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Sports teams gear up for spring • Honors students bond over bread • Scorsese scares with ‘Shutter Island’ • Are you ready for the birds and the bees?

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Seniors Say Goodbye

editorial

Snapshot of a photographer

The T&C staff will miss my ‘illegal’ photo illustrations and outrageous dance moves on Wednesday nights

BY GREG BEERS Photo Editor

“Go take a picture that has something to do with Otterbein Security.”

That was my first assignment when I started at the Tan & Cardinal, and my assignments are still just as vague today.

For the sake of my replacement, Jayme, who I’m pretty sure is still denying that I’m graduating at all, I didn’t want to make this goodbye column sappy and depressing. So, it’s not sappy because that’s not what I experienced in my time here.

Working on the T&C for four years has been chaotic, to say the least.

I’ve worked in two different labs, with two advisers, used two sets of design programs, had three editors-inchief and worked with nearly four different staffs.

Not to mention, the T&C just went through a major design change this year.

The hardest part of all those changes wasn’t meeting all these

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PHOTOS BY JAYME DETWEILER AND PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GREG BEERS

A JACK OF ALL TRADES:

Greg shoots, edits and illustrates his T&C photos on Wednesday nights, all while busting a move to a sweet beat.

people or getting used to their work styles. The challenge was making sure they understood my sense of humor.

And, believe me, being stuck in a computer lab for hours on end on Wednesday nights when we design the paper can definitely have its low points.

Patricia Begazo

Fallon Forbush Rae Reed Andrew Henderson Peter Behr Aaron Angel

Editor-in-Chief News Editor Assistant News Editor Opinion Editor

Arts & Entertainment Editor

Copy Editor

Greg Beers Jayme Detweiler Britany Byers

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Photography Editor

contributing staff

Assistant Photography Editor

Jeana Harrington

Sports Editor

Mike Cirelli Leah Driscoll Andrea Evans Lindsey Hobbs Laina Thompson Hannah Ullom Austin Walsh Kristen Sapp

Copy Editor

Clarissa Combs

The T&C staff would love to hear from you. Write a Letter to the Editor and tell us what you’re thinking. Letters to the editor are letters responding to a writer or an article published in the Tan & Cardinal.

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Jessica Miller

So, my job around here is to lighten the mood.

It’s no surprise that I am an adamant advocate of color pictures for the paper. Unfortunately, color photos cost more money to print.

That doesn’t stop me from letting the page editors know that I want full-page color photographs on every

Web Editor Business Manager

Please keep your letter to 300 words or less. It is at the discretion of the Tan & Cardinal staff as to whether or not the letter will be published. Letters attacking an individual will not be accepted.

Kyle Arend Chris Flick Julie Sanchez Breanna Watzka Kenzie Williams

page. Some of the younger editors have fallen prey to this tom foolery.

A “cutout” is essentially when the background is removed from the photo. They’re relatively easy, but not at all fun to do.

So sometimes when we have to do a lot of cutouts, I will often “forget” to do them or wait till the last minute. I like to see my editors sweat.

It’s so hard to predict how a page will be set up when I’m out taking pictures. So there will inevitably be differences in our ideas. I always joke that the editor has to change their whole page around just to fit my pictures.

With all the work I do on Photoshop, it’s not hard to sometimes run into things that we cannot run due their legality: adding people to pictures, taking out undesirable “anomalies” or even flipping an entire image. So my editors over the years have become weary whenever I say that I did something “really cool” for a photo illustration because it’s probably illegal.

Keeping the morale from getting too low during Wednesday nights is a fulltime job and if that

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means writing funny things on the dry erase board and dancing like an idiot then I’m all for it.

I like to give my editors and staff a hard time, but the truth is, I don’t know where I would be without all the people I’ve worked with in the last four years.

I’d like to take this moment to personally thank every writer and editor who has ever given my pictures meaning, and all the readers that have ever enjoyed them.

Even though my time here at the Tan & Cardinal is coming to a close, I have faith the tradition of fun times on Wednesday nights will continue.

Oh and also a paper will get made as well.

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NEW DIRECTIONS: Otterbein’s new lacrosse team practices for their first game on March 6.

COVER PHOTO BY GREG BEERS

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news

Listening legislator answers student questions Marian Harris discussed her thoughts on the Main Street bridge and fading American faith in Democrats

BY LINDSEY HOBBS Staff Writer

Rep. Marian Harris, D-Ohio, the representative for the 19th district, which includes Westerville and OC, stopped by Towers Hall on Tuesday to talk to students about her current projects and plans for the future.

