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Catching up with the campus crawler 2Student digests reactions to diet book 7

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photo by kristen sappmonkey man: Don’t be surprised if you spot senior Theodore Gorman crawling, running and jumping around campus — it’s called parkour.

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wednesday, sept. 14, 2011Tan & Cardinal2 newsOtterbein’s daredevil dives into parkourTheodore Gorman hangs, climbs, jumps, rolls, runs and crawls over feats of endurance

BY PAOLA CASALEStaff Writer

Theodore Gorman is used to people staring at him. That comes with the territory when crawling, climbing, jumping and rolling around campus. Gorman, a senior at Otter-bein, is a practitioner of parkour, defi ned by the American Parkour website as “the physical disci-pline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment.”What are some of your hobbies? Parkour. Parkour is a running, jumping, climbing thing, test-ing your limits, fi nding out how strong you are.

How did you get into it? I started training about two years ago when I moved back to Westerville. I pretty much Google searched “parkour Columbus.” It’s some-thing I have always seen on the Internet and was interested in, and then I found this group called Parkour Horizon and I went down and trained with them and found out they were really good guys. I started training with them a lot and it snowballed from there.

What is the purpose of Parkour? To be strong, fi t, useful.

Why do you crawl around cam-pus? I’m trying to get ready for a challenge for my birthday this Saturday. I’m going to do a crawl that’s 2,300 meters, which is 100 meters short of a mile and a half.

Do you do parkour all the time? Even on dates and at the grocery store? Parkour is a lifestyle. It never stops. You try to move around. The mentality never turns off. I’m always looking for things to climb on or jump off of.

How does it feel to practice park-our on such a small campus? It’s a lot of fun. People stare at you a lot. I am pretty used to people staring at me when I do it anyways, because I’ll be crawling around, jumping on things. I look like a lunatic.

I am trying to start a club here on campus, and hopefully I get some positive interest for that. During the summer, I (was) told by one of the security guards that I am not al-lowed to do parkour on campus. I don’t know if he knew what he was talking about or not, but it was bothersome.

Do you get positive and negative feedback from students? Positive. People are approaching me all the time like, “That’s awe-some what you’re do-ing,” either interested or just amazed.

So a security guard tried stopping you from doing parkour? He was like, “Dude, you’re not allowed to do parkour on cam-pus.” And I was like, “Oh, OK.” So now I pretty much have changed how I do parkour on campus, just by doing it more quickly.

What are some actions that you do for park-our around campus? Run, jump, climb, crawl (and) roll. I play a lot when going from class to class. I go out for runs and jump over stuff and land on things.

Why would you encourage some-one else to do parkour? To be fi t and healthy. I’ve gotten so much happiness from just practicing. I rediscovered that element of play that I had when I was a very small child, but lost at some point.

Are there more of you guys here on campus? I’ve met one student who is really interested in joining the club. I actually have a lot of students interested in joining the club. I don’t really know any other long-term practitioners that have as much experience as I do, but

I think that is part of the reason for starting the club to get some people interested.

What activities do you guys do as a group when you get together with all the parkour practitio-ners? Last night we went out on campus and jumped around for four hours and did condition-ing in a back alley. It was pretty intense.

What do you guys call your-selves? Traceurs. It’s a French word that I believe means bullet ... and if you talk to the right people, “the art of movement,” and

displacement if you talk to the founders. All the different names mean essentially the same thing, just training and movement.

Can parkour get dangerous? The way I train, I try to fi nd calculated risk. (I) try to fi nd things that challenge me, but that aren’t stupid to do. Trying to approach it with that mentality, you’re pretty safe.

What are some challenges that you have faced? Big jumps, scary looking things. Jumping from one curb to another ... When you add height it’s another element of fear.t&c

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Leap oF Faith: When practicing parkour, Theodore Gorman likes to add height as another element of fear. He also crawls across campus to build endurance.

www.otterbein360.com vol. 93, issue 3 3news

Suspicious package deemed harmless

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WaLL-e: The bomb squad’s robot inspected the suspicious package as a precautionary measure before its contents were analyzed.

