The Black & Magenta Vol. 120 Issue 12

Volume 120 Issue 12 Friday, December 4, 2015

News

Students appoint new Executive Board to Student Senate Martin Kurtz Orbit Media Reporter

Muskingum participates in study abroad programs and hosts international students every year.

Arts & Entertainment

Four races led to the new 2016 Student Senate Executive Board members being appointed to their new positions on Nov. 17.

Junior Maggie Hale was selected as President, Sophomore Jason Schaumleffel as Vice President, Sophomore Audi Hutton as Secretary, and Junior Cassidy Cochrum as Treasurer.

All were voted on after going through the process of gaining 50 undergraduate signatures on a petition for their candidacy.

Hale was first inducted into Senate in the fall of 2015 as the East Hill Representative.

She kept Senate up to date on events and programs as well as concerns on the East Hill of campus.

“I’m already excited to see the changes that have come about since I’ve been a part of Senate,” said Hale. “I’m really excited to see where we can go next year and hopefully get a lot of input from [other] students.”

Hale said that running for President was suggested to her by some other senators.

Schaumleffel has been on Senate for a year and a half, becoming the Class of 2018 Class President in the fall of 2014 and continuing his position into this school year.

Schaumleffel wants to help make several new additions to campus as Student Senate Vice President.

“We have things like potentially [having] a recycling program full force on campus,” said Schaumleffel. “I know there was talk of getting a new volleyball

court, stuff like that and being on Exec. Board, I get to help delegate what we do with that.”

Hutton has not previously been a Senate member, but decided to run for Secretary this year.

As Secretary, she will be keeping minutes for each Senate meeting as well as taking suggestions from students and relaying them back to the Executive Board.

“I don’t have any specifics yet, but there will be stuff accomplished in my time in the office,” said Hutton.

Cochrum has also never been a part of Senate. She wanted the position because she felt that she was good with numbers and also wanted to find out how student money was being spent.

“I feel like we can’t really complain about the University

for not wanting to do anything to fix [issues],” said Cochrum. “So I take pride in being here. I want to do something to make it better.”

Hale is excited about students on Senate helping make improvements to the Muskingum University student community.

“I want students to recognize what Student Senate is for and [to] realize that we’re dealing with student money and if there are changes that students want to see that they really can have a voice and be directly heard by not just Senators, but even higher up,” said Hale.

The current Executive Board will finish out the semester at their current positions before the new group replaces them. They will be on the Executive Board for the spring and fall semesters.

New Concord sells pies for music Lindsey Kreamer Arts & Entertainment Editor The Annual Muskingum University Student Exhibition and Competition ends Dec. 4.

SPORTS

The Muskie Wrestling team kicked off their 2015-2016 season on Saturday, Nov. 14.

The smell of apple pie filled John Glenn High School, as the band held its 33rd annual Dutch Pie Bake fundraiser on Saturday Nov. 21.

The Dutch Pie Bake started out of a local women’s kitchen in 1982. The operation began with them baking and selling only a couple hundred pies.

Since then, the Dutch Pie Bake has grown exponentially, with the number of pies sold being into the thousands and the amount of money raised for the music programs is between $15,000 and $16,000 every year.

The money raised goes to the band and music programs in the school district between grades six and 12.

This includes the funding for equipment, such as new sousaphones, which debuted this year, steel drums, and new band uniforms. The money also goes to any repairs to current equipment that might need to be done.

The Dutch Pie Bake has volunteers come in and aid in the making of the handmade apple pies that have been pre-sold to the public.

High school band members are required to do at least four hours of work at the Pie Bake. Other volunteers involved were community members, college student organizations and parents.

“My absolute favorite part of the whole entire Pie Bake is working with the students,” said Dutch Pie Bake Chairman, Tennille Saling. “I’m so proud of them, I see them grow every year and how much they work and how hard

Ray Doss/ Black & Magenta The Dutch Pie bake fundraiser sold 3,0ll pies for their fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 21 in the John Glenn High School Gymnasium. they’re working. They know why they do it. They know that it’s going to benefit the music programs at John Glenn.”

The planning of the Dutch Pie Bake is an all year operation, be-

ginning in August when donation requests go out and all the way through the year as supplies are gathered.

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Students explore International Education Week

Barrett Fitzgerald Orbit Media Reporter

Muskingum University offers students the opportunity to visit other countries in order to learn different cultures with the study abroad program.

Every year, a group of students from Muskingum University travel the world to explore and learn about the new countries that they have the chance to visit.

Director of International Admission, Meri Linn McCollum, believes it is beneficial for students to learn about other cultures.

