The Black & Magenta Vol. 120 Issue 18

Volume 120 Issue 18 Friday, February 12, 2016

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New courses emphasizing athletics coming in fall Martin Kurtz Orbit Media Reporter There will be four new additions to the list of majors and minors in Muskingum University’s course catalog in the fall 2016.

Muskingum will offer the new majors of Athletics Communication and Sport Administration as well as two new minors in Sports Coaching and Nutrition.

After being approved by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, the faculty voted in favor of adding Sports Administration, Nutrition, and Coaching in December and then approved the Athletics Communication major in January.

Larry Normansell, Chair of Muskingum’s Social Science Division, spearheaded the idea of the new majors and minors in conjunction with Sports Information Director, Tom Caudill, over the past few semesters.

Normansell said that these new majors and minors give incoming students as well as current firstyear students more academic options in the future.

“We get a lot of students that are interested in sports,” said Normansell. “So, why not have majors related to their interests?”

Caudill will be directly involved with the Athletics Communication major and will be teaching various new classes as an assistant professor. For the major, students will have to take three practicum classes, where they will learn to do various management components for different sports like running statistics, managing the clock, and dealing with game day operations.

“We view Muskingum as like

its own little practicum here,” said Caudill. “We have college athletics at the NCAA Division III level and we [hope] to use that to train our students on how to be successful in all these roles.”

Caudill said the new sports focused majors will attract athletes that want to continue in that area, as well as sports lovers that aren’t on the athletic side.

“It’s going to position them to be a top notch candidate from Muskingum if they want to work in college athletics, professional sports, or amateur sports, anything in the sports industry,” said Caudill.

The Athletics Communication major will also work with the Communication, Media, & Theatre Department by using work from classes such as Broadcast Writing & Reporting and Sports Writing for The Black & Magenta and WMCO. “They are going to come out of this program at Muskingum heavily qualified and will be setting themselves up to go right out into their own office, their own setting, to be successful,” said Caudill.

The Sports Administration major will give students a background in how to manage athletics in any type of environment and become Athletic Directors at the college or high school level.

The Sports Coaching minor will allow students that do not have a background in Physical Education, and that don’t plan on getting one, to be able to coach at various grade levels.

The Nutrition minor will allow students majoring in Nursing or other Health Sciences to specialize in a certain area even more than before.

Martin Kurtz/ The Black & Magenta Sports Information assistant, Ashley Adams, records a womens basketball game in The Recreation Center.

Vaginas speak out, empower women Brenna Busby Editor-in-Chief

Ending violence against women is the main purpose of the “The Vagina Monologues,” written by Eve Ensler in 1996.

This V-Day campaign includes hundreds of productions around the world and this Valentine’s Day season one will be hosted at Muskingum University.

Stacey Allan, Director of Greek Affairs, and Jessica LeighEdge, Coordinator of Student Involvement came together to direct, produce, and act in the production on Muskingum’s campus.

The show will be performed Feb. 19-20 in the Kelley Coffeehouse at 7:30 p.m. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Edge was first introduced to the book as an undergraduate student and since then has been enthralled with its message.

“This show has always been

important to me since I was exposed to it,” said Edge.

The book, written in script form minus the stage directions, discusses the topics of rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, and even the ability of the female body to create life inside of itself.

“I think it is a very powerful piece,” said Edge. “It talks about the experience of women, [including] the good and the bad.”

Allan and Edge will be taking part in the program as producers, directors, and performers.

“I’m still nervous,” said Edge.

“It is a nice way to bond with our students that are also super nervous about being on stage.”

Edge said many people asked her what the production actually was about.

“I’m genuinely surprised at how many people don’t know about the show,” said Edge.

Along with the performers are ticket takers, lighting workers,

and program designers to name a few of the positions that students took on for the production.

“I am excited about the students that came forward to do it [the show],” said Edge.

The profits made at the Muskingum event will go toward the Haven of Hope women’s shelter in Cambridge. Community members are asked to pay $10 as an entrance fee. Edge is asking that Muskingum students either give a $5 donation or bring a personal health-care item for the shelter such as toothpaste, laundry detergent, or soap.

“I think it is important to know you are not alone in that, to know that other people have survived right along with you and that they are working on their recovery,” said Edge. “I think that part is important to know and that is at the heart of the show too.”

Information tables on the subject will be available at the show.

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Student Senate evaluates its guidelines Muskie Instructor wins award A look at what Senate can and cannot fund for organizations Chris Morgan Sports Editor

Muskingum University’s Student Senate is responsible for the distribution of funds from the Student Activity Fee, which comes from student tuition. Senate follows their funding guidelines to make all of their budget decisions.