Blame for Friday’s Uptown frenzy over a bomb scare owed to student’s lunchbox

BY JOSH ADKINSNews Editor

A suspicious package inves-tigated last Friday evening was found to be a lunch bag that was dropped from a school bus by a student, according to a Westerville Division of Police press release. Witnesses alerted authorities after a subject was spotted toss-ing the package into the area where it was found in front of Hanby Elementary School on State Street, the release said. The subject was detained for questioning and later released. Investigators verifi ed the subject’s claim that the subject had picked the package up and tossed it onto the sidewalk to clear the street. A remote robot was used to observe the package from a mobile command post. “In situations like this, we try to treat it as a public threat,”

Westerville Police Chief Joe Morbitzer said. The Columbus Fire Depart-ment Bomb Squad, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Westerville Police Division and members of the Otterbein Police De-partment responded, according to Morbitzer. Local businesses and homes within the area were evacuated, and the area of State Street from Walnut to Main Street was closed during the investiga-tion, according to the WPD. City Manager David Col-linsworth said it seemed like “a whole lot of nothing.” At the time of the initial investigation, authorities be-lieved that the contents of the package were likely harmless, according to Morbitzer. Collinsworth said a few administrators from Hanby Elementary School were evacu-ated and that everything was fi ne. t&c

According to the Otterbein University Police Daily Crime Log, the following has been reported from Sept. 6-9.& SECURITY

REPORT1. 9/6 Theft and criminal damaging of a rearview mirror was reported near the Home Street Commons. A student noticed the white side view mirror covers were missing from the student’s MINI Cooper. The student also noticed the passenger side view mirror was broken.

2. 9/8 A cell phone was reported stolen from the Courtright Memorial Library

3. 9/9 A disorderly conduct and alcohol underage violation was reported in Hanby Hall. Otterbein Police Department received a call reporting four suspects drinking beer in an alley near Hanby Hall. The suspects were looking into windows of the female dormitory saying offensive things to students in their rooms. One of the suspects was urinating on the building. Three of the suspects were not Otterbein students. The fourth suspect ran away when OPD arrived. One suspect was charged with underage con-sumption and the other two were charged with disorderly conduct.

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neVer ForGet: At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, Westerville hosted a memorial observance at First Responders Park in honor of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. Citizens braved the pouring rain to honor those lost 10 years ago. A full slideshow is avail-able at www.otterbein360.com.

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received a packet of information and registered for classes on their own. Now there is an online survey where students share their preferences with scheduling, and then faculty build their schedules prior to the students’ arrival. “Overall, huge improvement. I think we were really able to work with students and we didn’t have the same anxieties and frus-trations that we did in the past,” Lehman said. Otterbein decided to go with the four-credit course instead of the typical three-hour course that other schools on semesters have. According to Lehman, this schedule provides students with classes that are a little more in depth as opposed to on a three-hour credit model. J-term, or January term, was set up in hopes that students would do the 4-1-4, meaning four classes in the fall, one during J-term and four during spring. The approximate number of students enrolled in J-term classes so far is 1,002, according to Associate Registrar Cindy Davis.

wednesday, sept. 14, 2011Tan & Cardinal4 news

Transition verdict still outMore than half agree conversion to semesters is going smoothly

BY MELISSA KENTStaff Writer

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DiViDeD: While approximately one-third of the students who responded to the survey think the semester tran-sition hasn’t gone smoothly so far, just over half disagree and think it has gone smoothly.

