The Wooster Voice

The Wooster Voice Vol. CXXVI, Issue I

A STUDENT PUBLICATION SINCE 1883

Friday, August 28, 2009

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.”

— Confucius

Class of 2013 arrives on campus

The week before last marked the end of orientation for the class of 2013. After arriving on campus, the first-years took part in a variety of activities, including the talent show Woo Idol, a guided tour of downtown Wooster and a number of different service projects. Above, students gather for their first class photo.

Above left, first-years arrive and receive their orientation packets. Bottom left, students participate in an orientation sponsored swing dance class (Photos by Taylor Keegan).

Babcock reopens for fall New sculpture built near Kauke Allana Mortell News Editor After a multi-million dollar renovation, students living in the Babcock basement will no longer have to worry about the bathroom flooding.

Just in time for the new school year and for returning students and faculty, the renovations of Babcock Residence Hall are finally complete. Although a great deal of the construction took place last spring, the summer months proved extremely worthwhile in completing this $2.7 million project.

Included in this undertaking were, of course, basic renovations and heavy infrastructure work.

“In general we attempted to gut the building’s structural skeleton—we did new wiring, new plumbing, a new roof and new windows,” recalled the Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life Christie Kräcker. In addition, residents of Babcock will benefit not only from the new, more colorful walls but will also enjoy amenities such as new furniture and carpet throughout the building and dorm rooms, as well as the newest installment of railings around the window wells.

Something perhaps not as visible to students would be the replacement of all mechanical systems in Babcock. The newest installment of air handlers and proficient fan coil units in each student dorm room will be controlled by thermostats individually placed in the students’ rooms. Vince Williamson, the facilities project manager of the College explained, “Many of the changes during the renovation focused on increasing the energy efficiency of the building. This includes the win-

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dows, insulating the attic, low-flow fixtures and automated lighting using occupancy sensors and timers.”

With all the newest renovations in Babcock, there were a number of restorations, with particular attention paid to the hardwood floors that were so cherished in the old Babcock by students and faculty alike. “We restored all of the original woodwork in the main lounge, restored the Terrazzo floors throughout the building and were able to save and refinish the hardwood floors in all but approximately three dorm rooms,” reveals Williamson.

Those who take a walk past Babcock will be able to admire the new stonework and brick restorations that were completed on the exterior walls as well as visit the Corey Cline Butterfly Garden located behind the new patio.

Currently, Babcock is home to the Cross Cultural Living Experiences Program, where students actively organize and engage in cross-cultural programs. This year, the College implemented a new initiative called the Center for Diversity and Global Engagement, which houses their offices in the newly renovated residence hall.

Those involved with the new program will facilitate a number of different events, working with the broader community as well as the college community to promote diversity on campus and engage students with issues on local and global levels.

Overall, the excitement of the construction being completed has certainly been felt throughout campus. Those involved with the program have received thus far nothing but positive See “Babcock,” page 2

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Nathan Comstock Voice Staff Students walking on the south side of Kauke this year will be greeted by some new faces — two, to be exact, plus a disembodied beard. “Omnibus,” a new sculpture by Montana artist John Buck, was installed on the campus this July.

The sculpture, cast in bronze, depicts a globe adorned with a collection of iconic images — a horse, a television and the Parthenon, to name but a few, not to mention the aforementioned facial hair.

The sculpture was financed by a gift from the Howland Memorial Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to

providing educational institutions with contemporary works of art. The Howland fund has been working with the College of Wooster for more than 30 years, and is responsible for much of the public art that can be seen on the campus.

In the summer of 2008, a committee consisting of President Grant Cornwell, Vice President for Development Sara Patton, College Art Museum curator Kitty Zurko and a representative from the Howland fund reviewed a number of proposals from different artists for a new sculpture to adorn the lawn of the recently renovated Kauke hall.

Eventually they selected Buck, a veteran artist whose work was already

being displayed on campus. “Great Falls,” a large print in the second floor computer lab of Taylor hall, was commissioned in 1995, and “Fact and Fiction” and “Radius” can be found in the entrance lobby of Severance Hall.

Buck believes that the new sculpture encapsulates the essence of the liberal arts educational experience.

“It’s about seeking out and finding meanings in an assortment of objects,” he said, adding that he wants students to draw connections between the different icons based on their own diverse experiences. “You might not find something in all the images, but someone will.”

See “Sculpture,” page 5

“Omnibus” is a donation from the Howland Memorial Fund (Photo by Sarah Harbottle).

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SPORTS

The Viewpoints editors ask students at the College for their opinions regarding the new sculpture outside Kauke.

See page 3.

Maggie Donnelly explains why she supports President Obama’s proposed reform of the health care system. See page 3.

Editor Tamari

Features Farquharson writes about the success of the first year of the WooCorps summer work program on campus. See page 4 for more.

Managing Edittor Charles Horenstein discusses the rising number of College of Wooster students the Ohio Light Opera is employing. See page 5 to read more.

The football team opens their season next Saturday, Sept. 5 against Waynesburg on their new turf field. See page 7 to read the article.

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BITE-SIZE NEWS CAMPUS

Ohio Light Opera to redefine ties to College The Ohio Light Opera and The College of Wooster announced Wednesday that the opera will be reincorporating as an independent not-for-profit organization, rather than as a subsidary of the College.

The opera will continue to be affiliated with the College in many of the same ways it has always been — Freedlander Theatre will continue to serve as the Opera's venue and company members will still be housed in campus housing.

The new relationship, however, will allow the opera new flexibility in management practices and allow the College to focus “more tightly on its core academic mission,” according to John Hopkins of the Office of Public Information at the College.

LOCAL

Wooster alumna to hold book signing College of Wooster alumna Dr. Susan Albers ‘97 will be signing copies of her new book “50 Ways To Soothe Yourself Without Food” during a reception at the Wooster Book Co. at 7:30 p.m. today. Albers also authored “Eating Mindfully” and is currently a psychologist at the Wooster Cleveland Clinic.

NATIONAL

Senator Ten Kennedy dies after cancer battle After following a difficult struggle with brain cancer, Senator Edward Kennedy died late Tuesday evening. Following his death, a debate has arisen over who his successor in the Senate will be.

Kennedy was known for his careerlong commitment to health care reform.

Obama administration expects deficit increase The Obama administration’s Office of Management and Budget expects deficits through 2019 to raise to $9.05 trillion, almost a $2 trillion increase from its projection from last February.

Peter R. Orszag, the president's budget director, said on his agency’s Web site that this was a “dire fiscal situation that we inherited,” predominantly blaming the Bush administration.

Fire alert issued in parts of California In response to a California wildfire in Angeles National Forest that broke out 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and consumed 275 acres by that evening, the National Weather Service issued a warning for extreme fire conditions for the Los Angeles, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. The alert began 6 a.m.

Wednesday and is set to continue until 9 p.m. today.

WORLD

Civilians killed in Afghanistan car bomb

New turf installed in John P. Papp Stadium Jonah Comstock Editor in Chief On the surface, the renovation of John P. Papp stadium might seem like a great gift to the campus — for the football team. In fact, the ramifications of the renovation will extend well beyond football and even beyond athletics.

In addition to the installation of a Sprinturf turfing system, the $1.4 million renovation of John C. Papp Stadium completed this summer includes a new outdoor lighting system by Hilscher-Clarke, the renovation of the track, repainting of the interior and exterior of the stadium and landscaping around the entrance of the field to make it more attractive. The bathrooms and visitor’s locker room also underwent extensive renovations.

The money was raised in a relatively short time entirely through private donations — first by persuading some donors from the Independent Minds campaign to designate their undesignated donations to the project, and then through the generosity of former Wooster athletes through the W association.

“Former athletes really stepped up to the plate in making contributions to fund the remainder of the project,” said Director of Development Moses Jones-Lewis, who added that President Grant Cornwell was a major force in spearheading the renovation.

The project has been in the preplanning stages since July of 2008.

According to Director of Grounds Beau Mastrine, contractors broke ground on the project around May 18 and completed it on August 14 of this year — less than three months later. The turf playing surface has many advantages over the old grass field, including safety and reliability.

“The turf is phenomenal,” said football head coach Mike Schmitz. “It’s a soft surface, it’s a consistent surface all over and it’s not affected by weather.” The turf will keep the Fighting Scots on the same playing field as its opponents because many of their conference opponents already play on turf fields.

Additionally, the outdoor lights allowed Schmitz to schedule evening and early morning practices during first-year orientation.

But the football team is only the beginning, says athletic director Keith Beckett. “Prior to the filed being turfed, the stadium field was used in a very limited manner and only a few times per year,” said Beckett.” The turf and lights enable the College to offer more opportunities for field activity.”

This is due to a variety of factors.

For one thing, there is no worry about wearing out the new field, so groups can be scheduled on it at all times — including, thanks to the lighting system, at night and early in the morning. In addition, moving groups that formerly practiced on the residential quad to the field fulltime opens up the quad for use by club sports and individuals.

Director of Operations Nate Whitfield is in charge of scheduling the new field for anyone who has a need for it. In addition to scheduling the field for football and men’s lacrosse, the two sports that will use it as a primary facility, a number of other sports will use the field for occasional practices.

