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ultimate catch: Otterbein’s newly-formed Ultimate Frisbee team practices Wednesday nights in the Rike Center.

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New strategic enrollment plan created to increase enrollment and financial strength

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1. 3/9 Tampering and discharge of a fire extinguisher was reported at the Campus Center Pit Theatre.

2. 3/9 Feces were smeared on a vehicle at the McFadden Parking Lot.

3. 3/10 OVI was reported at the Campus Center West Lot.

4. 3/10 Drug abuse was reported at the intersection of Main and Grove streets.

5. 3/16 Criminal trespassing was reported at 79 S. Grove St.

6. 3/24 Drug Abuse and OVI was reported at West Main and Grove streets.

7. 3/25 The thermostat was removed from a hallway at 25 W. Home. Criminal mischief was reported.

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A new strategic enrollment plan that promised to enhance student success and increase Otterbein’s financial investments was accepted by the Board of Trustees. The new enrollment plan will in-crease Otter-bein’s financial strength. It encompasses increasing the size of the under-graduate class and helping students make it through all four years at Otterbein. In the recent enroll-ment update, vice president for Enroll-ment Manage-ment Jefferson Blackburn-Smith wrote Otterbein will have to make an investment of about $500,000 per year to fund recruitment, marketing, student services, support to the academic core and the development of new academic programs. Earlier this month, a new

mission statement was accepted along with the enrollment plan by the board of trustees to reflect Otterbein as an inclusive community and acknowledge the school’s history. While nothing was wrong with the old mission statement, the university wanted to revise

the statement to reflect Otterbein as a commu-nity, according to Blackburn-Smith. “We had to ask ourselves if we were structured appropriately to fit the needs of students in the 21st century,” Blackburn-Smith said. The school will ensure that the ra-tio of need-based aid to the cost of attendance will be the same as it is now.

Otterbein will be working on targeted merit scholarships to encourage the enrollment of students. Otterbein will also be creating new majors to appeal to more ar-eas of educational interest. This new plan will address the integra-tive studies program directly. It will help new, incoming

students and their parents un-derstand the INST program and demonstrate how this program sets Otterbein apart from other colleges. The INST program is unique to Otterbein because it includes a variety of majors in a single INST class. This allows students from different backgrounds to relate and learn from one another even if they do not have the same focus of study. “At Otterbein, when you are a senior in an INST class, you will still have other students from other majors in your classes,” Blackburn-Smith said. “Whereas at other colleges, all Gen Ed

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“ We had to ask our-selves if we were structured appropri-ately to fit the needs of students in the 21st century. Jefferson Blackburn-Smithvice president for enrollment management

Strategic plan shapes Otterbein’s goals

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The mission of Otterbein University is to educate the whole person in a context that fosters the development of humane values. Otterbein University is a private, church-related, coeducational college that sponsors traditional and continuing education programs of liberal arts and professional education at Baccalaureate and Graduate levels. Our commitment is to the liberal arts as the broad base of all learning.

Old mission statement

Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educat-ing the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their professions and communities. An Otterbein education is distinguished by the intentional blending of the liberal arts and professional studies, combined with a unique approach to integrating direct experiences into all learning.

New mission statement

courses are taken first and stu-dents from different majors are never seen in the same classroom by senior year.” The revised mission state-ment centers on educating the whole person deeply and broadly in both the student’s major and world experience, Blackburn-Smith said. It also coincides with the new enrollment plan which is built to enhance student success. The goal is to allow Otterbein to move forward and measure what impacts students, how quickly students receive degrees and how successful they are in their educational endeavors at

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Lack of voters puts senate vote on holdBy Buddheesha PahathkumBuraJosh hartley

and stePhanie ParkerStaff Writer

Contributing Staffand Sports Photographer

Senate committee initiates changes

The Otterbein University Senate has proposed new bylaw changes to the number of com-mittee members, but the change-making process has been slow due to delays in voting. According to assistant dean for Academic Affairs Susan Mill-sap, who chairs the governance bylaws and communication com-mittee, the discussions on bylaw changes are still in progress. The voting on proposed bylaws is delayed due to the last few meetings not reaching quorum. Quorum is the minimum number of present senate mem-bers needed to conduct business and make changes to the gover-nance of campus. Millsap said there is usually quorum at the start of a meeting, but as discussions progress for long periods of time, the senate loses quorum with members leaving. For normal committee meet-ings, there has to be at least 40 percent attendance to create votes. However, when passing bylaws at the senate meetings, at least 51 percent attendance is required. “One of the reasons we didn’t have quorum last time, at the special election, was because there were very few students there,” Millsap said. “What’s worse is students run, get elected, and they don’t show up, and then they are counted in that quorum num-ber,” she said. Lately, Lisa Lee, administra-tive assistant to the president, has been sending out Google invitations to senate members requesting their response inquir-ing their attendance at the next senate meeting. The purpose behind this is to have an idea of the attendance before going into the senate