In a new survey, 54.9 percent of Otterbein students said they think the transition to semesters has gone smoothly. Kate Lehman, the assistant dean for student success, said the transition has gone as well as expected. Although more time for unexpected delays would have helped, there have not been any major problems, she said. “We tried to do the most preparation we could, and then we’ve just tried to handle any is-sues that come up as quickly and as best we can, but I think overall it’s been a good start,” Lehman said. Lehman said a couple scheduling issues arose, namely whether prerequisites were set properly and if classes were be-ing sequenced appropriately. Students have given mixed reviews on the transition from quarters to semesters. From the results of a Tan & Cardinal

online survey, 31.4 percent of students said they don’t think it went smoothly, and 13.7 percent of students said they don’t know. One student from the anonymous online survey wrote, “Personally I had no problems. As long as you took the steps, especially meeting with your adviser and planning out what exact classes you’re going to take, you should have had a smooth transition.” Mollie Majcher, a senior actu-arial science major, did not have the same reaction. “I don’t like having more classes for a longer period of time while the profes-sors are still moving at quarters pace when we are actually on semesters,” she said Lehman expressed that for faculty, it was almost a relief to be back in school because they had been working so hard over the short summer to redesign courses and plan for new INST classes. For incoming freshmen, there is a completely new schedul-ing process. Previously students

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What would you change about the transition process?

”“Not have it happen at all.

”Actually it is going pretty smoothly.“I would change some class times because they interfere with a schedule that I am used to from quarters.

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Bring back more evening, Saturday and more online classes for students who work during the day.

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www.otterbein360.com vol. 93, issue 3 5arts & entertainment

BY STEVEN COLLINSArts & Entertainment Editor

Viewers have one more week before many of cable’s top-viewed dramas, sitcoms and comedies air new seasonsFall television shows start strong with new seasons

The new seasons of many television shows are right around the corner. With everything go-ing on in the life of the typical college student, sometimes epi-sodes of your favorite show are missed. Here is a guide to ensure that won’t happen.

HousePremiere Date: Oct. 3Time: 9 p.m.Network: FOXLast Season: House, who is lashing out because of his breakup with Dr. Lisa Cuddy, drives his car through her living room. Meanwhile, Taub has been handling the news that his girl-friend and his ex-wife are both pregnant.This Season: Set one year after the end of last season, House wakes up in prison. Lisa Edel-stein, who played Cuddy, will not be making a return this season.DVD Release: already released

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tV time: This fall’s season includes enough murder, romance and new characters to satisfy any TV junkie.

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CastlePremiere Date: Sept. 19Time: 10 p.m.Network: ABCLast Season: After fi nding a dirty cop in the department, Captain Montgomery is killed trying to right the wrong. Beckett gives the eulogy and is shot in the chest while doing so. Castle whispers to Beckett, “I love you,” and the episode ends.This Season: The new Captain of the department is played by Penny Johnson Jerald. There will also be more Esposito and Ryan bromance going on, as well as a new love interest for Castle.DVD Release: Sept. 20

Two and a Half MenPremiere Date: Sept. 19Time: 9 p.m.Network: CBSLast Season: The show ended abruptly after Charlie Sheen’s transgressions off the screen. We last left off with the show as Charlie was set to fl y to Paris with Rose with the plan to pro-pose to her. This Season: Charlie Sheen will not be back, and Ashton Kutcher will replace him. Sheen’s charac-ter will also reportedly be killed off.DVD Release: already released

NCISPremiere Date: Sept. 20Time: 8 p.m.Network: CBSLast Season: In the fi nal epi-sodes, Mike Franks is killed and his funeral is shown. Gibbs’ team knows the identity of the Port to Port serial killer. DiNozzo is on a case in a foreign country trying to fi nd a traitor. This Season: The season will start with the results of DiNoz-zo’s three-month investigation. It is learned that he is respon-sible for a dead NCIS agent, and Gibbs tries to help DiNozzo put it all back together.DVD Release: already released

Tuesday

GleePremiere Date: Sept. 20Time: 8 p.m.Network: FOXLast Season: New Directions made it to Nationals. Will isn’t telling any of the students about his Broadway aspirations. This Season: Sue decides to run for Congress, and Chord Over-street, who played character Sam Evans, won’t be returning. DVD Release: already released