Whitfield also added that “times have been allocated for the marching band and to host intramural championship games under the lights for our grass intramural offerings. Upon their return to school, I will be meeting with leaders of grass club sports to determine if they have times and activities that would extend beyond

The stadium received a new turf in addition to outdoor lighting and other renovations (Photo by Andrew Collins). the Quad or Wagner that they would like to schedule on the turf.”

There may be some disadvantages to the new field as well, although only experience will demonstrate their severity. For one thing, the field will require a different kind of maintenance.

“Even though there’s no fertilizer, no water and no mowing, think about it as a carpet in your house,” said Mastrine. “It has to be groomed, cleaned and swept. … I’d like to think it’s going to be easier, but we’re still getting to be familiar with the new system.” In addition, Schmitz admitted that playing on grass after practicing all year on a turf field could be a challenge. “It’s much easier to go from grass to turf than from turf to grass,” said Schmitz. “If you’re going to play on

grass, you should practice on grass.”

This shouldn’t be much of a problem, though. According to Schmitz, only one of the team’s regular season games will be played on grass.

“The only real advantage of the artificial turf for the Scot Marching Band is that we will no longer have to march in mud at a football game,” said Nancy Ditmer, director of the Scot Band. “There actually are disadvantages, but they are small — such things as having to reinvent the way the drum majors handle their maces at pregame and halftime, since they can no longer stab them into the ground.”

“We are sincerely appreciative and grateful for the project,” said Schmitz. “To the committee, to President Cornwell, to everyone who made it happen.”

Year-long renovation of Babcock now complete Babcock continued from page 1 feedback from students, faculty and staff members. Kräcker hopes students will enjoy the newly renovated building, “This was a very personally rewarding process — getting to work through the renovation project from choosing of the architect, to helping with the plans, to choosing colors and furniture,” she said. “I hope that the students will benefit from living in such a tremendous community.”

The hard work put forth by the contractors, those involved in the renovation process and even those students who have patiently waited to return to Babcock, is all greatly appreciated by the campus community.

According to Williamson, the overarching goal was “to give a warm, inviting, functioning, problem-free building back to the students.” For the moment, it looks as if this goal unarguably has been reached.

Lindsay Brainard ’10, Anna Lingan ’10 and Stephanie Ham ’10 relax in Babcock’s newly renovated main lounge (Photo by Maureen Sill)

Greek artwork painted over in Bissman Hall Alexandra DeGrandchamp Senior Staff Writer Visitors to Bissman Hall may notice a startling change to the doors and lounges inside the building. This summer, WooCorps employees painted the interior of the dormitory white, covering sorority and fraternity crests and letters painted on the walls of the building’s lounges.

Residents of Bissman Hall’s Greek community expressed their shock and disbelief over the decision. Treasurer of Inter-Greek Council and Alumni Coordinator and Service Chair of Xi Chi Psi Fraternity Roger Klein ’11 stated that he was “shocked,” and President of Pi Kappa Sorority Hilary Maich ’10 said it was “really sad to come back to white” instead of her sorority’s colors and crest.

Red Cross worker Abdul Wadood, 48, was killed in a car bombing in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday. In a blast that shattered windows in homes a kilometer away, Wadood died leaving a widow and 10 children. Wadood was among 43 dead and 75 wounded, said Col. Fazel Ahmad. According to the Red Cross, most of the victims were civilians, including children.

—News briefs compiled by Charles Horenstein and Jonah Comstock

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The Bissman eighth section lounge before the walls were painted white. (Photo courtesy Kyle Thomas).

Leaders of the Greek community had prior knowledge of the impending painting, but did not expect the changes to occur this past summer.

President of Zeta Phi Gamma Sorority Katie Harvuot ’10 noted she had received an e-mail from another member of the Greek community alerting her that the walls of the dorm had been painted white.

“We were surprised,” she said, and felt a lack of “closure” with the lounges. President of Beta Kappa Phi Fraternity David Boardman ’10 also regretted the loss of his section’s mural, stating, “A lot of guys put some hard work into those pieces of art.” As Klein notes, "It was a regretful miscommunication that made a lot of members of the Greek community upset and confused."

Director of Greek Life and Associate Director of Residence Life Joe Kirk stated there had been “an increase in the conversation over the past year” about the need to repaint Bissman’s lounges and halls. Kirk noted he had met with this year’s presidents of sororities and fraternities in April, where he told Greek leadership that the lounges would be painted.

Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life Christie Bing Kräcker indicated that painting the walls “allows flexibility within the

building as group sizes wax and wane.”

Members of the Greek community will be receiving materials to create movable murals with their colors, letters, crests, and mascots. In addition, the leadership of the various Greek groups received a photo CD with “very detailed photos” of the wall murals, according to Kirk. Kräcker, Kirk, and other administrators in Residence Life will be meeting with members of the Inter-Greek council Tuesday to discuss possible Greek additions to halls.

Due to a prior agreement with the city of Wooster, Bissman Hall will be converted into a dormitory of singles in the near future — this knowledge, combined with the painting of the murals, has lead to speculation within the campus community over the future of the Greek organizations within the dormitory.

According to Kräcker, the administration has made “no formal decisions about relocating the Greek community at this time,” but also noted, “The College would not support a relocation of the groups to another building” if student damage costs remain high.

Kräcker hopes the walls will be viewed as a “blank slate” for the Greek community. Harvuot also expressed her desire to move forward, expecting the plaques to be created in a “timely manner … to right this wrong.”

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Our View So, it’s a new school year. Last semester’s final projects and Spanish flashcards are buried either in the bottom of your drawer or the bottom of your garbage.

Last semester’s one night stands may still awkwardly avoid eye contact in Lowry, but at least by now you have probably thrown the random articles of clothing you found under your bed at the end of the year into a Goodwill donation bin somewhere.

This new year means you can turn over a new leaf. If you used to spend most of your afternoons last year watching reruns of “Scrubs” with a few friends, this year go out and see “Don’t Throw Shoes” with some people on your hall. You might be surprised by the friendliness of Wooster students — they’re probably as eager to meet people as you are. Or, better yet, join one of a hundred organizations on campus. If you love to sing, find an a capella group. If you love planting and farm animals, join the Organic Farming club.

If you used to resort to wearing swim trunks and your roommate’s undershirt to class because you had managed to wear every item in your closet but didn’t manage to wash any of them (let’s not even talk about the underwear), this year save your quarters, get off your butt and do your laundry. If you used to plan your weeks around the allotted number of classes you are permitted to miss, this year remember that you or someone else is paying close to a hundred dollars for you to sleep in that extra hour. If you used to enjoy disposing of your empty beer bottles by throwing them out your window, this year remember that the next morning you’ll most likely end up walking to class with a piece of glass lodged in the bottom of your foot. So, it’s a new school year. Think about it.

G-20 has the right idea As I was getting my “back to school” haircut a couple weeks ago, I turned to my right to hear a woman, with a head full of brand new highlights, say “So what is this G-20 Summit?

Are there going to be a bunch of hannahdiorio-toth important people here or something? I bet traffic is going to suck.” Well, yes, Presidents and Prime Ministers from 19 different countries would fall under my category of “important.”

And with more than 3,000 extra police officers and thousands more protestors planning to cram themselves into the already infamous constant state of construction that Pittsburgh is in, there are bound to be a few detour signs. In fact, most offices and schools surrounding Downtown Pittsburgh are closing for the few days in late September that the summit will be taking place.

The G-20 Summit focuses on the international financial system. Its goal is to review and discuss policy issues that will promote international financial stability. In addition to the 19 countries represented, the European Union and four financial institutions including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund also participate.

With such a high concentration of world power in the city of Pittsburgh, protest groups from all over the country are making plans to come together and broadcast their opinions about current policies.

Everyone from environmentalists to

anti-authoritarian anarchists will line the streets attempting to catch the attention of the media and the powers that have gathered. There are even Facebook groups and strongly worded “tweets” on Twitter urging young people to march for such causes. But many individuals and businesses feel that these protestors are an unneeded disturbance.

What is their point? Yes, we want to end poverty, but how do the protestors suggest we go about stopping such a broad social issue that has plagued the world for centuries?

Others feel that these protestors are not going to make any difference.

How many times have we shouted “END THE WAR!” and isn’t the government still sending troops over to the Middle East?

But without these protestors coming together to voice their opinions, how do we challenge the status quo?

Regardless of whether or not the chants, signs and marches will create an immediate difference, they do serve as a catalyst for long-term change.

It is our job as citizens to question the government’s policies. And a group of 300 people marching is a lot more useful than sitting on your couch, complaining about the economy and throwing your pillow at the TV when you disagree with what the commentator is saying on CNN. So, why not become involved in something this year, try and make a difference no matter how small you think your impact will be.

Hannah Diorio-Toth is a Viewpoints editor for the Voice. She can be reached for comment at HDiorio-Toth11@wooster.edu.

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America needs healthcare reforms

The United States is in great need of healthcare reform. The insurance business is one of the most expensive and wealthy industries in the nation, capitalizing on the basic healthcare needs of American citizens. Because health insurance is too expensive for many to acquire and to maintain, many Americans simply do without.

In the event that maggiedonnelly serious medical issues arise for the uninsured, these people suffer the costs of extremely expensive medical bills.

Contrary to popular belief, the majority of the uninsured people are not the poorest people in our country.

