR TERMINATOR:

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Columbus’ famous Thurman Cafe serves the 1 ½ pound Thurmanator burger.

Defeating the Thurman burger T&C food critic tackles the beastly burger at the Thurman Cafe

BY JUSTIN MCDONALD Columnist

A couple weeks ago I visited The Ringside Café in the heart of downtown Columbus. At the time I considered my half-pound bacon cheddar burger to be quite large. However, this week I ate at the Thurman Cafe in German Village, and since then my views about big burgers have been tainted forever.

The Thurman Cafe is an eclectic mix of wild local bar and burger joint. The hamburgers start at three-fourths of a pound and grow from there.

This is the place you go if you’re looking for a burger the size of a Frisbee disc.

I first heard about the Thurman Cafe on the Food Network channel back in 2007 before making the move to Ohio. A Columbus legend, it was voted the no. 1 burger in the nation by Food Network. This made it an appealing must-see for my college agenda, and rightly so.

I would compare the Thurman Cafe to one of those steak houses you see ads for while

driving through Texas, the ones promoting a 5-pound steak. It’s similar in that you go into the situation with the knowledge that you aren’t going to finish your meal.

The first thing I will say about the Thurman Cafe is to avoid going at 5 p.m. on a Friday. Some friends and I were not so wise. Around this time of day, the restaurant typically has a 20-minute wait to get seated.

If you get stuck in this situation, however, don’t fret; there’s a bar with cheap drinks and Blue Moon on tap.

My group sampled the Thurman (a normal burger with all toppings plus ham), a veggie burger (to my pleasant surprise, a beef burger with onions, peppers and Swiss) and of course a bacon cheddar burger, medium rare. Fries and onion rings cost extra, but kettle chips and a pickle are free with all sandwiches.

After an hour of waiting, the food could not arrive fast enough. However, when it did, we found ourselves overwhelmed by the massive amount of beef that lay in front of us

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and the pile of fries that accompanied it.

Amazingly enough, no one ordered the largest burger on the menu, the Thurmanator.

The Thurmanator is a 1 ½ pound burger that comes stacked with ham and all the goodies. I don’t know anyone who can finish such a beast, but the waiter assured us that it has been done on a regular basis.

When it came time to dig in, my competitive spirit forced me to work toward finishing my meal.

As I furiously ate away at the stack, I found that by the time I was actually full, my burger was still the size of a regular at Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

I can’t say I completely enjoyed this meal. But maybe competitive burger eating just isn’t my thing.

For me, the Thurman Cafe was not so much about the taste but more about pushing myself to overindulge and live out the American dream one bite at a time. t&c

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By the Wayside

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Seniors toast to their final farewells

‘By the Wayside’ comes to an end, but don’t worry, you can still find Tom and Chelci at the Old Bag of Nails Chelci says “Goodbye”

After three quarters of writing, it is finally time for Tom and I to say goodbye to our opinion column. We felt like we should end “By the Wayside” with some things that we are going to really miss about college.

In just one short quarter, Tom and I will have to say goodbye to Otterbein College and try and become adults in the working world.

I think the biggest thing I am going to miss is being surrounded by friends and people I know. I will miss being able to walk down the street to a friend’s house, my sorority house or even to Towers for class.

I know Tom will concur when I say that I will definitely miss going to Old Bag for happy hour whenever I feel like it.

Once you are out in the world, you have to work hard, and usually that doesn’t include afternoon happy hour trips.

There will also be a huge hole in my heart left by the people I met through some organizations I participated in while at Otterbein. Tau Epsilon Mu sorority, WOCC, T&C and WOBN are some of the ones that have truly impacted my life. I have met

lifelong friends and people that I don’t think I would have met if it wasn’t for me being a part of these groups.

During my four years here, there have been some people that I can never forget about and I want to give a little shout out to you: Mama Cass: You have been there since the beginning in Scott Hall, and who knew we would become such great friends? You are truly awesome and I will be there for you even when we are old ladies in a nursing home.

Shelb-a-lelb: You kind of just flew into Otterbein last year and made an everlasting mark on me.

I think that you are definitely one of the best people I have ever met. I hope we can stay friends, play pranks on people and hold a “tour de franzia” like the old days.

All my TEMmers: You guys are awesome, and I don’t know what I would be like if I had not joined this sisterhood. I am so glad that I have so many kicka-women to call my sisters.