PsychPremiere Date: Oct. 12Time: 10 p.m.Network: USALast Season: The team manages to catch Yin with the help of Yang, putting an end to that arc. Lassiter sees Shawn and Juliet kiss in the fi nal scene. This Season: Shawn’s mother Allison will be returning for some episodes. Pierre Des-pereaux (played by Cary Elwes) will also return later in the season to help Shawn and Gus catch some art thieves.DVD Release: already released

Wednesday

BonesPremiere Date: Nov. 3Time: 9 p.m.Network: FOXLast Season: At the end of the season, Vincent Nigel-Murray is killed by Broadsky, one of Booth’s enemies. It is known after a discussion between Bren-nan and Angela that Brennan is pregnant. She later tells Booth that the child is his. Also, at the end of the season, Angela has given birth to her child.This Season: This season will be considerably shorter because of Emily Deschanel’s pregnancy. Finn Abernathy, played by Luke Kleintank, will be replacing Vin-cent as an intern. The series will begin with Brennan in her third trimester and her preparations with Booth to raise the child.DVD Release: Oct. 11

The MentalistPremiere Date: Sept. 22Time: 10 p.m.Network: CBSLast Season: At the end of the fi nal episode, Patrick kills his nemesis, Red John, and leaves him sitting across the table from him as police arrive. This Season: The season starts off with Patrick being arrested for the murder of his nemesis.DVD Release: Sept. 20

Thursday The Offi cePremiere Date: Sept. 22Time: 9 p.m.Network: NBCLast Season: Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, is leaving the offi ce. This Season: There will be several new characters that make appearances, including Andy’s family, played by Stephen Collins, Dee Wallace and Josh Groban.DVD Release: already released

CommunityPremiere Date: Sept. 22Time: 8 p.m.Network: NBCLast Season: Last season ended with an epic game of paintball.This Season: Producers have said that the show will fl ow more fl uidly, and there will be more arcing storylines.DVD Release: already released

FridayBlue BloodsPremiere Date: Sept. 23Time: 10 p.m.Network: CBSLast Season: The season ended with Frank choosing not to turn in the dirty cops to try to get to the bottom of the Blue Templar. This Season: Frank’s decision leads to a mayor’s assistant’s death.DVD Release: Sept. 14

Shows that won’t be retur-ing this season: Brothers & Sisters (ABC), The Chicago Code (Fox), Friday Night Lights (NBC), The Good Guys (Fox), Human Target (Fox), Lie to Me (Fox), Life Unexpected (CW), Medium (CBS), $#*! My Dad Says (CBS), Smallville (CW) t&c

wednesday, sept. 14, 2011Tan & Cardinal6 arts & entertainment

BY ALYSSA COOK-ALEXANDERContributing Writer

Local bands play for funThe marching Cardinals hosted a show for area high school talent

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in Formation: The Otterbein Marching Band performs at the 2011 Cardinal Marching Band Invitational

There was no football game Saturday night, but for the fi rst time ever, Otterbein’s marching band shared the fi eld with four others from local high schools. Michael Yonchak, the director of Otterbein’s marching band, said that in his four years here no one has done it before. “I have heard from previous directors that tried to do this a few years ago, but it got rained out,” Yonchak said. The 2011 Cardinal Marching Band Invitational at the Otterbein Memorial Stadium featured four local high school marching bands that played musical tributes to American music. Of those four schools were Northland High School, Wester-ville North High School, Buckeye Valley High School and the Ohio State School for the Blind. This year they wanted to do a classic invitational to take the competitive edge out of the pro-cess and enjoy music for music’s sake. “We had this idea to host a home festival,” Yonchak said. “I called all the band directors I knew in a 20-minute drive and we had four or fi ve that were interested.” Otterbein opened the show with the Cardinal Fight Song, moving into “CARDS” formation and inciting applause from the stands. The band also performed the Pledge of Allegiance, Cee Lo Green’s “Forget You” and “The

Battle Hymn of the Republic” in honor of 9/11. Buckeye Valley played more traditional American band mu-sic, including a rendition of “My Country, ’Tis of Thee.” Northland’s selection was taken from the musical collection of American rock band Steely Dan. Westerville North, which has an average-sized band and an expan-sive percussion section, featured songs from “West Side Story.”