Most of the uninsured are middleclass families whose healthcare packages do not cover and who cannot buy health insurance for their entire family. These are hardworking Americans with jobs who are simply unable to insure their family because of the massive expenses of healthcare.

In a recently published study, onethird of Ohioans are concerned that they will not be able to maintain their

current level of health care insurance in the next five years due to rising health care costs. Under the new health care system, Americans would have the choice of high-quality and affordable health care for their entire family, regardless if they lose or leave their jobs.

Every American deserves to have the same level of healthcare regardless of their income or how much they can pay. If National health care is enacted, all citizens would receive the same treatment. Americans need to change the way they view insurance companies: health care should be a basic right, not a capitalistic business where the wealthy receive the best care and the poor none at all.

A national health care system will allow all Americans to have high-quality insurance regardless of any preexisting medical issues they have.

Under the current system, thousands of people are not insured because insurance companies do not want to cover people who may have expensive medical issues. The reform will ensure that everyone receives the medical attention that they need without being swamped in heaps of expensive medical bills.

Additionally, health care reform will

save millions of dollars annually. It will cut out expensive charges from insurance companies, who are out to make a profit as well as insure people.

If average American families are allowed to choose less expensive health care packages, they will be able to save thousands of dollars each year.

This will allow that money to be circulated in the economy.

If we do not push for this health care reform, we will watch our current system continue to plummet.

Without reform, 14,000 Americans will continue to lose their health insurance every single day as costs become more expensive and insurance companies will continue to make even greater profits.

Many people who resist these changes probably do not understand their current insurance policy and are afraid to look to the future. Others will use irrational, emotional motives to sway people’s beliefs for their own political gain. But ultimately our current system will fail if we do not bring about this change. And this is change we need.

Maggie Donnelly is a frequent contributor for the Voice. She can be reached for comment at MDonnelly11@wooster.edu.

CAMPUS VOICES

What do you think of Omnibus, the new globe artwork on campus?

Matthew Barnes ’10

Erica Morgan ’11

“The campus art has been unchanged for the past few years, and the new addition of the globe statue is very appropriate. Its meaning is deep rooted and it serves as an excellent representation of modern art.”

“I think that the sculpture is something that college students should find easy to relate to because its arrangement of different objects represents the diverse world that we experience.”

Hannah Haas ’12

“I think it’s a good addition to our campus but I don’t understand where it came from or what it means. Modern art just doesn’t make much sense to me. I honestly couldn’t tell you if it is actually a work of art but it makes my walk to Kauke more interesting..”

...and if you haven’t seen the new sculpture...

The latest addition to our campus artwork, located between The Timken Science Library and Kauke Hall, is donated by the Howland Memorial Fund.

This globe-like creation houses a diverse array of objects, including: - a turtle - a television - a horse head - a branch - a donut - a lizard - a goblet - scissors - a beard - a can of sardines See page 1 for full story

“No sex, no food” law causes unrest Ladies, I know it sucks that guys can still legally yell “Make me a sandwich” without any real repercussions. But let me briefly illustrate to you how our lives could be so much worse.

Just over a week ago in Afghanistan, a law was passed that states that if a woman does not “please her man” sexually, he can refuse to feed her.

In a world that is krisfronzak entirely alien to our own, where a woman is completely dependent on her husband for money, shelter, food (essentially everything necessary for survival), you can see why this is causing a bit of a stir.

It is making it perfectly legal for a husband to starve his wife if she just isn’t feeling it one night. And heaven knows that hunger is distracting enough even if you didn’t get around to having dinner one night — imagine trying to get in the mood when your husband has been refusing to provide food for days on end!

Priorities change drastically when

all you can think about is how dizzy you are and how your stomach feels like it’s on the verge of caving in.

Even if a woman wanted to “satisfy” her husband, it could eventually become impossible if she could not even stand up from being so weak.

This might be an exaggeration, but you can still see how that creates a very bad cycle.

And the best is yet to come! That was only one section of the complex law passed furtively by Afghan president Hamid Karzai while Parliament was on leave and therefore was not even given the chance to reject it.

Another part of the law states that women must get permission from their husbands to work. A third controversial part grants guardianship of kids entirely to their fathers and grandfathers. This will have a massive impact on the widowed/divorced world. Next time a husband dies and a wife wants to fight to keep together the children from her broken family, she cannot. Custody will pass directly to the grandfather, who can do with the kids whatever he pleases, be it taking them in as his own chil-

dren or shipping them off to boarding school, without regard to the biological mother. And I can’t wait for the first court case where a woman accuses her husband of abuse and requests to take her children away for their sanity or health.

Good luck to her on that.

What is bothering many critics even more than the sheer danger of this law is that constitutionally we are supposed to be seeing a new Afghanistan rising up from postTaliban rule. But it’s clear that words and actions are two entirely different things here.

The only hope in this sad story is that, since President Karzai passed the law while Parliament was not in session, once they reconvene (whenever that might be) they will vote it down again.

But considering an even more prejudiced version of the legislation was nearly approved in March of this year already, the chances at this point seem slim.

Kris Fronzak is a Viewpoints editor for the Voice. She can be reached for comment at HFronzak12@wooster.edu.

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WooCorps weathers current economic storm Tamari Farquharson Features Editor In an effort to take charge during the beginning of a depressed period in terms of the economy, the College of Wooster established WooCorps.

WooCorps is the name of the summer work program offered at the College this past summer. The aim of the program was to provide summer employment opportunities for students at the College who may have been struggling to find summer jobs during the current economic crisis.

Its name, WooCorps, is derived from the Civilian Conservation Corps of the ’30s to which the school pays homage.

The masterminds who conceived this concept last March are Dean of Students Kurt Holmes and the Director of Facilities Peter Schantz. Apart from Dean Holmes and Schantz working in the forefront as part of the WooCorps Steering Committee which met weekly, Dean Holmes and Schantz got tremendous help from Assistant Vice President John Sanders, Director of Human Resources Gary Thompson, Coordinator of Student Employment Emily Seling, Director of Maintenance Operations Doug Laditka and Associate Dean of Students and the Director of Residence Life Christie Kräcker. Each supervisor that had student workers represented in their department gave their support, as well as the Cabinet and Board of Trustees.

After careful planning, many hours, a lot of creativity and intricate implementation of every piece of the program, it began on Monday, May 11.

The planning was the key to the success of the program. The College had over 200 applicants; in the end they employed 184 students throughout the summer, who were given the opportunity to work a $7.30-per-hour job for 412 hours each in order to be compensated with a $1,000 scholarship to aid in covering for Room and Board costs. Apart from these students’ compensations, they were also given housing, as well as breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday.

There were representatives from all

three upper classes, domestic and international students in the WooCorps Crew.

“Every student who worked on campus was considered WooCorps for the most part — we had positions in the Library, the PEC, the Garden, Facilities, with Grounds, with Custodial, with Security and in offices,” explained Kräcker.

The program offered many catered events throughout the summer.

These Above, WooCorps participants Jeanne Simons ’10, Alex Saines ’11, included the Casey Hudak ’11 and David Small ’11 enjoy the giant Slip ’n Slide (Photo WooCorps Kick Off courtesy Christie Kracker). Below, WooCorps workers, department Dinner, Dive-In Movie at the PEC supervisors and President Cornwell celebrate the success of WooCorps pool, Deep Fried (Photos courtesy Harrison Wilson ’10).

Friday Night, Giant Slip ’n Slide, a potato bar and free laundry program in Andrews and Armington Halls, dance parties, the Summer Birthday Party for those who celebrated birthdays during the same months as WooCorps, shuttles to the north end of town on the weekends and a free Chipotle burrito day!

The crew and participants received more from the program than they had originally anticipated.

“It was a success. It was an unbelievable success. It was an similar program, and in the New York this summer. Simply amazing,” said Kräcker. awesome opportunity. I was so excited Times.

On an even more positive note, the “I also think the crew members to be a part of it,” said Kräcker. There was a lot of positive student, campus gained a new perspective on what it College is anticipating a second year community and Wooster community takes to operate a campus as well as of WooCorps. “It was an amazing feedback. Even before WooCorps’ con- developed a deeper connection to summer with just a lot of hard work clusion on August 14 it was deemed a campus — they put their sweat, and fun. We culminated the program great program. It was even featured in laughter and love into this campus with a Campus Community day,” said USA Today along with St. John’s this summer. The crew was simply Kräcker. “Google ‘WooCorps’ and see University in Minnesota, which has a amazing. I was awed by the students how much comes up!”

Convocation celebrates the College’s 140th academic year Below at left, seniors Libby Parson, Emily Sacher, Lucy Plaugher, John Hotchkiss and Kat Kelly listen to President Cornwell’s address to their class, members of faculty, staff and younger classes. Below at right, faculty and emeritus converse outside of McGaw Chapel where the Convocation was held on Tuesday morning and anticipate the beginning of the procession for College of Wooster’s recognition of 140 academic years (Photos by Maureen Sill).

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INTERNATIONAL INSIGHT What do the Netherlands, United States of America, Zimbabwe and Jamaica have in common?

How close could a wacky group of 13 college students all with matthewmcnaughton v a r y i n g interests and areas of study get over a period of one month? What does a country with only 15 years of majority rule have to teach the world about justice and reconciliation? The answers to these questions highlight just three of the experiences that awaited me when I stepped off the plane in the Port Elizabeth airport in South Africa on June 25.