All requests for funding go through the Finance Committee, which is headed by Student Senate Executive Board Treasurer, Cassidy Cochrum. The committee consists of the four person Executive Board and the individual class treasurers, according to Cochrum.

Cochrum may be the Executive Board Treasurer, but she doesn’t play as big of a role in the decision-making process as one may think.

“I have a very small role in the decisions actually being made,” said Cochrum. “I facilitate the Finance Committee meeting and make sure everything gets voted on, but the decisions are completely up to Senate as a whole.”

There are a couple of different ways that campus organizations can request funding from Senate.

According to Cochrum, the preferred method is for clubs to fill out the biannual allocation request forms at the beginning of each semester on OrgSync.

This is usually done within the first couple of weeks in the term, and ultimately leads to the Senate Allocations Meeting.

After requests have been made, the Finance Committee meets to discuss each individual request The committee then makes a recommendation of the amount of funding that they think that the club should receive.

Chris Morgan/ Black & Magenta Student Senate meets Tuesday nights in the Walter K. Chess Center at 8 p.m.

It is then brought before the rest of Senate.

After the initial allocations have been made, organizations that did not fill out a request at the start of the semester can then make an allocation remainder request for funds that they need.

If an organization is making a remainder request, a representative of the club is usually asked to come before the Senate weekly meeting and explain the details of their request before a motion and vote are taken.

For these requests to be considered, they must fall within the Senate funding guidelines. Cochrum said one of the biggest factors is whether or not the funding is necessary for the functioning of the club itslef.

Senate also looks for programming that can benefit campus as

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a whole. According to Cochrum, if there are any students excluded from coming to an event, then Senate will not fund it. The same goes for supplies and equipment.

All of campus must be able to use the object in question.

Cochrum said that the overall job of the funding guidelines are to make sure the Student Activity Fee is spent to benefit all students.

If an organization is denied funding from Senate, Cochrum said they are also encouraged to revise their request to fit the guidelines and present the revisions to Senate. To help further explain the funding guidelines, Senate hosted a funding workshop on Thursday, Feb. 11.

More workshops will continue to be offered at various dates throughout the semester to keep people up to date on the guidelines.

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Jimmy Bohr, Instructor of Theatre, won an award for his directing efforts in a production of “Yank: The Musical” with the Evolution Theatre company. Bohr is a Resident Director for the Evolution.

The award came from the Theater Roundtable Association. Evolution is just one of many different theatre companies near Columbus that are members of the Theatre Roundtable Association.

In whole, “Yank” was nominated for awards in seven different categories and Evolution Theatre walked away with four awards from the seven total nominations.

“We were shocked that we were nominated for so many [awards],” said Bohr.

Bohr was surprised by the awards that they were nominated for because it is more intimate and lesser known than musicals such as “Les Miserables” and “Wicked.”

“We were very shocked that we got so much attention from the Roundtable Awards for this little show that we did with much love and heart,” said Bohr.

Evolution Theatre recently went through changes that have affected their productions.

“This past year they very intentionally rebranded themselves as an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) focused theatre to explore those [sexuality] issues,” said Bohr.

“Yank” was the first Evolution production that dove into the LGBT theme.

Bohr loved the central premise of the play that focused around two soldiers during World War II that fell in love with each other.

But buried beneath the love sto-

ry, the musical focused on aspects of American war history.

“You realize that there were thousands of gay and lesbian soldiers during World War II,” said Bohr. “Many of them were imprisoned. Up until recently it was a dishonorable discharge.”

Bohr said that he believed the message “Yank” sent out helped audience members better understand the lives of the soldiers that were also a part of the LGBT community.

“It showed how a lot of those really brave people were able to manage and cope, to be themselves, and to find a way to exist during that time,” said Bohr.

A 90-year-old World War II veteran went to the “Yank” performance in his old army uniform.

This soldier had come out during the time of World War II. Bohr also said that an Iraq War veteran from Columbus and his partner, also a veteran, went to that same performance.

According to Bohr, the same soldier who had served in Iraq had once attended a Mitt Romney rally during the 2012 Presidential Election. At the rally, the soldier asked a question concerning gay and lesbian soldiers currently serving and was then allegedly booed by the rest of the audience.

Before the performance of “Yank” that night, these two specific soldiers were taken out onto the stage along with several other veterans that were in the audience.

“The entire audience stood and applauded the soldiers,” said Bohr. “It was one of the most moving things that I’ve ever seen.

Then, we did the show. It was really kind of wonderful.”

This was the first time that Bohr had won an award from the Theatre Roundtable Association.