Q: What big bills are you working on now, and why are these so important to you?

The bill that I’m working on right now ... is what I thought was going to be a no-brainer ... domestic violence. You put the perpetrator in jail, and you help the victim and hopefully everyone lives happily ever after.

Well, it’s not nearly as easy as that. We have laws, they’re not enforced and they’re not strong enough. So basically, the bill is going to change that. The bill would say that if you have a protective order and you break

that order … automatic arrest. It allows a judge to sentence on a first offense for up to a year.

to me, who are really concerned about this, then they’ll listen.

Q: All over the news, it says that faith in President Obama is waning and faith in the Democratic party is waning, so in your words, why should people keep their faith behind the Democratic party?

Because people need to give us time and a chance. In the state, we had 14 years of Republican rule … we are in a recession, we’ve had all kinds of things that led up to where we are now.

To expect Governor Strickland or a Democratic House with a Republican Senate to turn things around within two or three years is just unreasonable.

PHOTO BY KRISTEN SAPP The same thing with Obama. I DEMOCRATIC DISCUSSION: Marian Harris, a former preschool teacher, spoke to stuthink it’s terribly dents in Towers Hall about local and national issues. unfair to expect

Q: You commented that the inconvenience the reconstruction of the Main Street Bridge will cause for students is “on your list,” so what is your plan for fi xing the problem?

I can just be … an intermediary, if you will. I have no power to tell the county engineer what to do about a foot bridge, but if I can call him and say ... I’ve got a whole bunch of people who’ve been calling my office and writing

Former Clinton staff visits campus

Former White House Press Secretary talks equal opportunity

BY KENZIE WILLIAMS Staff Writer

Woman leadership in business and politics was at the heart of former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers’ lecture Wednesday in Cowan Hall.

Myers worked as President Bill Clinton’s press secretary from 1993-1994 and is a political analyst and commentator, as well as contributing editor to Vanity Fair and author of “Why Women Should Rule the World.”

Myers delivered the ninth annual lecture in the Vernon L. Pack Scholar-in-Residence and Distinguished Lecture Series at Otterbein.

At the end of the 2004 presidential campaign, Myers began her journey toward writing her book. She said she knew something had to change.

She began to think about what it would take to “move

from a culture of confrontation to a culture of compromise.”

In her speech, Myers recalled when she noticed this type of compromise occurring among the women in the Senate. These women were friends of Myers’ as well as colleagues, and they looked for compromise.

Myers decided that what the culture in Washington, D.C. needed was more women.

“Women see problems differently and bring different resolutions to the table,” she said.

She also addressed some reasons there are still few women in positions of authority.

She explained the doublebind faced by women who are expected to be “tough enough to lead, but not so tough the ‘b----’ word comes up.”

According to Myers, there is a disproportionate emphasis put on the appearance of women in power. She noted how the focus on a woman’s looks can

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distract from the content of her message. “A bad hair day becomes a virtual mute button for a woman,” she said.

She stressed that “women have to learn to take credit for their accomplishments,” instead of sheepishly declining compliments. “We need to own our power as women.”

Myers clarified that her message is not about women ruling the world in lieu of men, but about women ruling alongside men. “There are weaknesses when you have all men; there are weaknesses when you have all women.”

“This is not a slam on men.

I love men,” she said. “I don’t want my daughter to have more opportunities than my son, and I don’t want my son to have more opportunities than my daughter.” t&c

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that he would turn things around that quickly. It’s really just a question of things don’t happen overnight just because you have a new person in office.

Q: Earlier you said, “Unfortunately, politics gets in the way of good ideas.” Can you expand on that?

I am targeted this year, they are out to get me this year ... so it’s likley that they don’t want me to get any bills passed. So thats where the politics comes in. You know, who’s going to get credit for a bill. If the Republican bill is good, we should just pass it and not worry about who gets credit for it, but that’s where the politics kicks in. So, that’s probably been my biggest frustration. My joint sponsor on my domestic violence bill is Republican and the two of us sometimes just want to ... say, ‘Why can’t we just do what’s right? Period.’ t&c

News briefs from around campus

CAMPUS

New INST courses

The School of Arts & Sciences met on Feb. 17 to discuss the collegewide Natural Sciences Requirement proposal. The proposal states that students must take two four-hour courses in the natural sciences, one being an INST Natural Foundations thread course, and the other being either an existing lab course or one of the new “general” science courses that will be created for non-science majors.