meeting. Since Lee has been sending out the invitations in ad-vance, quorum can be based off of the number of people who accepted the invitation. For example, if there are 100 senate members who accepted the Google invitation and have committed to being at the senate meeting, quorum is now based on those 100 people. Matthew D’Oyly, assistant director of Residence Life, said that at the beginning of the year students were attending meetings and representing departments. However, as the year has gone on, there haven’t been as many students attending meetings. “We tried last fall to get student senators together before the senate meeting to talk about getting together and talking about the bills that were there, but there were less students there than there were at the actual sen-ate meeting, so we just decided to not continue with that at this point,” D’Oyly said. Mike Stumpf, the assistant di-rector for the Center for Student Involvement, was once involved in coordinating and educat-ing student senators about the process through student senate meetings. “I think, hearing from stu-dents, a lot of them don’t under-stand the structure of the shared senate we have here,” Stumpf said. “It was a very forward-thinking and progressive idea.” As a student who was a sena-tor for a year, senior economics major Sneha Fernando said that students are technically well-rep-resented in the senate, but since a lot of students don’t turn up for meetings due to scheduling con-flicts, not a lot of student voices are heard during the decision-making process. According to Millsap, the rea-son to change the current bylaws came with the intention of mak-ing the decision-making process clearer to all members. Millsap said that a year and a half ago, the faculty council reported to senate some of the issues they were concerned with on campus.

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One of those issues was a re-quest that the governance system be evaluated. The current governance structure of the senate supports nine main committees, and only five of these committees support the 23 subcommittees. The proposed governance structure has brought down the number of main committees to a total of five. The number of subcommittees will be reduced as well. The current structure of the senate’s committee positions has 130 faculty positions, 61 admin-istrative positions and 71 student positions. The new structure proposes 175 faculty positions, 133 admin-istrative positions and 85 student positions. All committees will have subcommittees that report to them. Millsap said that by creating this structure, the hope is that the subcommittees and the main committees will have better com-munication, and that the main committees will then be able to effectively report to the senate. This will also ensure a clear recording mechanism so that people better understand where decisions are being made. t&c

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Movie Releases▪ “Evil Dead”▪ “Jurassic Park 3D”

Earth Day

Campus Event▪ Roya Hakakian: Journey from the Land of No, 6:30 p.m. at the Library

Music Releases▪ “Pioneer” — The Band Perry▪ “August & Ev-erything After” — Counting Crows

Campus Event▪ Greek Games, 6 p.m. at Campus Center

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Campus Event▪ Softball vs. Case Western Reserve, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Opera Theatre presents “The Merry Widow,” 8 p.m. at Riley Auditorium

Campus Event▪ “How to Succeed in Business Without Re-ally Trying,” 7:30 p.m. at Fritsche Theatre▪ All-Campus Schnei-der’s Donut Run, 11:30 p.m., first 250 students get a free donut

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Campus Event▪ CCE Community Plunge, 8:30 a.m.▪ Founders Week Picnic Lunch, 11 a.m. at Cam-pus Center front patio ▪ “The Merry Widow,” 8 p.m. at Riley Audito-rium

Campus Event▪ Women’s la-crosse vs. Mount Union, 2 p.m.▪ Mainstage Improv Troupe, 7:30 p.m. at Tow-ers 114▪ “The Merry Widow,” 2 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Greek Harmony Night, 6 p.m. at Cam-pus Center

Alumni Weekend

Campus Event▪ Founders Week Snapshots with Cardy, 5:30 p.m. at Cardinal’s Nest▪ Percussion En-semble, 8 p.m. at Riley Auditorium▪ Baseball vs. Deni-son, 4 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Founders Day Con-vocation, 3:30 p.m. at Cowan Hall ▪ Greek Lip Sync, 6 p.m. at Clements or Rike▪ “How to Succeed,” 8 at Fritsche Theatre

Alumni Weekend

Alumni Weekend

Campus Event▪ “How to Succeed,” 8 p.m. at Fritsche Theatre▪ Baseball and men’s tennis vs. Capital, 1 p.m.▪ Men’s lacrosse vs. La Roche, 3 p.m.