Junior early childhood education major Valentina Dixon said, “They were my favorite part. They just ran around in circles and played each other’s drums.” Otterbein was also treated to a performance by the Ohio State School for the Blind. The band, which was helped into formation by aides, played a more contemporary selection, including “Dynamite,” “Sweet Georgia Brown” and a mashup of “Let It Be” and “Hey Jude.” Also, in honor of its namesake, the Ohio State School of the Blind

played “Across the Field,” which is Ohio State University’s fi ght song, and “Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse.” Director Dan Kelley said that the band liked to spell “O-H-I-O” in Braille as its fi nale. Senior mathematics major Jeff Fabus said he’s seen the band per-form before. “I liked the Braille O-H-I-O. It’s something different. I remember the fi rst time I saw it and I thought it was cool,” he said. After the high school perfor-mances, all the directors received trophies of appreciation from Otterbein’s band fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi. Then, Otterbein’s band went on for its fi nal performance, which was movie themed. Yonchak said they often pick what their show concepts will be in spring. “We have the students vote on four concepts, like a rock show, and they defi nitely wanted to do a show based on movie music.” The Otterbein color guard wore peasant shirts, got into sword fi ghts and danced to the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song. “The Time Warp” from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was a solo for featured twirler Tara Mills, while the color guard danced back up. Otterbein ended with the Star Wars theme song. “I thought it was a huge suc-cess,” Yonchak said. “The direc-tors thought it was great and the bands got to see other bands they wouldn’t normally see during the season.”

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”“ I liked the Braille O-H-I-O. I remember the fi rst time I saw it and I thought it was cool.

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www.otterbein360.com vol. 93, issue 3 7opinion

Student likes the pace of new semester-long classes, but fi nds that different class times makes scheduling diffi cult

The children’s book has parents outraged, but its moral is no different from messages in other forms of mediaStudent weighs in on controversial book

Junior welcomes semester conversion

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A great revival has taken place and Otterbein has been convert-ed. To semesters, that is. I was actually glad to hear that we were convert-ing to semesters because I took college classes in high school that were on semes-ters and really fl ourished in that environment. The pacing is what was most appealing. On quarters, most classes seemed squished. Classes like British literature seemed con-strained and rushed compared to the survey of American literature I took on the semester calendar. And I can tell that my classes this semester have slowed down

to a steadier pace already. We have time to digest the material, really dig into certain topics and more thoroughly read materials. Project deadlines do not seem so overwhelming and feel much more feasible. Another advan-tage is having only two sets of fi nals, which is no small thing. The most obvious advantage in the switch to semesters is for transfer students. Most transfers have semester credit, as I did, and it will now be much easier for them to transfer in. Those who want to transfer out will also fi nd it easier. A few other pros are the new classes and minors. There is a fi lm studies minor now, among others. The Philosophy of Harry Potter class now being offered is one that students are excited for.