This past summer, I spent one month at the Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, participating in their “Keys To Contemporary South Africa” summer ... or should I say winter program. I say winter because, unfortunately, June to August are the winter months in the Southern Hemisphere — and yes, it does snow in Africa! The unexpected sub-zero temperatures the first couple days I arrived in South Africa set the tone for a trip that would expel many myths about the dark continent. South Africa is so much more than the cliché savannah sunsets persons often think about when they imagine Africa. At Rhodes I learned to appreciate the complex country that is South Africa.

The Rhodes program consisted of learning about various aspects of South African social and political history, culture and contemporary life.

We started the program with a few days on the Amakhala game reserve and ended it working with a nongovernment organization examining environmentally sustainable practices in the rural town of Hamburg.

The annual Grahamstown Art Festival, which is the largest Arts and Culture festival in Southern Africa, took place during our stay there. The Arts Festival showcased uniquely South African artistic expression and theater, African re-interpretations of European classics, such as “Carmen” and also South African talent playing European/American classics. It was a unique experience that added to what was already an impressive program.

The program accepted 13 students, mainly Americans, from various countries around the world.

Nationalities included American, Dutch, Jamaican, Zimbabwean and Japanese. All the students, with the exception of one Dutch student, were located at universities in the US. Wooster was represented by four students: Andrew Vogel ’10, Itai Njanji ’11, Megan Munroe ’11 and myself. The two other schools represented were University of Kansas (6) and City University of New York (3).

South Africa is a very complex country that is still dealing with many post-independence issues — the government only gained majority rule in 1994. The Rhodes program was an excellent introduction into many of the problems that the country was still facing. Reconciliation after decades of apartheid and minority rule is no easy task, however, the South African government has managed the transition of inclusion very well, though much is still to be done. The progress is particularly impressive when compared with many other countries from SubSaharan Africa.

The main impression South Africa leaves on anyone that travels there is how beautiful the country is. The people are equally welcoming and quite fashionable. Cape Town is particularly impressive. Not every city has a backdrop of mountains, game reserves and the ocean!

Overall, the Rhodes program was a worthwhile experience and I encourage anyone who would like to participate in it next year to contact me or Administrative Coodinator Karen Parthmore for Lilly Project for the Exploration of Vocation.

Matthew McNaughton ’10 is a Philosophy and Computer Science double major and an Economics minor from Kingston, Jamaica.

This is an installment of the “International Insight” column. If you are interested in contributing, feel free to contact Tamari Farquharson ’11 (TFarquharson11@wooster.edu).

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Ohio Light Opera Provides Work for Students Intensive Experience Builds Students’ Resumes Charles Horenstein Managing Editor The Ohio Light Opera holds performances on the College of Wooster campus during the summer months.

The OLO is unique in that it both hires tech staff and casts performers who are still studying undergrad.

This gave many Wooster students a new opportunity.

“Pace is the biggest difference,” said Charlene Gross, production coordinator and resident costume designer of the OLO and adjunct professor of costume design at The College. Gross also noted that the OLO “focuses on operetta and early lyrical musical theatre and is a professional company.

This is a style that the Theatre and Dance Department may do once every four to six years.”

“Most theatre companies don’t hire undergrads, so we’re very fortunate to do this kind of work at this stage of life,” said Jackie Komos ’11. “It’s a huge resume builder, and I learned much more here than in a classroom because of the 24-hour hands-on experience. I’m going out for it next year, too.”

This year, ten Wooster students participated in the OLO; alongside Komos were Jen Barnes ’11, Phil McLeod ’09, Owen Reynolds ’11, Nathan Comstock ’10, Derek Schrock ’11 Nina Takacs ’11, Emma Schmitt ’10, Kristen Sorek ’08 and Caroline Drozdiak ’12. Student participation ranged from performance on stage to props, carpentry, costumes, electrical work, house management and pit orchestra. This involvement of 10 Wooster students was an increase from the seven who participated in the summer of 2008, and the three in 2007.

Phil McLeod ’09 and OLO veteran Fred Reeder take a bow (Photo by Maureen Sill).

“I think both the students who were technicians and [those that were] performers were surprised of how much was required of them and how much they accomplished by the end,” said Gross. “I can’t wait to be working with them all again very shortly on “Comedy of Errors” for the Theatre & Dance Department.”

This year, the OLO produced seven shows: “Fiddler On The Roof,” “Of Thee I Sing,” “HMS Pinafore,” “Riddigore,” “Mademoiselle Modiste,” “Helen Of Troy,” and “A Night In Venice.”

The schedule consisted of seven days a week, beginning May 16 and ending on Aug. 9. For the first part of

the summer, practice ran from 9:3011:30 a.m., then again at 1:30-4:30 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. As performances began, rehearsals were confined to the morning with shows in the evening, with the end of the summer consisting of two shows a day and no rehearsals.

“By exposing our Wooster students to a fast paced established company like Ohio Light Opera, we open their eyes to what is expected in professional artists,” said Gross. “Things like the stamina required to do eight shows a week, week after week, or the difference between doing a comedy from the late 19th century [“Helen of Troy”] verses a satirical musical based

around politics from the 1930s [“Of Thee I Sing”]. I believe broadening a student’s experience in their art opens up a larger capacity for them to learn.” ”For those interested in auditioning next year, auditions are early December of this year,” said Gross.

Technical interviews begin in January, for around 60 positions.

“The most gratifying thing is the people,” said McLeod. “Picking up the skills and crafting talents is great, but the people in the audience combined with the people you live and work and play with become your second family.

There’s something wonderful about sharing an experience like this rather than just having it.”

Micheal Jackson’s Death: His Physician at Fault?

Madelyn Halstead A&E Editor As the details surrounding Michael Jackson’s death continue to be pieced together one thing is becoming clear— whether he intended to or not, Jackson’s Doctor Conrad Murray played a part. The question is how big a part that was.

The search warrant affidavit unsealed in Houston, Texas on Aug. 24, quotes Los Angeles Police Department coroner, Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran saying, “Toxicology analysis shows Michael Jackson had lethal levels of Propofol in his blood.”

The Associated Press is quoting a single, anonymous law enforcement official as saying that the L.A. Police Department ruled Jackson’s death as a homicide. The credibility of this source has yet to be determined and the L.A. Police Department denies claim to this statement.

Murray administered 50 milligrams of the drug intravenously to Jackson, who had reportedly been suffered sleep deprivation, every night for six weeks and admitted to administering the drug on the morning of June 25, the day Jackson died.

Murphy established in the 32 page warrant, taken by authorities, that he believed Jackson was forming an

addiction to the drug and attempted, unsuccessfully, to wean him off the drug.

Propofol is a strong anesthetic typically used in hospitals where the patient remains under the watch of an anesthesiologist.

In an effort to continue his efforts to wean Jackson’s dependency on the drug Murray gave Jackson a cocktail of milder sedatives throughout the course of the night. On the morning of June 25, Jackson received 10 mg of Valium orally at 1:30 a.m.; he was injected with 2 mg of Ativan at 2 a.m., 2 mg of Versed at 3 a.m., another 2 mg of Ativan at 5 a.m. and another 2 mg of Versed at 7:30 a.m.

When none of those drugs seemed to have an effect Murray administered 25 mg of Propofol at 10:40 a.m. causing the insomniac to immediately fall asleep.

The cardiologist told detectives that about 10 minutes after he administered the Propofol he left the room for a span of two minutes to use the rest room. It was in this time that Jackson went into cardiac arrest.

The doctor neglected to tell police that between 11:18 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. he spent 47 minutes making three different phone calls shortly after the time he reported discovering Jackson unre-

...he left the room for a span of two minutes to use the rest room. It was in this time that Jackson went into cardiac arrest.

Photo by AP. sponsive.

The following statement raises many questions about the credibility of Conrad Murray. According to the Jackson family’s lawyer Londell McMillan the report “reaffirms the very sad reality that there was a tragic and gross violation of duty and care for Michael Jackson.”

Jackson had five other doctors and a nurse practitioner working for him and refused to disclose his prescriptions from other doctors to Murray, which may have been a contributing factor to his death.

According to the affidavit, “Detectives ... believe that the miscellaneous prescriptions, from multi-

ple doctors ... could have contributed to his death.”

The affidavit states that, “It cannot be determined whether the cause of death is due to the actions of a single night and/or a single doctor, or the grossly negligent treatment of several doctors over an extended period of time.”

Until the details surrounding Jackson’s death have been smoothed out the L.A. coroner’s office has delayed further autopsy reports indefinitely.

For now family representative Ken Sunshine has indicated that “the family looks forward to the day that justice can be served.”

Section Editors: Marten Dollinger MAdelyn Halstead

THE SPOTLIGHT We lost a lot of celebrities this summer, some of whom passed quietly away to whatever awaits us after all is said and done, and others whose deaths were as outrageous or mysterious as their lives.

Some were clearly at martendollinger the end of their mortal coil, others were rumored to have been shuffled off prematurely.

Here, I’ll commemorate just a few.

On June 25, not two hours after Michael Jackson’s death was announced, one of the guys I was working with got a text that said when Farrah Fawcett died earlier that morning, St. Peter granted her one wish. She wished that all the children of the world be safe, so he snatched up Michael Jackson.