Campus Event▪ “How to Suc-ceed,” 2:30 p.m. at Fritsche The-atre▪ Men’s and wom-en’s golf OAC Championship

Campus Event▪ “Take Back the Night,” 7 p.m. at Campus Center▪ Baseball vs. Wilm-ington, 1 p.m.▪ Men’s tennis vs. Wilmington, 3:30 p.m.

April Fool’s Day

Music Releases▪ “Paramore” — Paramore▪ “Hotel California” — Tyga

Music Releases▪ “Save Rock and Roll” — Fall Out Boy ▪ “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” — Willie Nelson

Campus Event▪ “Festival,” a cel-ebration of student-imagined work with a different show each day, 7 p.m. at Cam-pus Center▪ Women’s tennis vs. Ohio Northern, 3:30

Campus Event▪ “Festival,” 7 p.m. at Campus Center

Campus Event▪ Softball vs. Ohio Northern, 1 and 3 p.m.▪ Women’s lacrosse vs. North Central, 5 p.m.▪ “Festival,” 7 p.m. at Campus Center

Video Game Releases▪ “Pandora’s Tower”▪ “Injustice: Gods Among Us”

Video Game Releases▪ “Dead Island: Rip-tide”

Music Releases▪ “#Willpower” — will.i.am

Music Releases▪ “Authentic” — L.L. Cool J▪ “Life on a Rock” — Kenny Chesney ▪ “Tears on Tape” — HIM

Video Game Releases▪ “Soul Sacrifice”

Movie Releases▪ “Oblivion”▪ “42”▪ “Scary Movie 5”

Campus Event▪ Men’s golf Emory Spring Invitational▪ Youth Philhar-monic of Central Ohio, 7:30 p.m. at Fritsche Theatre

GLBTQ Day of Silence

Campus Event▪ Early Music En-semble and The Red Noise, 8 p.m. at Riley Auditorium

Campus Event▪ Westerville Sym-phony, 7 p.m. at Cowan Hall

Campus Event▪ Wind and String Chamber Ensem-bles, 5 and 7:30 p.m. respectively at Grace Lutheran Church

Campus Event▪ Baseball vs. Witten-berg, 4 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Men’s golf OAC Invitational

www.otterbein360.com vol. 94, issue 20 5arts & entertainment

Kate Hanby found love and became a legacy starting at OtterbeinBy Laina Thompson

and Josh parkStaff Writer

and Arts & Entertainment Editor

Dive into archive tells story of first women to graduate

photo provided by stephen grinch

old school: Kate Hanby attended her 50th reunion in 1907 as the last Otterbein alumni of her class.

This spring, many women of Otterbein will walk across the stage and receive their diplomas. However, a century and a half ago, the number would be signifi-cantly reduced. As National Women’s History Month comes to an end, the Tan & Cardinal looks back at one of the university’s first female graduates, born Mary Katherine Winter but died Kate Hanby. Through the Otterbein archives and archivist Stephen Grinch, Kate’s story unfolds.

Kate Hanby Winter preferred the name Kate instead of Mary due to an excessive amount of teasing

from a man named Ben Hanby when she was in college. Hanby, who would also write “Up on the Housetop,” sang outside Kate’s window one night. However, in lieu of singing “Mary had a little lamb,” he made a modification to the song, transforming it into “Mary was a dancing man.” Dur-ing this time, dancing still had negative connotations to one’s reputation, and since Hanby’s rendition of the nursery rhyme became associated with her name, she decided to be called Kate from then on. Kate was born Mary Katherine Winter on June 12, 1835 in Pennsylvania. Her family relocated to Enta, Ohio, and then again to Westerville where her family lived on the corner of West and Home streets in a brick house. Although information on why she went to college is limited,

it’s believed that she enrolled because the college was close to her home, men and women could both attend the school and it was the first to hire women as faculty members. Also, additional schooling was needed if women

sought to become teachers.