The time has finally come for the end of CFJ and “Partyin’ Tom” from PA. I love you all and especially you, Tom. Good

luck to the next person who has to fill our shoes, and I’m sure you can find Tom and me at happy hour next quarter. t&c CHELCI FAUSS-JOHNSON

IS A SENIOR BROADCASTING AND SPANISH MAJOR AND IS A COLUMNIST FOR THE t&c.

CHEERS:

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Tom and Chelci have a drink at the Old Bag of Nails.

Tom says “Goodbye”

The hardest article a columnist has to write is their farewell article. Even though Chelci and I have only been writing for this column (and the T&C) for about a year, I feel that we have only just begun. To me, this is the first realization that college is almost over.

I hope through our column we have provided some insight to our experiences at Otterbein College. And if we didn’t do that, I hope we at least provided a distraction from class, or made you laugh.

I kind of feel like a mother watching her kids go off to college. I keep thinking to myself, “I hope I’ve prepared them enough … ” That being said, it is only fitting to pass on a few more tidbits of information. First, drinking beer at 10 a.m. is never acceptable or smart, but it’s fun as hell.

Second, wearing slippers and sweatpants to work will get you fired.

Third, Yoo-hoo does not mix well with anything. Period.

Finally, no one takes you seriously when you say things like, “Fo realz, lolz or n00b.”

And “awesome at Call of Duty” is not an applicable skill.

So don’t even think about putting it on your résumé.

However, go and experience as much of college as you can. Stay up late, procrastinate, make good friends, make better enemies and goof off. This is the last time you are able to do something like this — unless you pay to go to grad school …

I want to say “thank you” to all the readers of the T&C for picking up the paper, but especially the people who read us every week and my partner in crime, CFJ. I could have never survived without you.

I want to thank the brothers of Sigma Delta Phi for all of the good times, and everything else they’ve done. And lastly, I have to thank Nick Wood, just because.

Good luck to the next sucker (I mean columnist). You’ve got big shoes to fill. But if you need any help, Chelci and I will be at the bar. Cheers! t&c TOM HOUGH IS A SENIOR

BROADCASTING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR AND IS A COLUMNIST FOR THE t&c.

Do you know where your burrito comes from?

Chipotle serves up “Food with Integrity,” but sometimes buys tomatoes from suppliers who underpay farmers

BY LEAH DRISCOLL Staff Writer

In 2006, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. was called out for purchasing tomatoes from Flor-

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ida workers who were underpaid and poorly treated.

Three years later, Chipotle finally agreed to pay the supplier an extra one cent per pound of tomatoes, which was a 64 percent increase.

Chipotle has gained recognition for using only meats that are antibiotic-free and for buying from farms that treat their animals humanely. The company’s motto is “Food with Integrity,” but they don’t always live up to that.

Not that Chipotle is the first or last food chain to take heat for serving food that has less-than-honest roots.

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What that means is that, as consumers, we need to be careful about where and what we eat.

It has become popular and appropriate to question restaurants and companies and it is important to our health and to the welfare of laborers worldwide.

Know where your food is coming from. Do you buy locally grown food in order to support farmers in your area?

Do you know if your favorite restaurants purchase antibioticand hormone-free meats from humane farms?

The United States Department of Agriculture created the “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative in order

to connect consumers with local farmers.

According to the initiative’s mission statement, “Today, there is too much distance between the average American and their farmer and we are marshalling resources from across USDA to help create the link between local production and local consumption.”

Otterbein has been catching on to the growing public demand for more knowledge.

Bon Appétit has been making an effort to reach out to the campus and educate students on the food we are eating.

Last week, Bon Appétit held an event called “The Story

Behind the Food,” in which students were taught about issues in the food industry which affect the food on campus.

Apart from attending presentations like these, you can educate yourself by researching companies and restaurants online to see the conditions under which their food is produced and how workers are treated.

The truth can be unsettling, but, it’s a truth worth knowing.

You owe it to yourself and to workers worldwide to know your food. t&c LEAH DRISCOLL IS A SOPHOMORE

JOURNALISM MAJOR AND IS A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&C.

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recess Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

The phrase “drowning the shamrock” comes from the custom of floating the shamrock on top of whiskey for good luck before drinking it.