Tasteless jokes aside, it’s worth considering that perhaps the King of Pop truly died back in the late 80’s, when the strain of being raised from his early childhood as a celebrity caught up to him. You never know, though, the whole thing might have been faked as a marketing scheme to sell posthumous albums and turn Neverland Ranch into a public theme park, though the fuzz is currently conducting a manslaughter investigation of his physician. If nothing else, his death had MTV playing videos again for at least a little while.

Even more shrouded in mystery than Jackson’s alleged overdose is the death of David Carradine of “Kung Fu” and “Kill Bill” fame. Various faked photos and reports have circulated about his death in Bangkok while working on a new film “Stretch.” Photos vary from him with a shoelace tied around his neck to hanging with his hands behind his back. Rumors about the cause of death range from autoerotic asphyxiation to killed by “lady boys” who would rob anyone and didn’t realize he was a celebrity. I’m leaning toward the rumor that he was assassinated by monks who begrudged him for bringing Shao Lin secrets to the western world.

The man who will be most missed among this summer’s losses is not one who was famous for movies, music or TV shows, but whose work informed our culture more than any other television star. I am, of course, referring to that advertising icon, that veritable demi-god of direct-response sales, the venerable William Darrel “Billy” Mays, Jr. You know, the OxiClean guy. Billy shouted us about the merits of many valuable tools that could change our lives, like the Awesome Auger, the EZ Crunch Bowl, and the Ding King. In the end, it seemed his greatest asset, his penchant for shouting everything he said, was his greatest enemy, as Billy’s autopsy revealed evidence of hypertensive heart disease. Maybe if he relaxed a bit off camera, he’d still be shouting at us today. We’ll miss your charm, Billy.

The ShamWow guy will never be able to replace you.

Weep no longer for the dead, my fellow students, for the work of all those famous people that died this summer lives on through us, their loving fans and the DVDs and other merchandise they left behind. I myself will be building a shrine held together

by Mighty Putty.

Marten is an Arts and Entertainment editor for the Voice. He can be reached for comment at MDollinger10@wooster.edu

Students Share Opinions on Location of New Sculpture Omnibus continued from p.1 Among the images depicted on the globe are several significant to the college — a thistle, an oak leaf and a pair of Scottish terriers. Buck says he was encouraged to provide these connections to the school and the campus community, but hopes they will aid students in creating their own interpretations of the piece.

As for the students, their reaction to the new artwork has been mixed.

A random sampling of 12 students walking by the sculpture produced descriptions ranging from “hideous” to “beautiful” and “awesome.” The majority of students, however, seemed to agree with Eryn Killian ’12, who described her reaction as “mostly just puzzled.” Regardless of their feelings towards “Omnibus,”

of the existence of a almost every student felt new sculpture on compelled to compare it — Kauke lawn, eagerly mostly favorably, but in one asked if it was replaccase unfavorably — to its ing Double Core. neighbor on the South quad, Many students have Mel Kendrick’s “Double objected not the sculpCore.” ture itself, but to its “Double Core,” also a gift placement on the quad of the Howland Fund, was “I like it, I just installed in 2006 and to say don’t think it was in its reception from the stuthe right place,” said dent body was lukewarm Brittany Lee ’11 “The would be putting it mildly. quad is so nice, I just Student protests of the feel it takes away piece at the time ranged from it.” from eloquent editorials and “It’s a beautiful massive facebook petitions sculpture,” said Jon to outright vandalism. The Freund ’10. “I just more crude expressions of “Radius,” in Severence (Photo by Sarah Harbottle). wish they had put it protest aside, the most comcampus. somewhere else.” mon objection to “Double Core” It wasn’t just students, either. One Zurko says a number of factors seems to be that it simply doesn’t fit faculty member in Taylor, on hearing went into the choice of location — “I into the aesthetic of the rest of the

was told that the piece was to be located south of Kauke, and my part in the location decision was to find the best spot for it relevant to the drip lines of the tree, site lines, underground utilities, sprinklers, etc.” she said. “Sculpture tends to work better in concert instead of going it solo, so the location of “Double Core” was also a consideration so they could be seen both separately and together.”

Only time will tell what kind of reception “Omnibus” will receive.

But, at least for Zurko, aesthetics is not the primary concern. She hopes the presence of works like “Double Core” and “Omnibus” will help Wooster be part of a “Larger, global conversation.” “I applaud Wooster,” she said “For not taking the view that visual art is just about interior, or in this case exterior, design.”

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This Summer in Cinema: Choice Reviews

Opportunities in the Arts

As expected, Hollywood and independent film makers alike stuffed the summer season with a host of great flics. Here’s a sampling that covers a range of Auditions: different genres and styles. Be sure to catch the end of the summer movie season! Comedy of Errors, MOON David Yontz Voice Staff

ation of the lunar surface, successfully capturing the dark, barren atmosphere of Bell’s temporary home.

Though the visual strengths of the movie are not to be downplayed, they are indeed secondary to the film’s brilliant writing and acting. Because the vast majority of the movie focuses on one character, Sam Rockwell (who plays Sam Bell) is faced with a daunting task as an actor. However, with the aid of Jones’ directing and his own superb acting ability, Rockwell breathes life and ample emotion into a character that manages to capture the audience’s attention throughout the film’s hour and a half duration.

Though “Moon” is of particular interest to Wooster students, due to Jones being a Wooster alumnus, it is a film I would urge any fan of science fiction or philosophy to see. The ideas explored in this film are in many ways as complex as outer space itself, yet strikingly universal to all humankind. Jones has thus established himself as a promising new face in the cinematic world, and I anticipate his work to come.

Within the genre of science fiction and fantasy, movies often seem to fall into one of two categories: movies that call us to think, or movies that demand we stop thinking altogether, lest we be completely overwhelmed by the sheer stupidity of what’s happening on the screen (see “Tremors” “I”, “II”, “III” and “IV”)., Fortunately, Duncan Jones’ ‘95 directorial debut “Moon” falls into the former category, and the result is an impressive first effort that lures the viewer into a suspenseful, original story that mixes an interesting sci-fi premise with profound philosophical musings.

Set in the future, the film takes place on a base located on the far side of the moon, where astronaut Sam Bell is preparing to finish a threeyear contract with his Earth-based company, Lunar Industries. His mission is to gather Helium-3 compounds, and send them back to Earth Check out next week’s issue for an to be used as a source of energy. exclusive Wooster Voice interview with During his lunar sojourn, Bell’s only Duncan Jones. means of communication wit the inhabitants of Earth is by sending and receiving prerecorded messages, and otherwise interacts solely with his onboard computer companion, GERTY. Jones thus sets the stage for a film that explores themes of isolation, self-identity and human dignity.

The result is a work that succeeds intellectually as well as visually. Indeed, despite working with a relatively meager budget of $5 million, Jones manages to craft Illustration by Gillian Daniels a stunning recre-

DISTRICT 9 Nathan Comstock Voice Staff The scene is all too familiar: an alien ship appears in the sky over a major metropolis. The media goes crazy as the human race waits with bated breath. Who are these creatures, and more importantly, what do they want with us?

Neil Blomkamp’s directoral debut takes this well-trod artistic ground and maneuvers it in an unexpected direction. In “District 9,” the alien ship doesn’t open until the government flies up there and cuts into it.

Inside they find malnourished, overcrowded “prawns” — insectoid creatures with no leadership and no apparent plan. And instead of New York or Washington D.C., the aliens come to Johannesburg, South Africa.

The majority of the movie is shot in documentary style, and picks up 20 years after the arrival of the aliens. They have been living in a Johannesburg slum (the titular District 9) and a multinational corporation has been contracted to move them to a new settlement. A camera crew follows the leader of this operation, a hapless and not especially intelligent middle-management type named Vickus Van de Merwe.

About halfway through the movie, the film seems to forget about the documentary style and starts being shot more like a traditional action movie, but the transition is seamless enough that it’s not particularly dis-

ruptive. And the film doesn’t lose its gritty, realistic feel — despite the presence of Computer-generated aliens, Mechs and weapons that look like they came out of “Unreal Tournament.”

The Prawns are the real stars of the film. Computer animation has come along way since the days of “Babylon 5” and “Tron,” but I have never seen a computer-generated character express the range of emotion that alien leader Christopher Johnson and his son communicate during the film’s climax.

The antiracist message seems a bit trite, but the film so artfully makes us first despise and then sympathize with the Prawns that it is nonetheless effective.

Despite being upstaged by his digital costars, Sharlo Copley’s performance as the goofy-turned-heroic Vickus deserves some credit here.

The one major problem I had was that in a movie about racism set in South Africa, the only actual black Africans were portrayed as greedy arms-dealers who indulge in ritual cannibalism. Though the point was to show how horrible humans in general can be, (and there were plenty of horrible white people as well) it still felt like somewhat of a mixed message.

All in all, though, the film is excellent. It manages to be simultaneously an engaging sci-fi action flick and a possibly Oscar-worthy art film.

The cinematography is beautiful, and aside from a slightly slow first half-hour, the pacing is excellent. I strongly recommend catching this film while it’s still in theaters.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Nina Takacs Voice Staff “Kill Bill” enthusiasts, rejoice!