“It gives them a world view,” said McCollum. “It allows them to see things that they would not normally see, to experience othPIES Continued from page 1

er cultures, [and to] see the way other people live. I think doing so promotes understanding of different cultures.”

One aspect associated with studying abroad is the cost, but it can actually be more affordable than initially perceived.

Muskingum University works with the schools around the globe to find the best, most affordable deals so that more students can have the opportunity to travel.

Adapting to a new culture can be difficult for some students to adjust to as well.

“Traveling is a beautiful experience, but it is usually a hard experience too because when you are not close to your family or friends and not in your culture, it

always makes you struggle,” said Argentinian international student, Nicolas Montero. “It makes you uncomfortable because of [how] they behave and what they think is different.”

Students at Muskingum University have several trips offered to them, with 18 universities in 12 different countries to pick.

There is a London trip being offered during spring break and one to France and Spain during May Term in 2016.

In order to study abroad, students must have at least a 2.5 grade point average for the semester, and for the year trips they must have sophomore status. For the faculty led programs they need at least a 2.0 GPA.

“I think that this is extremely this because this shows the supimportant to have something like port that the community gives to our kids,” said Saling.

Saling is impressed with their dedication to the cause.

“It’s not very easy to sell 3,000 pies. If you were set up on a street somewhere you probably wouldn’t sell them that easily. We are very fortunate to live in this school distract where they value the arts like they do.”

Anyone can get involved in the production or planning each year.

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Kayla Rausch/ Black & Magenta International students at Muskingum University represent their different background and cultures. The top photo features Laura Mark from Canada. The middle photo is a group of international students from Muskingum University. The bottom photo is Ryosuke Rio Hosoi, who is an international student from Japan.

Student art exhibition gives students a chance to showcase their works Lindsey Grafe Orbit Media Reporter The Louis O. Palmer Gallery was filled to the brim with student created artwork from over 65 Muskingum students in the largest exhibition of the year.

The Annual Student Art Exhibition and Competition offered prizes and awards for the top student art pieces, as voted by the crowd of visitors at the reception on Sunday, Nov. 15.

The Vice President of Academic Affairs, James Callaghan, created a budget for the show to award the top 15 works in the gallery with monetary prizes.

Over 100 art pieces in total are on display, ranging from drawings and paintings to woodwork and ceramics.

The artwork was divided into five different categories based

on their mediums to make for an easy voting process.

Students submit pieces and then professors in the Art Department choose the works that go into the show.

While some students chose to keep the artwork they have made, many pieces are for sale, priced by their creators.

“We really want to ask the people around this community, the parents and [the] good friends, to support students before Christmas,” said Yan Sun, Gallery Director and Professor of Art. “I think it’s a very good chance [for them] to purchase their works.”

Junior Tope Osunsanya has two pieces displayed in the gallery, a self portrait named The Selfie and a collage called Space Time.

“It’s cool,” said Osunsanya.

“I’ve never really had [my work] in an art show before. It’s also

cool to see the other students’ works. There’s a lot of really good stuff in there.”

The show is an important outlet for many Art students on campus.

Not only is it a way for aspiring artists to get their work out there, but it encourages people like Osunsanya, who are not art majors, to create artwork more often than they might have been before.

“I love art, because you can express yourself any way you want, and you can use different types of mediums,” said Tara Taylor, an Art major at Muskingum. “It’s just a wonderful stress reliever.”

Taylor has one ceramic piece displayed in the show, which is not for sale.

The Senior Show, another student art show, will come to the gallery near the end of the spring 2016 semester. The pieces will remain in the gallery untill Dec. 4.

Christine Holmes/ Black & Magenta Tope Osusanya, junior Muskingum student, poses with a self portrait he did that was featured in the Student Art Show at the Louis O. Palmer Art Gallery.

“This year is the best exhibition,” said Sun. “I just really appreciate the Vice President of Academic Affairs for supporting us and giving us many benefits.”

Sun can be contacted for more

information about the gallery and the pieces featured in the art show. Appointments to visit the show can be set up by calling the Office of Academic Affairs or contacting Yan Sun.

“We are at the stage now where we are getting estimates on fencing and then [we will] take the information to the Village Council and get their approval,” said Beetem.

The park’s purpose will be to bring together community members and their dogs.

“It’s a really fun way to get exercise with your dog and to meet other dog people so it’s a big social interaction, ” said Beetem.

The pictures were taken in the basement of Village Hall.

“I love my dog, and I wanted a picture of Santa for my dog [to have],” said Carson Clouse, New Concord resident.

This is just one of many fundraisers to raise money for the New Concord Bark Park.

Wesley Ellsworth, a resident of New Concord, believes events like this are great for the dogs of any age to enjoy.