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Eclectic DJs host Valentine’s Day show

Tyler Olinger Orbit Media Reporter

Sandra Schroer, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Scott Rawdon, community Eclectic DJ, will take listeners on a journey of a relationship through music during their special Valentine’s Day Eclectic Radio show on WMCO. “We are going to tell the story of a life course of a relationship through music,” said Schroer.

“We will create a scenario where we are telling a story of this couple [through the radio].”

The music will reflect different emotions throughout a couple’s journey in a relationship.

“We will have songs about all the stages of a relationship

throughout its entire span, but ultimately I want to end it with songs of real sweetness,” said Schroer.

For the past three years, on Sunday nights when they are on rotation for Eclectic DJ, Schroer and Rawdon choose to play music from their own collections with the hope of exposing WMCO listeners to something new.

“The whole premise is we each have an opportunity to share our musical interest with an audience,” said Schroer.

This will not be the first time Schroer has done a Valentine’s Day radio show.

In the past, Schroer paired up with fellow Professor of Sociology and Eclectic DJ, Steve McGuire, to give the audience a show

called “Sugar and Spice.”

After being a part of Eclectic Radio for a few years, Rawdon still isn’t used to being on air.

“I get nervous all the time,” said Rawdon. “Every time I have to hit the sound button to put a story on [through the system].”

However, Rawdon does not consider the nerves that he feels when being behind the micphone as something that stands in his way but rather helps him whenever he is on air.

“That is what keeps me motivated to make sure I am always doing my best,” said Rawdon.

Schroer and Rawdon’s ValenTyler Olinger/ Black & Magenta tine’s Day Eclectic Radio show will be on Sunday, Feb. 14 from Eclectic DJ, Scott Rawdon, will be with his partner, Sandra Schroer, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on WMCO 90.7. for the Valentine’s Day WMCO radio show Feb. 14.

be performing just three of them.

Turrill said that the performance will include “Variations”

by John Barnes Chance because it is a popular song that many other groups also perform.

“Fantasy on Japanese Song,” which is based on a Japanese folk song, by an American composer Samuel Hazo will also be in the groups lineup. “[It] is a really beautiful, powerful piece,” said Turrill.

The group will be performing works that come from composers from the Far East as well. “Japanese Tone” by Japanese composer Soichi Konagaya and music from a Chinese musical and Broadway show in the 1950s “Flower Drum Song” by Rodgers and Hammerstein are a few of the other musical creations that the symphonic winds group with play at their Valentine’s Day Concert.

One thing the Muskingum Valley Symphonic Winds concerts are known for is having a guest performer. This concert, they will have a guest snare drum performer, Kevin Lewis, who teaches percussion at Muskingum.

Lewis will be performing “Ruffles Call From Afar” by Japanese composer Yo Goto.

Turrill said that it has a more modern feel, as the piece is only two or three years old.

Turrill commented that the themed music, paired with the performance will have Japanese drums, such as the traditional taiko drums, throughout the pieces.

The Muskingum Valley Symphonic Winds is a mixed group of invited students, faculty, and New Concord community members.

“It’s a learning experience for everybody involved,” said Turrill.

The group’s next concert will

Far East music comes to Muskingum’s campus Kristin Gill Orbit Media Reporter The Muskingum Valley Symphonic Winds directed by Dr. David Turrill will be performing “Bookmarks from Japan” in their second concert of their 23rd season on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. in Brown Chapel.

Though the concert is on Valentine’s Day, the concert will not be Valentine’s Day themed. They have chosen to perform music based on countries in the Far East such as Japan, China, and Korea.

The concert’s title, “Bookmarks from Japan,” actually comes from American composer Julie Giroey’s Fourth Symphony, which Turrill said is based on different bookmarks that Giroey’s teacher had sent her from Japan.

There are six movements in the original work but the group will

be in May with a “Mardi Gras Pop” theme.

The concert is open to all, though the public will have an admission cost. Muskingum faculty, staff, and students will receive free admission upon showing Muskingum ID. There will be a reception to follow the concert in the bottom of Brown Chapel.

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SPORTS

Page 4 The Black & Magenta • Orbit Media Lacrosse star battles back from injury Captain’s Quarters

Payton Patterson/ Black & Magenta Sophomore Ashley Adams is working her way back to lacrosse field.

Payton Patterson Orbit Media Reporter Sophomore womens lacrosse team midfielder, Ashley Adams, is fighting an injury 25 days away from the team’s first game of the 2016 season.

Toward the end of January, Adams was having trouble moving her neck.

She shortly found out that she had pulled her trapezius muscle, which is a muscle that stretches from the shoulder to the neck.

“Initially, it was pretty severe and I could not move my head in any direction,” said Adams. “Now I have about 85% of my movement back so I am recovering a lot quicker than I thought I would.”