In col-lege, Kate interacted with Ben more than

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window. The two began a romantic rela-

tionship while they were at Otterbein, even though

Kate’s parents didn’t approve of Ben. Professor Ralph Walker would invite the couple over to dinner at his house, located near where the painted rock is now, and after their meal, the couple would court. Of course, Kate focused on school as well. During this time, a college education didn’t have majors but it was considered a classical education. Students studied topics in Greek and Bible literature, math and science. Finally, in 1857, Kate became one of the first two women to graduate from Otterbein Col-lege in its first graduating class. Her cousin, Sarah Jennie Miller, was the other. A year later, Ben graduated and the couple mar-ried two days later. Kate became the “typical 19th-century wife” according to Grinch. She had two children, a son, Brainerd, who went on to be become a news publisher, and daughter, Minnehaha. In 1867, Ben died of tubercu-losis, leaving Kate in an unfor-tunate position, according to Grinch. Women widowed at her age were expected to remarry to sustain a living for the family, but because she loved Ben so much, she refused and never married again. However, Kate threw herself into her work for the next couple decades. She was a teacher, a migrant farmer and head of the Ladies Department at Otterbein, which

is equivalent to today’s position of the Dean of Students. Kate’s last visit to Otterbein was her 50th reunion in 1907. At the time, she was the only living member of her graduating class. “She would occasionally come back to visit the university and when she did, it was as if the queen mother herself had arrived,” Grinch said. “She was treated like royalty.” Kate lived out the rest of her years with her daughter in Cali-fornia. On Oct. 19, 1930, at the age of 95, she passed away.

Kate’s Impact Today More than 80 years after her death, Kate’s impact on Otter-bein’s community is still present. “When you consider how she lived her life and what she did

to make ends meet, I would say there’s a great legacy of self-de-termination, hard work and not conforming to what is expected,” Grinch said. In honor of Kate, Otterbein named its feminist zine after her. The publication, “Kate,” accepts work from any “Otterbein folk,” according to Jacqlyn Schott, the zine’s editor. By using Kate’s name for the feminist publication, Schott said the zine was able to honor Kate’s achievement as one of the first women to graduate. The name would carry on Otterbein’s pro-woman legacy as well. “Otterbein did not exclude women and those different from the ‘norm,’ and ‘Kate’ believes that we should do the same,” Schott said. t&c

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Movie Releases▪ “Evil Dead”▪ “Jurassic Park 3D”

Earth Day

Campus Event▪ Roya Hakakian: Journey from the Land of No, 6:30 p.m. at the Library

Music Releases▪ “Pioneer” — The Band Perry▪ “August & Ev-erything After” — Counting Crows

Campus Event▪ Greek Games, 6 p.m. at Campus Center

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Campus Event▪ Softball vs. Case Western Reserve, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Opera Theatre presents “The Merry Widow,” 8 p.m. at Riley Auditorium

Campus Event▪ “How to Succeed in Business Without Re-ally Trying,” 7:30 p.m. at Fritsche Theatre▪ All-Campus Schnei-der’s Donut Run, 11:30 p.m., first 250 students get a free donut

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Campus Event▪ CCE Community Plunge, 8:30 a.m.▪ Founders Week Picnic Lunch, 11 a.m. at Cam-pus Center front patio ▪ “The Merry Widow,” 8 p.m. at Riley Audito-rium

Campus Event▪ Women’s la-crosse vs. Mount Union, 2 p.m.▪ Mainstage Improv Troupe, 7:30 p.m. at Tow-ers 114▪ “The Merry Widow,” 2 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Greek Harmony Night, 6 p.m. at Cam-pus Center

Alumni Weekend

Campus Event▪ Founders Week Snapshots with Cardy, 5:30 p.m. at Cardinal’s Nest▪ Percussion En-semble, 8 p.m. at Riley Auditorium▪ Baseball vs. Deni-son, 4 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Founders Day Con-vocation, 3:30 p.m. at Cowan Hall ▪ Greek Lip Sync, 6 p.m. at Clements or Rike▪ “How to Succeed,” 8 at Fritsche Theatre

Alumni Weekend

Alumni Weekend

Campus Event▪ “How to Succeed,” 8 p.m. at Fritsche Theatre▪ Baseball and men’s tennis vs. Capital, 1 p.m.▪ Men’s lacrosse vs. La Roche, 3 p.m.

Campus Event▪ “How to Suc-ceed,” 2:30 p.m. at Fritsche The-atre▪ Men’s and wom-en’s golf OAC Championship

Campus Event▪ “Take Back the Night,” 7 p.m. at Campus Center▪ Baseball vs. Wilm-ington, 1 p.m.▪ Men’s tennis vs. Wilmington, 3:30 p.m.