English professor Jeremy Smith’s perspective is an interest-ing one. He has added only a little more material to most of his classes. “My concern is that not everyone realizes that we should be covering material as if only a week had been added,” he said. “Anything more might overbur-den students who are now taking four classes instead of three.” Some students, however, have struggled with the semester con-version. Fulfi lling major and mi-nor requirements for those who have taken classes on quarters is becoming much harder. Casey Buckler, a junior psy-chology major, is trying to pick up one of the new minors but has run into a struggle with the old and new catalogs. Since she

is on the old catalog, she cannot add the new minor or she would have to change her major over to the new catalog. Instead, she has to make an individualized minor that is identical to the new minor. Another more surprising struggle has been with her Work-Study schedule at the library. With the strange new class times, some of the work slots have been harder to fi ll than others. “The switch made it hard,” Buckler said. “We work in hour shifts and many of us can’t work a whole hour because of the weird class times.” Upperclassmen may also fi nd it a challenge to balance four or fi ve classes at a time as opposed to three. Once-a-week classes that are three and a half hours long can be very hard on a student.

KARLY SMITH IS A JUNIOR ENGLISH EDUCATION MAJOR AND A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.

According to Buckler, some organizations such as Circle K are fi nding it harder to schedule social events around these night classes. Semesters are a positive change for Otterbein, but I think it will take some time to adjust to the new schedule and fi gure out the kinks. Professors and students both need time to fi gure out just how to balance semesters. So perhaps it is not the semes-ters themselves that should be the concern, but how we handle and plan those semes-ters.

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boDy imaGe: Kramer also has two other books scheduled to release this fall: “Do Not Dread Wetting the Bed” and “Divorce Stinks!”

LINDSAY LOSHBOUGH IS A SOPHOMORE ENGLISH EDUCATION MAJOR AND A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.

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As the month of October rolls around, young children’s excitement dramatically esca-lates with the arrival of end-less amounts of Halloween candy to local grocery store shelves. Yet, while boys and girls indulge in 5-pound bags of sugary sweets, bookshelves will be stocked with a less favorable treat. Next month marks the release of Paul Kramer’s controversial children’s novel, “Maggie Goes on a Diet,” the transformational tale of a continually mocked overweight preteen girl who, through proper diet and exercise, becomes the school’s soccer star. As anyone could easily pre-dict, this obvious acknowledge-ment of childhood obesity has struck a chord among concerned parents who stress their chil-dren’s sensitivity to the exposure of such literary material. Perhaps there is no cor-relation to the release of this polemical piece of literature and the nationally celebrated holiday which practically encourages children to pack on those extra

unnecessary calories. However, to a media-conscious individual such as myself, the timing of this release does not appear to be merely coincidental. Sure, Kramer urgently presses the promotion of healthy diet and exercise to cushion the blow of this overly veracious book and defend him from the masses of furious parents who interpret such literature as an insult to their parental skills, but at least he is fi nally saying what we are all thinking. As humans, or as Americans more specifi cally, we live in a world in which the concepts of body image are teeming with outrageous contradictions. We are subliminally subjected to various ad campaigns every day that point out a thousand and one things “wrong” with our bodies, yet we become irate when an author openly acknowledges childhood obesity in one of his books. After fi rst hearing about the upcoming release of “Mag-gie Goes on a Diet,” I became immediately offended that a credited author would so bluntly subject children to such mate-rial, a stance similar to that of several other individuals. I mean,

seriously? Attacking preteen girls about their body composition? Talk about insensitive, as if being a teenager is not diffi cult already. Despite the fury instilled in me by this children’s novel, I decided to give Kramer the benefi t of the doubt and further investigate this taboo topic of obesity. After reading through count-less websites acknowledging our misperceptions with body image while bright blaring ads fl ashed easy diet tips all over the article’s margins, I started to come to a slightly different conclusion. We all know that media and society have established this craze with being stick-thin, but I never realized our obsession with lithe models was so severe. According to the Media Aware-ness Network website, 20 years ago, the average model weighed 8 percent less than the average woman — but today’s models weigh 23 percent less. Advertis-ers believe that thin models sell products. Yet, why are we so adamant about ruthlessly attacking an author who has simply written down our negative perception of obesity and published it when we all know our society determines

being thin is equivalent to being attractive? So until our media outlets ban these ad campaigns for Alli and Dexatrim and stop glamorizing thin models as a proper body im-age, how can we justify removing the same concept from litera-ture? Unless something is willing

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to change, “Maggie Goes on a Diet” is defi nitely not the fi rst piece of mass media to infl uence poor self-image in children, and it certainly won’t be the last.

wednesday, sept. 14, 2011Tan & Cardinal8 sports

Otterbein football will return to the fi eld to battle Ohio Northern Cards set to start OAC play

BY DOM PORRETTAStaff Writer

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GroUnDeD: Otterbein linebacker Chad Pepper drills an Ohio Northern player despite being beaten 34-10 in last season’s match-up.