The proposition passed with a vote of 38 for, 34 against and 6 abstentions. On Monday, the proposal will go to the Curriculum Committee and if passed, it will go to the Senate. t&c

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Tuition cut for summer

On Feb. 23, Otterbein President Kathy Krendl publicly announced that there will be a 25 percent summer term tuition reduction for undergraduate students enrolled in online or on-campus courses.

These courses will be open to current students, incoming freshmen, students who are from other institutions and highlevel high school students.

Krendl also introduced new online courses for the Graduate School to begin summer 2010.

New online graduate courses will be offered in education, French, math, Spanish, nursing Iand NTERNATIONAL Intergrative Studies. t&c

Editor’s Note

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Senate: Feb. 24, 2010 Senate Bill 09/10-6 Final reading of a proposal to allow Staff Council members to serve on several Senate committees.

Passed

Senate Bill 09/10-8 Final reading of a proposal to accept the revised Senior Year Experience (SYE) program for the semester system.

Passed

Senate Bill 09/10-9 Final reading of a proposal for the revision of the Health and Physical Education Series (HPES) for the semester system.

Passed

Students make dough for hungry

Honor students sell bread and give proceeds to local food bank BAKING BREAD:

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY ARISTI ENNIS

Savannah Byrne (left) and Alex Bowling (right) knead for the needy.

BY BREANNA WATZKA Staff Writer

Who would have thought baking bread could bring in so much dough?

When director of the Honors Program, Cindy Laurie-Rose, looked at the program review conducted by the Honors Advisory, she found that while Honors students were satisfied academically, they felt a lack of community within the program.

Kneading Minds was born.

Made possible by a grant received by the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), Kneading Minds meets three to four Saturdays a quarter.

From 6 a.m.-9 p.m. in Mayne Hall they bake bread, which is then sold to faculty.

All profits from the bread baking are donated to the Westerville Area Resource Ministry (WARM).

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so if we donated [the bread] directly, it wouldn’t be donated until Monday, and there’s some concern with shelf life,” LaurieRose said. “The money goes a lot further.”

According to Donor Services director of WARM, Cheryl Wooten, the bread would only reach a limited number of families while the money will reach a higher number.

According to senior Aristi Ennis, one of the student coordinators of Kneading Minds, they were able to donate $500 last quarter, which is equal to 2,500 pounds of food.

“That’s huge. It far exceeded what we had anticipated originally,” said executive director of WARM, Scott Marier.

On a typical bake day, students work in three-hour shifts to fill orders placed by faculty. According to senior Ashley Butler, another student

coordinator of Kneading Minds, five or six volunteers per shift would be ideal, but that number often falls short.

“As of lately, we’ve gotten a lot more participation, which makes for a more enjoyable day because we have plenty of hands that are willing and able to help,” Butler said.

Ennis and Butler began working with Laurie-Rose as student assistants to the Honors Program a couple of years ago.

Both agree that Kneading Minds has impacted them in a positive way.

“I think it makes the Honors program more visible on campus, and it allows us to get to know faculty members that we wouldn’t normally interact with on a daily basis,” Butler said.

According to Butler, Kneading Minds has baked 327 loaves of bread to date.

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Weekend Wrap-Up – Sunday, 8-10 p.m.

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arts & entertainment

‘Become a Fan’ becoming bland

Facebook Fan Pages are getting annoying

BY MIKE CIRELLI Staff Writer

YOU SO CRAZY:

U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels ponders the mysteries of Shutter Island.

PHOTO FROM MCTCAMPUS.COM

‘Shutter Island’ thrills Scorsese’s latest mind-bender takes place in a ’50s insane asylum

BY PETER BEHR Arts & Entertainment Editor

When it comes to terrifying locales, it doesn’t get much scarier than a mental hospital for the criminally insane, except of course a mental hospital for the criminally insane that is on an island only accessible by a single ferry boat.

That is the setting for Martin Scorsese’s newest psychological thriller “Shutter Island.”

The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels, who is investigating a patient disappearance at Ashcliffe Hospital located on Shutter Island.

It doesn’t take long for Teddy and his partner Chuck, played

by Mark Ruffalo, to realize that there is something strange about Ashcliffe, and they go about trying to uncover what it is.