April Fool’s Day

Music Releases▪ “Paramore” — Paramore▪ “Hotel California” — Tyga

Music Releases▪ “Save Rock and Roll” — Fall Out Boy ▪ “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” — Willie Nelson

Campus Event▪ “Festival,” a cel-ebration of student-imagined work with a different show each day, 7 p.m. at Cam-pus Center▪ Women’s tennis vs. Ohio Northern, 3:30

Campus Event▪ “Festival,” 7 p.m. at Campus Center

Campus Event▪ Softball vs. Ohio Northern, 1 and 3 p.m.▪ Women’s lacrosse vs. North Central, 5 p.m.▪ “Festival,” 7 p.m. at Campus Center

Video Game Releases▪ “Pandora’s Tower”▪ “Injustice: Gods Among Us”

Video Game Releases▪ “Dead Island: Rip-tide”

Music Releases▪ “#Willpower” — will.i.am

Music Releases▪ “Authentic” — L.L. Cool J▪ “Life on a Rock” — Kenny Chesney ▪ “Tears on Tape” — HIM

Video Game Releases▪ “Soul Sacrifice”

Movie Releases▪ “Oblivion”▪ “42”▪ “Scary Movie 5”

Campus Event▪ Men’s golf Emory Spring Invitational▪ Youth Philhar-monic of Central Ohio, 7:30 p.m. at Fritsche Theatre

GLBTQ Day of Silence

Campus Event▪ Early Music En-semble and The Red Noise, 8 p.m. at Riley Auditorium

Campus Event▪ Westerville Sym-phony, 7 p.m. at Cowan Hall

Campus Event▪ Wind and String Chamber Ensem-bles, 5 and 7:30 p.m. respectively at Grace Lutheran Church

Campus Event▪ Baseball vs. Witten-berg, 4 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Men’s golf OAC Invitational

Check out Otterbein360 for a day-by-day recap of baseball’s successful spring break trip.

wednesday, march 27, 2013Tan & Cardinal6 opinion

michael grumney is a senior life science major and a contributing writer for thet&c.

Students share opinions on Greek lifeTwo students look at the pros and cons of becoming involved in a Greek organizationPositive Perspective

Going Greek certainly has its advantages. Whether it’s the fun social events, the opportuni-ties accessible only by the Greek

community, or the lifelong memories, relationships and bonds made in the name of brotherhood or sisterhood, the rewards

are truly worthjoining.

Many people enter college with a negative outlook on Greek life due to movies and media that either portray a biased or skewed aspect, or focus only on the stereotypes. While we have our fun, being Greek is more than that. A major anti-Greek idea is that by joining, you are pay-ing for friends. While chapters often collect membership dues, it’s a matter of perspective. Like any other organization that has expenses, the funds must come from either a treasury or upfront. However, with Greek life you are not paying for friends, but rather experiences. The experi-ences that create unity and pride that many others do not get to enjoy, such as building home-coming floats or putting on spe-

cial events like retreats, formals or the much anticipated, annual Greek Week competition. Chapters at Otterbein not only show their passion through competing in Greek Week, but also through community service. Each chapter has a philanthropy and raises funds and awareness for their cause. Chapters also volunteer many hours of their time to various service projects here on campus and elsewhere, such as gathering and donating food to the Wester-ville Area Resource Ministry. Altogether, Otterbein’s Greeks exemplify their desire to give back. Pledges, or new members, see immediately upon joining how much our chapters do that may go unnoticed by the non-Greek student body. For the non-Greeks, pledg-ing or new member education, is sometimes thought of as a dark cloud that hovers over Greek life, but I can tell you that’s certainly not so. Otterbein enforces a strict, no tolerance anti-hazing policy when it comes to new member educa-tion. Greeks also realize that in order to be Greek, one must be a student first and foremost. Often times, study tables are held to ensure the importance of academics. According to Mike Stumpf, assistant director of the Center for Student Involvement, this past fall semester all but two

chapters’ new member classes exceeded the Otterbein all-freshman male and all-freshman female GPAs in their respective gender categories. New member education also focuses on internal educa-tion within Greek Life and their individual chapters. From that process, new members may then embark on a few college years worth a lifetime of memories.