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Connect the Dots

22 gallons of beer are consumed per capita by Americans annually.

9 places in the U.S. are named Dublin, Ireland’s capital city.

4 places in the U.S. are named Shamrock,

the floral emblem of Ireland.

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INFORMATION FROM CHIFF.COM AND FUNPAGES.COM AND GRAPHIC BY KRISTEN SAPP

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Say What?

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR SPRING BREAK? “Working, sleeping, maybe exercising and visiting friends.”

“I plan on going to PA with my mom to visit my aunt.”

–Matt O’Rourke junior actuarial science

–Mandi Fulton sophomore early childhood education

“Going home and relaxing.”

“Working at the doctor’s office and making little children smile when I hand them a sticker.”

–Meagan Navarre sophomore art

–Emily Stitzel freshman nursing

“Going to Florida with the tennis goons.”

“Going home and going to my boyfriend’s house to chill with him and his parents.”

–Tyler Brodhead junior psychology

–Anna Norton freshman early childhood education PHOTOS AND INFORMATION COMPILED BY JAYME DETWEILER AND KRISTEN SAPP

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sports

Equestrians ready to ride at regionals Riding on home turf, members of the Hunt Seat team are anxious to take the reins

BY AUSTIN WALSH Staff Writer

On Saturday, the equestrian team will be in action here at Otterbein, riding in the regional championships.

Eleven riders will represent Otterbein’s Hunt Seat team as they compete against riders from the University of Findlay, Miami University of Ohio, Wilmington College and Bowling Green State University.

The event is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m.

The top two riders from each competition will move on to the zone championships, the last qualifying event before nationals.

There are eight individual competitions with Otterbein riders taking part in the walk/trot/ canter, novice flat and novice fences events.

This will be the first time in school history that Otterbein has hosted the event.

“We have never hosted the regional championships,” Director of Equestrian Studies Lucy Cryan said.

“We never had a facility to host it,” said Cryan, who also serves as the facility manager.

The new facilities, located on N. Spring Road, have not only enabled the team to host a quali-

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fying event for the first time, but have also acted as a powerful recruiting tool for the college.

“The equine program was a huge decision-maker for me,” said freshman Jackie Moog.

“Knowing that we would be the first freshmen in the new facility was awesome.”

Moog isn’t the only rider that chose Otterbein for the riding teams.

Moreover, what separates the equestrian teams from the other sports on campus is that

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Mary Evert takes advantage of the new indoor arena.

there is also an attractive major that goes hand in hand.

“I chose to come to Otterbein for their equine pre-vet major they offer,” said freshman Jacqueline Farrell.

“I did not choose the school for their riding team, although I do love it. It’s nice to be around so many people that share the same interest as me.”

Sophomore Katie Kaiser, who will be competing Saturday in the walk/trot/canter event, guessed that about 75 percent of

the riders are in fact equine prevet majors, although she is not one of them.

“I’m actually a biochemistry major but I wanted to go to a school that had a riding team that competed,” she said. “I liked how loose it was here.”

Certainly the riders want to do their best at their events, but Kaiser hinted that the more important thing to her is doing what she has a passion for with others that feel the same way.

“It’s real comfortable here,” she said. “Places like Findlay can get real competitive and uptight.”

Moog and Farrell had the same to say, adding that the relaxed atmosphere they experienced during their visits factored into them choosing Otterbein.

“I cannot explain the amount of fun all of us have,” said Moog. “I would have to say that is the best part of being on the team, all of the fun we have, and it is a huge stress reliever from classes.”

If any Cardinals qualify for the zone championships, the event will be held April 11 at Ohio University.

Starting in the spring, the event team will ride in open competitions in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Indiana. t&c

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Upcoming Schedule

Men’s Tennis

March 11, 3:30 p.m. vs. Cedarville

Baseball

March 13, 1 p.m. vs. Grove City

Lacrosse

March 11, 6 p.m.

Lake Erie @ DeSales March 14, 2 p.m.

Hendrix @ DeSales

Equine

March 13, 10:30 a.m.

Regional Championships

Softball

March 18, 8 a.m.

Dickinson @ Tucson, Ariz.

March 18, 10 a.m.

University of Minnesota @ Tucson, Ariz.

thursday, march 11, 2010 | vol. 91, issue 20