Quentin Tarantino’s latest film “Inglourious Basterds” will satisfy any movie goer’s blood lust and then some. However, his love of graphic violence is only one of the many elements that make Quentin Tarantino an incredible filmmaker, and “Inglourious Basterds” his best film.

A cinema-phile and admitted film geek whose early years were spent self-educating in the themes of spaghetti westerns, film noir and 1970s exploitation flicks, Tarantino came to create movies that stole from the best, and worst, that Hollywood produced. Tarantino elegantly laced his movies with the detritus of pop culture, creating visceral, clever pastiches (“Pulp Fiction”, “Reservoir Dogs”) and, occasionally, delivering some palpable human emotion (“Jackie Brown”).

“Inglourious Basterds” is both unique and familiar.

It maintains the episodic, fractured texture of previous Tarantino clas-

sics while turning the war epic film genre on its side. Set in France during World War II, the film tells the story of a squad of American Jews whose mission is simply this: “Killin’ Nazis”.

What makes this movie so much fun is the delicate mix of satirical, referential and admittedly self indulgent humor that makes watching Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) carve a swastika into a Nazi’s head a macabre kneeslapper.

What makes it even better is that despite the film’s humor, the stakes could not be higher. The film’s brilliant opening sequence, which introduces arguably the most menacing villain in film history (an astonishing performance by Christoph Waltz), has enough subtext and tension to give Harold Pinter goosebumps.

Who knew that drinking a glass of milk could be so terrifying? The film showcases an impeccable ensemble cast, including a hilarious cameo by Mike Myers and a surprising voice over by Samuel L. Jackson.

All in all, “Inglourious Basterds” is great fun. It’s a thrilling ride with spectacular visuals, superb acting and just the right amount of blood and guts; a combination that’s bound to make it a Tarantino classic, that might just be his masterpiece.

Songs for a New World Auditions will take place Aug 31, at 7:00 p.m in the Freelander Theatre.

Sign up for auditions on the callboard located in Wisert Hall. Prepare a one to two minute classical monologue.

For “Songs For a New World” 16-36 bars of vocal music need to be prepared. It is possible to audition for both. For information regarding “Comedy of Errors” contact Season Ellison (sellison@wooster.edu).

For information regarding “Songs For a New World” contact Carrie Culver (cculver@wooster.edu).

New Art Exhibit: Alison Elizabeth Taylor Included in the exhibition are eight inlay paintings representing the American Southwest. Artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor was born in Selma, Alabama in 1974.

She received a BFA in painting through the Art Center College of Design in Pasedena, CA and an MFA from Columbia University in New York City. The display can be seen at the following times at the Ebert Art Center 8/30: 1-5 p.m.

9/1: 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

9/2: 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

9/3: 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Students Interested in Theater or Dance?

AWAY WE GO Gillian Daniels Voice Staff If you have a hankering for a pregnancy comedy during a boring, homesick weekend this autumn, pass over “Juno” and “Knocked Up” at Blockbuster. “Away We Go” came into theaters this summer with far less fanfare than the big studio comedies. At the end of September, it will be available on DVD. Don’t get me wrong; I enjoy Judd Apatow’s 2007 comedy “Knocked Up.” It humorously maneuvers Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl through courtship and into parenthood.

Heigl is just a smart, beautiful person, however, with a man-child lunkhead for her boyfriend. Only one partner in the relationship is expected to mature and grow.

The idea of a pregnancy at the center of a relationship movie has again resurfaced in “Away We Go,” where Burt Farlander (John Krasinski of “The Office”) and Verona De Tessant (Maya Rudolph) are both seen struggling toward maturity. The actors share both a cynical sense of humor and nervous optimism.

He may act a bit childish and her role may require some hen-pecked nagging, but they are human characters actively trying to make their

relationship, and the road trip they take, work. The two are more or less sure they want a child, they’re just not sure how to make a home for one.

When Burt’s eccentric, yuppie parents head off on an unannounced trip for several years, the pair begin looking for a home where they can raise a kid with something resembling a family nearby. Krasinski and Rudolph’s journey, relationship dynamic and the film’s eventual outcome feel organic and warm.

“Knocked Up” attempted to chronicle an entire pregnancy; here, we see a few, difficult but funny weeks in the uprooted lives of Burt and bulging Verona.

Writers Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida wisely opted out of a wailing birth scene, thank god. The characters have to deal with strange encounters with people like a crazed, new age, hippie mom with a comical disdain of strollers (Maggie Gyllenhaal). “I don’t want to push my children away from me!”

“Away We Go” finds humor in awkward human quirks and sex, but feels strangely less exploitive toward the characters than Judd Apatow’s film. The conclusion lacks the punch line fullness of a big studio movie, but Rudolph and Krasinski’s decision is honest and sweet. The central concept of the film — the literal search for not only a house, but a home — is a far more specific and adult question than “Knocked Up” managed to ask.

Interested in writing amovie, book, album or theater and dance review? Contact Madelyn Halstead (mhalstead11@wooster.edu) or Marten Dollinger (mdollinger10@wooster.edu.)

There is space in THTD 103, The Physical Text. This is an introductory movement course that meets T/TH 1-2:20 p.m. For more information contact Season Ellison (sellison@wooster.edu) or Kim Tritt (ktritt@wooster.edu).

There is space in THTD 303, Topics in the Physical Text: Traditions in Ballet. The class focuses on ballet history, theory and ballet technique. No experience required.

The class meets T/TH 2:30-3:50 p.m. For more information contact Kim Tritt at ktritt@wooster.edu.

Interested In Singing At Wooster?

The Wooster Singers and The Wooster Chorus are looking for new members. The Wooster Singers meet on T/TH 12-12:50 p.m. The singers do not require auditions.

The Wooster Chorus meets T/W/Th/F from 4:15-5:30 p.m.

Auditions are this week. Sign up in Scheide 207. For more information contact Lisa Yozviak at (lyozviak@wooster.edu).

The Community Art Connection Fundraising Event: The Community Art Connection will hold their fundraising event, a DJ Slushy Dance Party, 10 p.m.

Friday, Aug 28 in the Douglas basement. The group began on campus last year, and promotes artistic endeavors, trips, and art shows at the College of Wooster. The cover charge is $2.00.

Reports compiled by Madelyn Halstead. She can be contacted at mhalstead11@wooster.edu

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Friday, August 28

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Talent gives team best shot to win NCAC since 2004

Dana Obery ’13 will look to make an immediate impact taking over for graduated punter Kevin Friedman ’09 (Photo by Charlie Fanelli).

Chris Weston Sports Editor The Wooster football team is back on Wooster’s brand new turf field as it gears up for what could be its best shot to win the conference crown in five years. As the team returns 16 offensive and defensive starters, the Fighting Scots will look to do more than post another winning season — the Scots will look to beat archrival Wittenberg University for the second straight season as well as top Wabash College, the reigning North Coast Athletic Conference champion. With returning players at nearly all key positions, the Scots will have possibly their most talented lineup since 2004.

Leading the spread offense of head coach Mike Schmitz will be dual-threat quarterback Austin Holter ’10. Holter will be a third-year starter. While he had some sporadic success as a sophomore, he enjoyed a breakout season last

year. Holter has started the last 20 games for the Scots, and has won 11 of his last 14. His biggest asset is his ability to make plays through the air and on the ground. His dual-threat capabilities make him a perfect fit to run the spread offense. Last year, he led the Scots last year in both rushing yards (755) and passing yards (1,957). His 2,712 yards of total offense not only led the NCAC last year, but it also broke the Wooster single season yardage record. Holter is arguably the best scrambler in the conference.

The one concern with Holter is his inability to hold onto the ball. Last season he turned the ball over 25 times in ten games. 18 of those turnovers came off interceptions, and his seven fumbles also accounted for more than a third of the team’s fumbles over the course of the season. In the team’s loss last year to eventual NCAC champion Wabash, he turned the ball over six times. If Holter turns the ball over

25 times again this season, it seems unlikely that the Scots will win eight games again, much less challenge for the NCAC title. If Holter cuts his turnovers in half, the Scots’ chances of winning their first NCAC championship since 2004 would improve dramatically.

When he isn’t taking the ball on foot, Holter will have plenty of capable targets to look for. Last year’s standout Mike Francescangeli ’10 will be looking to return to 2008 form this season, coming off a campaign where he totaled 41 catches for 573 yards and five touchdowns. Also vying for the ball will be Mike Redick ’11 and Robert Flagg ’12, who last year totaled 25 catches for 240 yards and one touchdown and 17 grabs for 197 and two scores respectively.

In the backfield, the Scots will have to replace Dustin Sheppard ’09.

Sheppard left Wooster as the fourth leading rusher in school history with

3,250 yards. While Sheppard was a strong four-year contributor, he missed numerous games over his career with nagging injuries.

Sheppard, who spent all four years at Wooster in the starting role, has left big shoes to fill. Competing for the top spot are Orlando Jones ’10, Kyle Murdock ’11 and Andrew Ford ’11.

Jones, who missed last year for personal reasons, split time with Sheppard in 2006-07. Ford has looked very promising, despite the small amount of playing time, and Murdock is trying to return from last year’s season-ending injury.