Standing in their way is the staff of the hospital, headed

by Dr. Cawley, played by Ben Kingsley.

The film isn’t lacking in creepy moments. There are plenty of dark corridors in Ashcliffe

to explore, and Scorsese does an excellent job of ratcheting up the tension as Teddy wanders around dark corridors and encounters unsettling patients.

Scorsese’s incredible talent is on display throughout the film with creepy camera shots, smooth cuts and an overall wonderfully polished film.

But unfortunately, he doesn’t hit the highs of some of his other films.

The biggest issue with “Shutter Island” is that it can’t completely figure out what kind of film it wants to be.

Throughout the movie the suspense is built around what is really happening at Ashcliffe, and as Teddy digs deeper into the mysteries, the viewer gets a deeper insight into his own mind and motives.

Unfortunately, when the eventual twist is revealed, it isn’t an incredibly mind-blowing one, and is one that an astute observer would probably pick out fairly early into the film.

While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, if the film had focused more on what Teddy was

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experiencing and going through instead of trying to confuse the viewer and build up curiosity, the film’s ultimate climax would have been emotionally stronger.

Instead of caring how Teddy feels at the end, the viewer is left contemplating how they felt about the twists and turns of the movie, and it subtracts from the emotional connection that the audience was building with the characters.

The acting is incredibly solid throughout, which is to be expected with such a veteran cast.

Both DiCaprio and Kingsley turn in wonderful performances, but it was Ruffalo as DiCaprio’s partner Chuck and Ted Levine as the warden who steal the show with their performances.

Also worth mentioning is Michelle Williams’ portrayal of Teddy’s late wife Dolores.

All things considered, “Shutter Island” is a beautifully made creepy flick with plenty of suspense and intrigue, but the overreliance on red herrings and simple trickery prevents it from being something truly special.

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A couple years ago, when MySpace was the reigning social media platform, kids would list nothing but quirks in their “About Me” sections: I think Astrology is cool. I hate pop. I love running.

Now that Facebook has usurped MySpace in social media, the quirk has taken on a new entity. And this one is much bigger, amorphous and hopelessly annoying: the Fan Page.

Similar to joining a group on Facebook, if one clicks “Become a Fan” on a Fan Page, the page title will appear in a list of all other Fan Pages on a profile.

The pages are pretty diverse, ranging from activities (“Going to wal-mart to mess around, not to buy things!”) to vices (“I hate mondays, tuesdays, wednesdays, thursdays and half of friday”) to nostalgia (“When I was your age, we had to blow on the video games to make them work”) to habits (“Making rectangles with the cursor on your desktop background”) and just about everything in between.

But the one trait they all

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share in common is unmitigated quirkiness.

The makers of “Juno” caught on pretty quickly.

Her phone was shaped like a cheeseburger. She carried around slushies like designer purses. She listened to the Stooges, Patti Smith and the Runaways, and her knowledge of horror movies was way more astute than a high school student’s should be.

Juno didn’t only give birth to a baby, but also to the quirk’s quick and quiet takeover of adolescent America.

Personal idiosyncrasies can make someone seem interesting to a stranger. They can also be romantic. Like dovetailing zodiac signs, quirks can be a way to make an initial though superficial connection with someone.

In the end, the quirk is just a superficial way to appear interesting without revealing any cosmic truths about oneself.

Bleeker likes Tic Tacs. Juno’s got a jones for Iggy Pop. Quirks can be funny and endearing, but when taken too far (“I HATE WAKING UP FOR SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”) they won’t make you want to LOL as much as shake your head. t&c

What’s your flavor?

Name: Brianna Stover Year: sophomore Major: art education Hometown: Defiance, Ohio What’s your flavor? weekends

away at the lake

Favorite store: Forever 21 Favorite Winter Olympics sport: snowboarding

Favorite Campus Center food: stir-fry

Favorite color: turquoise Favorite animal: cheetah Favorite activity: spending time

with family and friends, painting and watching movies

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Couples having sex too soon may face trust issues later in their relationship Sex is an important part of life.

It’s why we’re all here. However, sex shouldn’t take center stage in our relationships.

Psychologist David Walsh states in his book “Why Do They Act That Way,” that “when the physical part of the CHRIS relationship races FLICK ahead of everything else, it can almost become the focus of the relationship.”

“There’s this double standard.