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Negative Perspective

On the Otterbein website there is a page made solely for hazing awareness. It states the following: “Hazing is not a tradi-

tion — it is an act of demon-strating power over someone else.”Otterbein University has existed since 1847, and in that time, 13

official houses have found their way into the cardinal

community. These are Greek life houses, or places of brotherhood and sisterhood, for college students trying to find their path in life. Inside these houses, there are sacred traditions and ethics that those inducted must follow for inclusion. Greek life may offer tradi-tions, ethics, rules and fun, yet where does school or a career come in? Greek life may help an individual feel included, but what happened to hard work and earning your place in a group of people? Currently there are 520 stu-dents involved in Greek Life on campus. There are 2,984 total students on campus, therefore, Greek life makes up 17 percent. For a small campus such as Otterbein, that is a large amount of students. The students in fraternities and sororities are from every possible major that campus has

to offer. Greek life prides itself on being very diverse. Greek life, to me, seems as though it takes individuals away from their goals and aspirations. There are Greek life students who remain involved in campus, yet once in Greek Life, there are obligations that the students must meet in order to feel in-cluded in the organization. Often times as part of course requirements for particular majors, students might spend a large amount of time at the Art and Communication Building. Broadcasting students that end up in Greek life spend more time involved with their brothers and sisters than they do trying to pursue their career. The way to get a job in the broadcast or journalism world is to get as many internships as you can and spend time learning as much as you can. Using Greek life to gain friends may seem good, but once you are inducted, there are dues to be paid. Are you gaining friends, or paying for them? Why pay to spend time with someone that may not actually be your friend? Life is about making true friends. It shouldn’t take an organization that you pay, to bring together a group of people. The association may launch the friendship, but once you real-ize the circumstances, what was it that really brought you together?Was it the initiations? Maybe it was your parents being involved in the group when they went to college or the peer pressure from campus. Or maybe it’s the money you pay to gain the status. Unless you become a part of Greek life, you will never know. I’m not saying that I hate Greek life at all. I sup-pose this is just a call to action. Don’t let the word of others guilt you into the Greek life so-ciety. If you want to do it and it feels right, do so. Don’t let Greek life determine your future. So, next time you enter that house of sisterhood or brother-hood, ask yourself: what brought me into this, and what will all of this mean to me in ten years?

jon bozeka is a freshman broadcasting major and a staff writer for thet&c.

Three day weekend.

Everyones NCAA bracket is ruined, not just yours.

Easter = Candy.

Spring break is over.

You are just now realizing how much work you have to do before the end of the year.

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The Easter bunny is not real.

Otterbein baseball is 13-2.

Snow.

Aaron Carter played a show at Skully’s.

It is suppose to hit 55 degrees this weekend.

www.otterbein360.com vol. 94, issue 20 7sportsBaseball outshines and relaxes in sunshine stateWhile tying their best start in program history, the baseball team provides a look into their downtime during spring break

While the weather was a hot and humid 82 degrees in Fort Myers, Fla., the baseball team was even hotter on the diamond going 9-1 over the course of eight days during spring break. This stretch gave the team a 13-2 overall record which currently ties their best start in program history. The Cardinals had won 12 games in a row before dropping their last game of the trip to Knox College. While the season is still very young, the Cardinal’s offense is clicking early. They have outscored their opponents 135-46 so far this season, compared to the 219 they scored all of last year, the second worse in the OAC. The Cardinals lead the OAC

By Neil BrowNStaff Writer

so far this season in RBIs and home runs, two hitting categories that they struggled in last year. The pitching staff is also per-forming well with a team ERA of 2.55 which leads the OAC so far this season. Senior Wes Meadows is tied for the lead in the conference in strikeouts, and sophomore Taylor Ellis leads the conference in ERA. Finally, sophomore shortstop Sean Kettering was named OAC hitter of the week yesterday afternoon after hitting 13 for 27 during the trip along with 17 RBIs and eight runs. But among all the games, there was a lot of down time for the team to enjoy the sights and clear weather of Florida. One of those sights included Sonny’s BBQ which the team has been going to for the past few years during their annual spring

break trip. The team also spent a day at Fort Myers Beach since they had two days off in the middle of the trip to rest and for a junior varsity game. This year the team had a special treat from head coach George Powell during their prac-tice on Wednesday. “My favorite part was when Coach Powell took batting practice dressed in (Scott) Staar-mann’s American flag bandana and sunglasses,” said sophomore outfielder and first baseman Billy Harkenrider. Harkenrider, who entered the trip on an offensive slump, bat-ted seven for 12 with eight runs and two RBIs over the last three games of the spring trip. The last night in Florida is dedicated to Jungle Golf for the putt-putt golf championship, a part of the trip that many upper-