Heading up the defense is captain and two-time starting outside linebacker Matt DeGrand ’10, who led the league in tackles last year with 113, earning him first team All-NCAC honors. Joining him in the linebacker role will be Steve Custenborder ’11, who finished last season with 87 tackles as the middle linebacker, as well as Eric Keyes ’11 at the other outside spot.

Keyes, who finished last season with 65 tackles and 3.5 sacks, will most likely split time with Hector Clavijo ’12, who looked dominant at stopping the run last year during his rookie season.

The one flaw that could be pointed out on the Wooster defense would be its defensive line, where end Chris Wade ‘10 is the only returning starter.

The coaches are confident that converted linebacker Matt Carlson ’11, as well as three of last season’s rotation players (Chris Aukerman ’11, Kurt Brown ’11 and Chris Moore ’12) will be able to step into the starting role without much commotion.

As far as special teams are concerned, the Scots face a challenge in replacing punter Kevin Friedman ’09, holder of the NCAC record for punt yardage average over his career (39.7).

The coaches are confident that first year Dana Obery ’13 can step up to the challenge.

The Scots kick off their season on Sept 5 at 1 p.m. at John P. Papp Stadium against non-conference Waynesberg.

Young squad looks to replicate last season’s success Sam Vanfleet Voice Staff With the 2009-2010 season rapidly approaching, the women’s soccer team has been going through their paces hoping to add to their already long history as a top team in North Coast Athletic Conference.

Coming off of a second-place finish in the conference tournament and a record of 14-6 last season they have set the bar high to improve this season.

Nora Simon ’10, whose technical skills in the midfield and final third are a regular feature on Carl Dale Memorial Field, is one of the captains of the squad this season. “All the seniors need to step up,” Simon stated when questioned about how the squad would repeat their winning record in the coming season.

It could be said that this is especially true this season as there are only five seniors on a squad of 29 that is primarily composed of firstyears and sophomores. Simon was undaunted by the youth of the squad.

“We have a deep bench of solid players. We can put anyone on the field and be confident in their abilities and performance,” she said.

Mary Riney ’12, who can be seen streaking up and down the wings terrorizing defenders weekly on the pitch, was equally undaunted by the youth of the squad.

When asked if she thought the younger players, herself included, could contend with potentially more experienced teams she nonchalantly stated, “I guess we’ll find out. A lot of the current sophomores got good experience last year, so I think we should be ready.”

With a starting lineup that could consist of upwards of six sophomores there is a lot of pressure on the younger players to perform.

Riney, however, seemed unfazed, “Though there are only a few [seniors], they are strong players and good leaders,” she said.

While leadership on the field is important, it is off the field where a lot of the major decisions are made.

The instruction and direction of head coach David Brown will be vital to the success of the young Fighting Scots.

Brown was optimistic about the season, saying, “We’ve worked through preseason. We have good team speed, depth and competition.”

The Scots will need all of their

The women’s soccer team will yet again rely on a host of young talent to stay atop the NCAC (Photo by Andrew Collins). attributes this season if they want to enjoy the same winning style that they did last season. Coach Brown’s job could possibly be a little harder this time around with an unusually big squad for a soccer team, currently at 29 players.

When questioned if he thought this would be a factor he stated, “It’s a talented group ... We are a team that through 22-24 players can com-

pete with one another and push each other to improve ... It’s exciting. It’s hard to predict, but if we can learn from last season, and keep the consistency up, then hopefully we can do just as well, or better.”

The Scots don’t have long to wait before their first test, which is scheduled for Sept. 1 when they will travel to Walsh for the season opener.

After injury riddled 2008, cross country looks strong Andrew Vogel Editor in Chief It will be a twin thing this fall for Wooster’s men’s cross country team.

If fans think they’re seeing double at this year’s meets, they’re not imagining things. The top runners for the cross country team will be twins Terry Workman ’10 and Rik Workman ’10.

The Workman twins will look to lead the team back to the top of the NCAC standings. The Wooster cross country team has typically been one of the finest programs in the North Coast Athletic Conference, with 10 top-three finishes in the last 25 years. However, last year the team battled inexperience and injuries and limped to an eighth-place finish.

Both of the brothers have shown promise during their careers. Two years ago, Terry Workman finished 39th individually at the 2007 NCAC meet. Last year, however, Terry Workman did not

place as high. At the same 2007 meet, Rik Workman finished 32nd individually.

Last year, he missed the conference meet due to injury. If both run up to their potential, the team will have a solid 1-2 punch.

The women’s team will be led by 1-2 punch of Sarah Appleton ’12 and Suzanne Capehart ’11. Bursting onto the scene as a first-year, Appleton was named All-NCAC honorable mention after she placed 20th overall (23:18.6) at last year’s conference meet.

Capehart finished right behind her teammate Appleton at the NCAC meet last year, and is an All-NCAC performer in her own right. In 2007, Capehart placed 16th overall at conference .

The team also has strong depth behind the tandem of Appleton and Capehart. Chelsea Fisher ’11 and Meredith Shaul ’12 both finished as topseven runners for the Scots last season.

Due to injuries, neither the men’s or

women’s team finished the 2008 season the way it wanted to. If both teams have

strong performances from their top runners, things could change this year.

NCAC Final Standings of 2008 1.) Wabash 2.) Wooster 3.) Denison 4.) Wittenberg 5.) Allegheny 6.) Earlham 7.) Hiram 8.) Oberlin 9.) Ohio Wesleyan 10.) Kenyon

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1.) Wooster 2.) Ohio Wesleyan 3.) Kenyon 4.) Wittenberg 5.) Earlham 6.) Oberlin 7.) Denison

Field Hockey (11-1) (16-6) (9-3) (12-7) (8-4) (10-12) (7-5) (11-8) (3-9) (6-11) (2-10) (3-15) (2-10) (3-15)

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Volleyball (16-0) (32-2) (13-3) (20-13) (11-5) (19-18) (11-5) (15-16) (7-9) (10-18) (6-10) (8-22) (6-10) (7-24) (2-14) (4-26) (0-16) (0-28)

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FRIDAY CONVERSATION Sports Editor Matthew Yannie recently talked about the upcoming volleyball season with Lizzi Beal ’12.

The women’s volleyball team is looking to continue the winning tradition that earned them second place in the 2008 NCAC regular season, the team’s best finish in 25 years. lizzibeal Beal was honored as the NCAC Newcomer of the Year last season and recorded an impressive 1,095 assists as a first year, which is the fifth highest total in the program’s history.

MY: Coming off such a big season as you had as an individual what are your personal goals and expectations for yourself for the 2009 season?

LB: My personal goals are basically just to get better as a player and be more of an asset to my team, especially defensively. But my goals are more centered around the team and helping them do better, and hoping we have a better season than last year.

MY: How difficult was it for you to have to adjust to playing at the collegiate level? Did you feel the pressure of playing significant time on the court as a first-year, especially at such an important offensive position as setter?

LB: It’s a lot faster paced and you’re expected to be more of an offensive setter at the collegiate level. As a setter here I was expected to get my own kills and that was very different. I definitely felt the pressure as a freshman on the court. The seniors had a lot of experience and I felt the need to live up to their expectations. I really just wanted to catch up to their level.

MY: How did having strong senior leadership on last year’s team especially a player like Ali Drushal, help you coming in as a first year?

LB: Ali definitely helped me. She set up every pass for me to set and it was such a help to have her in the back row leading the defense and the passers.

She made my job easier as a freshman.

All the seniors and the juniors pretty much stepped up and led us in our freshman year, and it was such a help.

I can’t thank them enough.

MY: What are the most essential steps that need to be taken by the team to make up for the loss of such strong seniors?

LB: Losing Meghan Earle ’09 was definitely a huge thing for us. She played front row and back row so we definitely need to find someone to replace her. And I think the first-years can definitely start to fill in that spot.

Ali Drushal was an all American which is definitely hard to replace. It’s tough but we have people who are willing to work hard, and the new first-years are coming in with a great attitude and they are willing to step up to try and fill in those voids.

MY: Is it safe to say that this year’s team is going to have to focus more on rebuilding on the defensive line since several key offesive players are returning?

LB: There is definitely still a void in the offense, but our biggest challenge I think is in defense. Luckily we do have the people who are willing to work hard, but defense is definitely what we are going to need to step up and really pay attention to this year.

MY: In the past the team has faltered when it comes to beating the traditional conference powerhouses of Hiram and Wittenberg. What needs to be done on this year’s team to step it up and be able to beat those teams?

LB: Our biggest thing is we need to be scrappy this year. If we play with passion we have a good chance to beat them this year as long as we put all we have into it, that’s really all it takes.

MY: Following the success of last season’s 20 wins and a second place finish in the conference tournament, how high are your expectations for this year and what sort of team goals have you settled upon?

LB: My expectations for this year are to do even better than we did last year. I want to beat Wittenberg. I want to be first in the conference this year, and I think that if we keep working hard in practice we’ll be able to do that. I won’t settle with second or a 20 win season this year. I think that that was last year and this is a new season and a new team that needs to strive for higher goals.

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Friday, August 28, 2009

The Wooster Voice

Volleyball team looks to reload on offense, rebuild defense

The Fighting Scots Volleyball team shakes hands with Malone College after a scrimmage. The Scots won three of five sets against their NAIA opponent (Photo by Sateesh Venkatesh).