Since the injury, Adams has missed about a week of practice.

Her teammates have to strategize without her presence on the field.

“It hasn’t been much of a difference,” said sophomore goalie, Sam Abrahamsen. “She is still here supporting us on the sideline and helping coach. She’s just not dressed [to play].”

New head coach, Taryn Burkholder, is thankful Adams’ injury

happened now rather than later in the year.

“Well she is only supposed to be out for a couple of days so it hasn’t been much of an impact,” said Burkholder. “I feel we would be treating it a little more differently if it was closer to games.”

Although Adams planned to return by Feb. 10, at the latest, she is still timid about her style of play after this injury.

“I feel like at first it will [affect my play] because I will be a little hesitant to use it because of how much motion I lost,” said Adams.

“Once I start playing again I think it will be OK.” Adams led the Muskies in the team’s first season as a varsity sport with 26 points in her first year with the team.

Adams scored 23 goals on the year to lead the team, while also recording three assists.

The Muskies finished the 2015 season with an 0-13 record under former head coach Rachel Cibulas, with an 0-6 mark in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

Burkholder is still focused on preparing the team for their season even while Adams is on the sideline. The Muskies have numerous new players who are not only new to the team, but also to the game of lacrosse.

“Right now we are working on the fundamentals and week by week we have been increasing our level of play here [before the season],” said Burkholder.

The Muskies begin their season at home Saturday, Feb. 27 against Thomas More.

The team will then go on a three game road trip before returning home to McConagha Stadium for their OAC opener against Mount Union March 14.

the 2011 National Championship team. She graduated in 2013 with a B.A. in Biology.

Throughout her college career, Donathan faced the challenges of juggling her academics and her time on the court.

“It was tough,” said Donathan. “I had a really good coach who said school comes first. As a biology major, you’re out with the labs and the field work, and he said ‘you go and do that, and when you’re done, run here and we’ll get everything going.’”

As a result of her busy schedule, her coach began to schedule all of the team’s film sessions and practices around her schedule.

“That made me feel like I was a part of that team,” said Donathan.

Donathan even had a chance to study abroad during her career, and spent a summer doing work in the Bahamas.

“It was pretty awesome,” said Donathan. “You just get to go out and see the ocean every day.”

While in the Bahamas, Doanthan worked specifically with researching different coral reef structures as well as different types of fish in the area.

Once Donathan graduated, she immediately got into the coaching world, taking over as the head coach for New Carlisle Tecumseh High School in 2013.

“It was nerve-wracking,” said Donathan. “I had to deal with a lot of different issues, but I feel like it was a good learning moment.”

Donathan then went back to Wittenberg at the request of the current head coach Paco Labrador to be the assistant coach.

Donathan spent two years as the full-time assistant coach for the Tigers before applying for the vacant Muskingum University head coaching position.

She’s already discovered her favorite part about Muskingum since starting her new job.

“I think the atmosphere is great,” said Donathan. “Everyone’s really friendly and wants you to do really well.”

Donathan has not had much contact with the team per NCAA regulations, but she is eager to begin working with the entire team in the fall as the season nears.

New volleyball coach has plenty of history Chris Morgan Sports Editor

For new Muskingum University Head Volleyball Coach, Hallie Donathan, the love of the game started at a very young age.

“My mom played, she was an All-American,” said Donathan. “I think she had me out in the yard maybe at the age of two or three, ever since then, that’s when I knew I wanted to play.”

Donathan began playing volleyball on a regular schedule, eventually making her way up to the collegiate level to play at Wittenberg University.

While at Wittenberg, Donathan was a four-year letter winner for the Tigers, and was a member of

Was Super Bowl 50 The Sherriff’s last rodeo?

It may not have been a pretty game to watch, but Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos came Chris Morgan away victorious Sports Editor in Super Bowl 50, giving Manning his second championship. The stifling Broncos defense held the NFL MVP, Cam Newton, in check the entire game on their way to a 24-10 win.

Now the question that looms heavy on the minds of almost all football fans is whether or not Manning will call it a career and ride off into the sunset.

The game itself may not have been one for the ages for Manning, as he only had 141 yards passing with no touchdowns and an interception. Nonetheless, he will still go down as one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game.

Manning’s career is definitely full of ups and downs. He’s won the NFL MVP award five times, is the all-time leader in career passing touchdowns and yards, as well as the Indianapolis Colts’ career leader in a lot of different categories. He was just never able to win as many Super Bowls as one would think he would.

Regardless, Manning has had a very successful career, and if he does decide to retire, he will surely be a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer in five years.

Was Super Bowl 50 the last game Manning will play? Only time will tell, but Manning deserves to take all the time he wants making a decision.