classmen looked forward to. “My favorite off-the-field thing that we did was putt-putting because it was the icing on the cake after a great week of baseball and a good team bond-ing experience,” said freshman outfielder Tyler Kent. Kent, who hit his first col-legiate home run over the break, had 14 runs and seven RBIs dur-ing the trip. This year senior pitcher David Cydrus won the golf champion-ship by one stroke over freshman pitcher Adam Collier. For Cydrus, it was his second win after having won it his sophomore year. The NCAA basketball tour-nament was also going on over spring break which kept the play-ers together in the hotel. At times, there would even be groups of ten players in one room watching certain games

to stay up-to-date on all of the madness. The Cardinals will resume and begin OAC play this Friday, as they go on the road to face the Purple Raiders of Mount Union in a double header.t&c

KEY SEASON STATS

1st in OAC with 13-2 record

Outscoring opponents 135-46

1st in OAC with ERA of 2.55

wednesday, march 27, 2013Tan & Cardinal8 sports

Otterbein launches Ultimate Frisbee programAfter starting the program in late January, the Ultimate Frisbee team prepares for its first tournament as a club sport

By Tyler DuBiakSports Editor

As a white Frisbee went flying across the basketball court in the Rike Center, Otterbein Ultimate Frisbee head coach Patty Wilson shouted praise as her players went out for a deep pass dur-ing another Wednesday night of practice. This would be their fourth practice since beginning the Ultimate Frisbee program, also known as Ultimate, here at Ot-terbein in late January. “There were five of us that first night and we’ve just kept coming back and bringing friends,” said Matt Cole, a fresh-man undeclared major. “A team tried to start last year and never really got enough in-terest, so we’re kind of building on that and we have a lot of us that are freshman coming in this year,” Cole said. With the help of Wilson, who has had experience with Ultimate Frisbee, the team has expanded from five to a range of 15-20 players over the span of four weeks. “My son played at Wester-ville North and I had started the Ultimate Frisbee class eight years ago, so I figured why not start one here?” Wilson said.

Before a team was even as-sembled, the program received a grant from the governing body for Ultimate called US Ultimate, which is standard for all start-up teams in an effort to expand the sport. This grant provided the team with 15 discs and cones as well as other supplies needed to start the program. Wilson has also been in con-tact with Athletic Director Dawn Stewart as well as the Westerville Parks and Recreation Center to have a place to practice through-out the remainder of this semes-ter and the following years. The sport is usually played on the football field with 14 players on the field, seven-on-seven, playing to a score of 15. The primary objective is to get the disc to the end of the field to score. Ultimate is also a non-contact sport that is all self-officiated, which Wilson said is for the spirit of the game. “That’s their biggest philoso-phy of the game,” Wilson said. “It should be fun yet com-petitive, but spirit of the game is what it’s all about.” The team is currently practic-ing to compete in a tournament April 13 at Ashland University. It will be a one-day event that

is open to 40 teams. The tourna-ment will consist of club teams and intramural teams only. Following the tournament, the team will scrimmage against Capital University and a few high school teams before the semester ends. A typical Wednesday night practice consists of a warm-up or stretching, a series of drills and plays, then a seven-on-seven scrimmage. The practice is 8 to 11 p.m. every week. “It gets pretty intense strategy-wise because it’s a lot of focus on where the disc is and where your man is, both on of-fense and defense, so you can get to the disc and catch it or knock it down,” Cole said. Even though the program is just beginning to form, this team has already come up with a list of goals for this semester and the upcoming tournament. “With the tournament, the specific goal is to go have fun, watch other teams, and really learn about the game and how it is played,” Wilson said. Freshman Chris Beal added that his goal for the program during this semester is to get a solid, young team so that they can build off of their skills and create a strong team for the future.

After this semester, Wilson said she is focused on getting the team into the club series so that Otterbein can play as a club sport against other teams throughout the next fall and spring seasons. “The idea for this spring is to get guys interested, and it’s an open sport so girls can play too,”

Wilson said. “If there were girls that wanted to come out, we would love to have it and eventually I would like to start a women’s team as well.”t&c

the beginnings of an ultimate team: The Ultimate Frisbee team runs through a seven-on-seven scrimmage during a Wednesday night of practice as its first tournament draws near.photo by stephanie parker