People are supposed to be experienced but also to be a virgin at the same time,” said senior psychology major Kelly Hanlin. “Sex and dating is a good thing. It’s an important part of life, and it’s important to share with someone special.”

While sex is a wonderful thing and a very important part of life, if it becomes more than an added dimension, it can be damaging to the relationship.

A Maastricht University study confirmed Walsh’s statements. The study showed a correlation between a young age of sexual intercourse with trust and romantic relationships.

Walsh says that if sex becomes the center of the relationship, then the important aspects of a healthy and mature relationship, like trust and communication, become underdeveloped.

If the goal of the relationship is to become intimate, the most intimate thing people can do is develop trust and communication in their relationships.

“Sex and dating is a good thing. It’s an important part of life, and it’s important to share it with someone special.”

Kelly Hanlin senior psychology major However those may be the things we say that we want in relationships, but the truth is, they are rapidly disappearing.

A girl in one of my classes stated that if she was dating a guy, and he had close friends who are girls that he would text, she would think he was cheating.

We don’t trust. More often than not, we are suspicious of other people’s motives and actions. If we don’t trust, but want to trust, the question

becomes, “how can we learn to trust again?”

“I think it would help if we were more community-based,” Hanlin said.

“Having barbecues; playing baseball with neighbors like our parents and grandparents did. Today, it seems that we spend most of our time indoors, playing video games. Society has become individualistic instead of holistic.”

By building trust first, we can start to develop healthy and mature relationships.

However to build trust, we need to communicate. While everyone talks about how much time couples spend talking and the depth of conversations, what really matters is that couples spend time getting to know each other.

Paul Watzlawick states in his Interactional View Theory that people are always communicating through words, actions and inactions.

By spending time together, people communicate their feelings and thoughts even without words.

While sex is a wonderful, natural part of relationships, it should only be an added dimension of the relationship after the foundation has been laid with trust and communication. t&c

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Say What?

WHEN DO YOU THINK IT’S

APPROPRIATE TO HAVE SEX IN A RELATIONSHIP? “It depends on the maturity of the relationship, but at least wait four months.”

—Megan Boorman junior math education

“Once you’re married. It will be least damaging.”

—Laura Greene senior health promotion and fitness

“When you get married! Duh!”

—Malika Mintsop junior pre-med/life science

“Four months.”

—Aminata Kallon freshman nursing

MAJOR AND IS A STAFF WRITER FOR THE

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2010 Olympic Medal Count

The medal count below is current as of Feb. 24, 2010.

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Country Gold United States 7 Germany 7 Norway 6 Canada 7 Russia 3 Korea 5 Austria 4 France 2 Switzerland 6 China 4

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Bronze 12 7 6 2 6 1 3 5 2 2

Total 28 24 18 15 13 10 10 10 8 8

INFORMATION FROM WWW.VANCOUVER2010.COM

Match the country to its host year Vancouver, Canada Nagano, Japan Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Albertville, France Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) Torino (Turin), Italy Lake Placid, New York, United States Lillehammer, Norway

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Olympic fun facts

• The five Olympic rings represent the five major regions of the world – Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana, and every national flag in the world includes one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, black, green and red.

• The 1992 and 1994 Winter Games were two years apart due to the transition of the Winter Games to alternating even-numbered years with regard to the Summer Games.

• Norway has won the most medals (263) at the Winter Games.

• Up until 1994, the Olympics were held every four years. Since then, the Winter and Summer games have alternated every two years.

• No country in the Southern Hemisphere has ever hosted a Winter Games.

• Three continents – Africa, South America and Antarctica – have never hosted an Olympics.

• Only four athletes have ever won medals at both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games: Eddie Eagan (United States), Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany) and Clara Hughes (Canada).

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INFORMATION FROM FACTMONSTER.COM AND ABOUT.COM

Connect the dots

Winter Olympics 2010 Snowboard Results In men’s snowboard cross, Seth Wescott of America won the gold medal, Mike Robertson of Canada won the silver medal and Tony Ramoin of France won the bronze medal.

In ladies’ snowboard cross, Maelle Ricker of Canada won the gold medal, Deborah Anthonioz of France won the silver medal and Olivia Nobs of Switzerland won the bronze medal.

In men’s halfpipe, Shaun White of America won the gold medal, Peetu Piiroinen of Finland won the silver medal and Scott Lago of America won the bronze medal.