Matthew Yannie Sports Editor The young but experienced Wooster volleyball team looks to start the season with the tradition of winning that the program has enjoyed over head coach Sarah Davis’ first two seasons in charge.

Following a second place finish in the 2008 NCAC tournament, the Scots look to reload the team that graduated three key contributors to the success of the past season. The expectations for continued success

remain high. Meredith Kiefer ’12 said that, “our expectations for this season are just as high as they were last year. This team has a chance to do really well.” Davis added, “I have very high expectations that if this team continues to work hard and play together that we can be in the mix among the top four in the conference.”

The team returns eight letter winners to the court this season including 2008 NCAC Newcomer of the Year Lizzi Beal ’12 and AllAmerican KateLynn Riley ’10 who

paced the Scots’ attack last season with career performances. Beal recorded 1,095 assists to earn the fifth best total in school history while Riley racked up 447 kills for fourth best all-time. Of the eight returning players only three are upperclassmen, and only two are seniors.

A solid core of experienced players remains from a team that won twenty matches in 2008 including many sophomores who gained a lot of experience under intense circumstances as first-years.

Five new first-year players, who tinue and to improve upon an will be expected to contribute sig- impressive finish to last season. nificantly, join the experienced founGottesman spoke specifically dation of returning players. “The about chemistry when she said the freshmen will play a huge role.” players were working to make sure, Riley said of the first years, “We “that we are really making sure that have a lot of spots to fill especially we are friends on and off of the in the backcourt with Ali [Drushal] court; that we act like a family.” ’09 leaving, and Megan [Earle] ’09 Kiefer and Riley both uttered the too.” Davis said, “We lost some same phrase when asked, emphasizgreat seniors in our program but ing the “need to try and come we’ve gained a lot of great incoming together as a team.” freshman who have really brought When asked about the goals of hard work and dedication to the this year’s team and her expectasquad.” tions for this year Davis simply said, The five “We want to first-year playget better ers certainly every single have brought a practice, lot to the court every single through the day. We want preseason porto be a better tion of the team in young season.

November Returning than we are in d e f e n d e r S e p t e m b e r.

A m a n d a Having a Gottesman ’11 team that can stated, “I think work as six we have some independent starters in the bodies comfirst years.

SARAH DAVIS ing together They’re in to work for VOLLEYBALL HEAD COACH that goal of really good shape. They getting better have a lot of energy and they are every day and having great leaderreally positive.” ship is really going to be important Both Davis and numerous return- for this squad.” ing players emphasized the imporThe team’s first action of the seatance of teamwork and chemistry in son will be a trip to Heidelberg order for the team’s success to con- Sept.1.

“I have very high expec-

Field hockey looks to repeat Men’s team aims to score more often Chris Weston Sports Editor Field hockey head coach Brenda Meese picked quite a year to take a vacation.

Last year, Meese took a faculty sabbatical. In her place, interim head coach Kelley Hubbell guided to an 111 record in North Coast Athletic Conference play. The team capped off an incredible season by winning the NCAC Tournament with a 3-0 win over Kenyon College. The team ultimately fell to the Stevens Institute of Technology in the Div. III Tournament. It was the team’s first appearance in the national tournament since 2001. After watching the field hockey team find great success from afar, Meese returns to the helm for the Fighting Scots in a season that should experience many of the same successes as last year.

This season all eyes will be on Amanda Artman ’10, who led the team with 71 points the year before as well as helped Team USA place second at the Maccabiah games earlier this summer. Artman, who made the team of 14 without having to actually try out for the squad, started as the centerforward and contributed largely to the United State’s record of 3-1 in round robin play.

In addition to all of this, Artman is a second team All-American and the reigning NCAC player of the year.

Last year, Artman tied the record for goals (29) in a season set by Denison’s Meg Filoon in 1984, as well as led the Scots in goals, assists (13) and points last year. Being one of the most explosive player on the field, opponents will have to account for wherever she goes on the field.

Eileen Barrer ’11 will also comple-

ment Artman on the offensive end.

Last year, Barrer was third on the team with 13 goals and second on the team with 30 points. With teams paying constant attention to Artman, the All-American, Barrer should see plenty of open looks near the goal.

The team should have enough offense to make every game a track meet. In addition to Artman and Barrer, the team will also receive offensive contributions from Stephanie Standera ’11 and Brittany Montgomery ’10. Montgomery scored five goals last season. During his firstyear season, Montgomery played as a forward and was second on the team in scoring. Montgomery provides valuable experience and leadership as a four-year starter, along with Artman.

While the team is loaded on the offensive end, the defense will need to stop opponents as well. The team will need to replace defender Anna Hurley ’09, but the tandem of Kate Quinlivan ’10 and Kate Valora ’11 should help keep opponents off the scoreboard.

While the team went through a number of rotations at goalkeeper last year, Madalyn Myers ’12 cemented herself as the starter by year’s end.

Myers’s save on a penalty shot in the NCAC Tournament championship helped seal the win over Kenyon. If Myers continues to improve this season, she could emerge as one of the top keepers in the conference.

With the wealth of returning talent, the Scots enter this season as the hands-down favorite to win the conference and appear in the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. While Meese missed out on last year’s excursion to the national field, if all goes according to plan, she should be around for this year’s trip.

Andrew Vogel Editor in Chief Improving on last year’s 6-10-1 finish for the men’s soccer team is simple in theory. Simply put, the team needs to score more.

The problems for the 2008 men’s team weren’t defensive. Despite having to throw Taylor Takacs ’12 in at goalkeeper as a first-year, the team was able to keep its opponents off the scoreboard. Takacs prospered in the net, compiling a save percentage of .848 and allowing an average of just one goal per game. Takacs picked up some hardware for his efforts last season as he was named NCAC Newcomer of the Year and also was named second team All-NCAC. The key to the Scots’ chances this season is its play upfront. Last year, the team managed to score just 20 goals in 17 games — Sacha Barat Cohen is more offensive. Just seven players found the net in 2008. If the team can’t find a way to light up the scoreboard every now and then, it won’t matter if Takacs is the second coming of the Berlin Wall. While defense wins championships, teams that don’t score don’t win. If this year’s team can’t find more ways to score, it will have a hard time improving, even on last year’s 6-10-1 mark.

The offensive improvement must start at the forward spots. The forwards struggled to light up the scoreboard last year, but the veteran front line should be ready to take the next step this year. The forwards will be led

by Scott Buckwald ’10, who was named All-NCAC honorable mention last year. Buckwald led the Scots in goals (seven) and points (18) last year.

The rest of the Scots’ offense could hinge on the play of the other forwards around Buckwald. Davis Bates ’10 tied for third on the team last year with two goals. Chris DeMoll ’11 netted one goal last year, and will be expected to be a larger contributor this season. Erik Beuck ’12 Justin Younker ’10 also saw action at forward last year. These three will look to complement Buckwald this year on the offensive side.

The men’s soccer team practices before the season. Scoring should become a priority (Photo by Sam Vanfleet).

The team’s offense could receive a big lift if Karl Ruter ’10 can stay healthy. Ruter sat out four games last year with a broken nose and severely sprained ankle. Ruter has missed parts of the past two seasons due to various injuries, but remains the team’s leading scorer in career points (34) with 15 goals and four assists. Last year, the midfielder finished second on the team in goals. The team’s offense will receive a big lift if Ruter can manage to stay on the field all season.

Along with Ruter, Brian Holmes ’11 will look to anchor the midfield.

Holmes scored two goals last year, but could be poised for a breakout season this year. Holmes is moving from forward back to the midfield position this year, and could combine with Ruter to give the team a more explosive midfield line.

The team’s defense will also make life easier for the offense if it continues where it left off last season.

Shutdown defender Jay Keener ’10, who is also an Academic All-

American, will lead the way. Keener was a second team All-NCAC defender in 2007, and was named honorable mention in 2008. Keener leads a defense that allowed one goal or fewer in 11 of the team’s 15 matches.

The team has other experience around Keener on defense as well.

Ryan Schlothauer ’11 is a two-year starter on defense. Chase Beach also adds experience as well in the backfield — the senior has appeared in 47 career games.

While Takacs will be a standout at keeper, there is also insurance behind last year’s newcomer of the year.

Jordan O’Boyle ’11 has appeared in 17 career games and and will be Takacs’s backup in the goal.

This year’s team is loaded with experience. The roster abounds with seniors and juniors who are two-andthree year starters. With plenty of veteran leadership, this should be the year that the team breaks out. For this to happen, the first thing the team will need to do is drum up some offense.

BY THE NUMBERS Opponents will look to shut down the offense provided by All-American Amanda Artman ’10 (Photo by Sam Vanfleet).

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Average points scored per game by the football team over the last five games of the 2008 season, a trend the team hopes to continue as it searches for its first NCAC championship since 2004.

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Number of underclassmen on this season’s womens’ soccer team including an incoming class of 11 first years. The class of 2012 boasts 12 retunrning players who all earned time in their rookie seasons at the College.

Number of kills per set averaged by KateLynn Riley ’10, who led the volleyball team to its best finish in 25 years while earning AllAmerican honors as well as All-Great Lakes Region accolades

Times that the field hockey team has won at least a share of the NCAC conference title since 2000, with outright championships coming in 2001, 2006 and last season in 2008. The team looks to defend their title this season.