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“I think if you look at the fi rst week games, I don’t think either of us played as well as we wanted to play and had as much success as we wanted to have,” Loth said. “So I think it’s a week really to work on the little things and try to get your house in order a little bit.” Loth said he is expecting to continue with the two-quarter-back system of senior Austin Schlosser and junior Rocco Pentello. “We’re probably going to continue to use two quarter-backs,” Loth said. They both bring something different to the table; they both had success in the game (against Gallaudet). Statistically Austin had a great game, and Rocco’s statistics maybe weren’t as eye-popping but Rocco’s a guy that gave us the lead at 21-14 and he’s the guy that led us down to set up the potential game-winning fi eld goal that was blocked at the end (of regulation). He had two really good drives at the end of the game and put us in the position to win.” Schlosser connected on 15 of 19 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns while throwing

no interceptions in the victory. Pentello completed three of 10 passes for 51 yards and a score with one interception. The coach said he was still uncertain as to whether junior running back Cody Green, who missed the season opener, will be healthy in time for Saturday. Junior Brock Burzanko took the start week one and rushed for 64 yards on 16 carries. A healthy Green would create a different look for the Cardinal ground game, which Loth said will be a key to victory. “Whoever runs the football the best and whoever has the least amount of turnovers will win this football game,” Loth said. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in Ada, Ohio.

Much like last season, the Ot-terbein football team won’t have a chance to get its feet wet in Ohio Athletic Conference play. The Cardinals will have to jump right into the proverbial water as they travel to face Ohio North-ern University Saturday. Coming off a 10-2 season in 2010 and their third ever playoff appearance, the Polar Bears are ranked 12th in the week-two DIII Football.com poll and are expected to give the University of Mount Union a run for its money this year in the OAC race. “I think every game every week in the OAC is a tough game,” head coach Joe Loth said. “You’ve got to be ready to play every week, whether it’s Ohio Northern or anyone else in the conference; you need to be just as ready to play no matter who it is.” Last season the Polar Bears routed the Cardinals 34-10 in Westerville during week one of OAC play. In Northern’s fi rst game, junior Chad Mason started as quarterback and completed six of eight passes for 48 yards and rushed for a touchdown before sophomore Tyler Rue came off the bench to connect on nine of 13 passes for 72 yards. As running back, sophomore Justin Buenger took the bulk of the carries, rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries. Junior DeMarquis Payne rushed fi ve times for 83 yards and a touchdown while senior Seadrick Marshall gained 29 yards on nine carries. Leading the receiving corps so far has been junior Kyle Baker, who grabbed eight catches for 81 yards. “I think we’re going to see the exact same offense we saw last year,” Loth said. “They’re a team like us that likes to run the football; their offense starts with the run. Both teams had week-two byes after season-opening wins. However, while Otterbein held its breath in its overtime win over Gallaudet, Ohio Northern’s fi rst victory occurred with a little more ease, dropping North Carolina Wesleyan 38-20.

photo by kristen sapp

sChooLeD: Coach Stephani Schmidt teaches sophomore Alyssa Johnson during a fall practice. Check out otterbein360.com for more details.

&CorrectionLast week the Tan & Cardinal pub-lished that women’s golfer Allie Pulos was a sophomore and that there was a golf tournament between Otterbein and John Carroll. Pulos is actually a junior, and there was no tournament.