In the ladies’ halfpipe, Torah Bright of Australia won the gold medal, Hannah Teter of America won the silver medal and Kelly Clark of America won the bronze medal.

ILLUSTRATION BY KRISTEN SAPP AND INFORMATION FROM VANCOUVER2010.COM

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Seniors take a look back Senior captains Cory Ratai and Brian Pollock reflect on their Otterbein careers and ponder life after graduation

BY JULIE SANCHEZ Staff Writer

What are your favorite and least favorite memories in your four years playing basketball at Otterbein?

Cory Ratai: My favorite game was my freshman year playing Ohio Northern and Tyler Ousley hitting a game winner. I also enjoyed beating Capital.

What are your favorite and least favorite memories in your four years playing basketball at Otterbein?

Brian Pollock: My favorite memories are the trips at the start of the season and going out to eat at Wendell’s over break and being around my teammates, chilling, kicking it and just being around the team.

My least favorite times were showing up late for shoot-arounds and not being allowed to play and getting elbowed by Matt Miller in practice.

What is the biggest honor you have received this season? Over the four years?

I think the biggest honor is being a two-year captain.

What will you miss the most and least?

I’ll miss the guys on the team the most.

They’re all my brothers. The least would be having to come to shoot-arounds at 10 a.m. every day over break.

Do you have any future plans with basketball?

I am going to play basketball in Italy for 10 days in the summer, and I plan on coaching basketball in the summer. t&c

Any advice you think the underclassmen should know?

Advice would be just to have as much fun as you can, and find a way to win games and just to enjoy college and smile. t&c

Otterbein athletes set to score in the spring PHOTOS BY GREG BEERS

New lacrosse team joins established programs headlining promising 2010 spring sports seasons

BY KYLE AREND Staff Writer

Warm weather.

Yeah, I figured that would get your attention. Spring sports are almost here.

The sun comes out, everyone gets a tan, and baseballs, lacrosse balls, tennis balls, golf balls and softballs will be spraying the blue sky. It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

As a member of the baseball team for my final year, there are plenty of things I am going to miss.

The smell of freshly-cut grass is still one of my favorite smells in the world.

Taking batting practice outside after being stuck in the Clements Center for weeks is a luxury. The same can be said by the softball and tennis teams.

As the spring season approaches, every spring athlete has unique and special things we all look forward to. Especially for the seniors.

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has a lacrosse team, whose first game is scheduled for March 6.

Mike Spatafore, a sophomore defenseman from New Jersey, said, “I’m looking forward to the first game, the smell of the field and the sounds of the game I’ve had to wait an entire year to play. I just missed the game.”

“I’m looking forward to the first game, the smell of the field and the sounds of the game.”

Mike Spatafore sophomore defenseman The women’s tennis team, which had a successful season last year going 7-2 in the OAC, hold high expectations for themselves this season.

As an experienced team loaded with five seniors, anything other than first

place would be considered a disappointment.

“I’m excited for working toward our goal of being OAC champs,” said junior public relations major Kylie Hammons.

The team is already off to a hot start, dominating Wooster in their first match.

They have a home match Feb. 27 against Ashland at 11 a.m.

The women’s golf team is also looking to build off of last season’s success. They made it to the national championship and expect to do the same this year, led by seniors Kelly Butler and Elizabeth DeRoy. “I’m looking forward to my senior year and another national championship appearance. We lost two good players, but I think we still have a good chance to do well,” said Butler.

The team will travel to Georgia to compete in the Jekyll Island Invitational, starting March 19.

Another team looking to earn respect is the softball team. Under second-year coach Christine Steines, the team looks to put together a winning season with a very young but hard-working squad.

The lone senior on the team, public relations major Brooke Stull, wants to add to the four wins she earned on the mound last season.

“First, I’m excited to see how much all of our hard work in the offseason will pay off. Second, we’re young and athletic, and I expect us to succeed this season.

I’m really excited.”

The baseball team looks to put together their eighth winning season in nine seasons. With a large mix of experienced seniors coupled with some young talent, the sky is the limit as to how far we can make it.

With nearly 50 men on the roster, anyone is capable of stepping in and delivering a winning effort.

The first game is scheduled for March 6 against Calvin, who will make the trek from Michigan.

Expectations are as high as ever here at Otterbein for this spring. There will be opportunities to show your support, whether it be for a men’s or women’s team. So soak up the sun and cheer.

t&c

thursday, feb. 25, 2010 | vol. 91, issue 18