“A nice thing [about the dog park] is that no matter how old your dog is, they get someone to play with,” said Ellsworth.

The Bark Park Committee‘s end goal is to raise $40,000 from their events to put toward the New Concord Bark Park.

The pictures with Santa fundrasier on Nov. 22 was able to raise $300 toward that goal.

New Concord Bark Park has infomation on the opening of the Bark Park as well as upcoming event dates on at Facebook.com/ New-Concord-Bark-Park.

There are also plans for a winter dog hike later this year.

New Concord dogs visit Santa, Bark Park raises funds Kayla Rausch & Rachel Schlarb Orbit Media Reporters Santa made an early appearance in New Concord on Sunday, Nov. 22 to get pictures with local dogs to raise money for the New Concord Bark Park.

Dog owners were able to create holiday memories with their pets by having their dogs pictures taken with Santa.

“This was a joy,” said Judy Beetem, New Concord Bark Park Committee member. “We were hoping that it would go like this, people bringing their dogs in and have a good time with Santa and get some good pictures.”

The profits from the photos Christine Holmes/ Black & Magenta the with Santa all go toward the the The New Concord Bark Park committee raised $300 to go toward development of the park. development of the Bark Park.

Bowling Muskies making progress in third season of the program Captain’s Quarters Martin Kurtz Orbit Media Reporter

A lot of practice along with bringing in some fresh new recruits has the Muskingum Bowling Team making improvements this season.

In the Roto Grip Raider Classic, sponsored by Wright State University, the Womens Bowling Team ranked 10th out of 23 teams while the men finished 19th out of 21 teams.

Eight of the top 12 womens teams in all of the country bowled in the Nov. 14–16 tournament.

“The season has gone well,” said Head Bowling Coach, Doug Smith. “We’ve made some progress with some returning lettermen and of course some new recruits that have come in this year.”

The women are currently ranked 56th in the entire country,

but only the top 54 teams go to the sectional tournament.

“Which sounds low, [but] throughout the country, there are hundreds of bowling teams, so it’s really good progress for the women,” said Smith.

Junior, Patsy Tyo, has been a part of the team since it was formed in 2013 and has noticed the improvement this semester.

“At the beginning of the year, we weren’t exactly where we wanted to be, but here lately, we’ve been averaging 850 a game [as a team],” said Tyo. The mens team is ranked 107th and only the top 80 teams in the country go to sectionals.

All five bowlers are new to the team and went through early season struggles.

“We started out fresh,” said Smith. “They started out young and inexperienced and it showed

How many Big Ten teams will make it to the College Football Playoff?

Martin Kurtz/ Black & Magenta First year Tim Taft begins shooting a ball down the lane. [in] the first couple of tournaments, but then they turned things around [after that].”

The men are paced by first year Jared Shaner, who has averaged 194 pins per game this season.

He has been on All-Tournament teams this semester.

“He’s just a really good bowler,” said Smith. “He’s got a lot of [natural] talent and has really shined for us.”

The Muskies will continue their march toward the postseason until April 9-10 at the Club National Championships.

Wrestling opens up home season while Intramurals hosts the Turkey Bowl

Skylar Quarles/ Black & Magenta Sophomore Jordan Butcher looks for an open receiver down field in her Turkey Bowl game Nov. 20. The Turkey Bowl was held on Nov. 20-22 at McConagha Stadium.

Garrett Knott/ Black & Magenta Jon Raugh attempts to put a half nelson hold on his opponent during the Muskies’ first home match against Waynesburg Nov. 19. Raugh won the match 6-3 to get his first match win since returning to the team after missing all of last season with a concussion.

The events of the last few weeks of college football have created a very intriguing playoff scenario Chris Morgan for the Big Ten Sports Editor Conference.

The Associated Press Rankings have three Big Ten teams within striking distance of making the playoffs, with undefeated Iowa being ranked fourth, followed by one loss teams Michigan State and Ohio State at fifth and sixth.

Now the question is, how many Big Ten teams can get into the final four rankings?

The smart money if you listen to the mainstream media is on just one team getting in, the winner of the conference championship game between Iowa and Michigan State on Saturday, Dec. 5.

Don’t tell that to Big Ten football fans though.

A lot would have to happen for more than one team to get in right now, but stranger things have happened in college football.

Alabama would almost certainly have to lose to Florida in the SEC title game, and Clemson might have to lose the ACC to North Carolina as well.

It seems unlikely that both of these teams lose, but in the right scenario, only one might have to.

If more than one Big Ten school can make it into the final playoff, it would create some monumental momentum for the conference.

It seems very reasonable for more than one to get in this year.