The Black & Magenta Vol. 120 Issue 20

Volume 120 Issue 20 Friday, February 26, 2016

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Muskingum organization builds arcade game Logan Weaver Orbit Media Reporter The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) at Muskingum has created their own arcade-style video game.

“This has been a long time in the making,” said Nicholas Bulinski, member of the ACM club.

Bulinski said that the group has been in the process of designing it since they came up with the idea a year ago.

“The idea was to get members involved by buying some small electronics and then start slowly building something up throughout a semester,” said Bulinski.

Bulinski said that there will be a variety of games on the machine.

While there is still some programming and decorating to be done to the machine, Bulinski said that it should be complete by the end of the semester.

In the past, the ACM has had annual programming competitions, robot battles, obstacle races, and flying drones.

As for the future, Bulinski said that the group has high hopes to one day build a tesla coil, a device used to power electronic devices wirelessly via a magnetic field.

Later in the semester, Bulinski said that the ACM group plans on having a “computer smash,” in which people can go to the Quad and take out any frustrations against technology.

Bulinski said that those who

are interested in joining the club can stop by ACM meetings on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. in room 203 in Boyd Science Center.

“Feel free to come in, play with electronics, [and] play with the arcade machine,” said Bulinski.

“We’re a pretty chill group.”

Bulinski said that anyone wanting to join the ACM does not need to be computer science major, as most current members are not.

The ACM is a worldwide organization established in 1947.

According to the ACM website, there are 860 different branches across the country, including both student and professional groups.

There are an additional 100,000 Christine Holmes/ Black & Magenta members residing outside of the The Association for Computing Machinery create an arcade-style game.

United States.

Leading up to the months before seniors graduate, Vascura said that Career Services hosts a variety of sessions for whatever they need help with, including interview tips, resume building, and the job searching process.

“That doesn’t mean that the things we are doing couldn’t be applicable to anyone but especially to seniors because they need to really be thinking about what they are doing after they leave,” said Vascura.

Vascura said that students should start thinking about jobs before their final year of classes.

“We strongly encourage all seniors to think about what they are doing [after graduation] before their senior year,” said Vascura.

Vascura said that the senior information sessions are for students to share what their plans are and Career Services can advise them about the next steps they need to take in their personal job search process.

Some of Career Services’ events require pre-registration, including the mock interviews that will be held on March 15 and 17.

Senior Salute, an important even for seniors, will be held this

Career Services offers Muskies job and prep opportunities Brenna Busby Editor-in-Chief

Director of Muskingum University Career Services, Jackie Vascura, helps guide students with their transition from a school environment into one that is more career focused.

Career Services uses information sessions as one of a number of their tools to assist seniors to their post graduation life.

“We have a lot of programming,” said Vascura. “Obviously, some of it is more applicable and time sensitive for seniors.”

year on March 15-16 in the Quad Center to pick up cap and gowns, order graduation announcements, and to settle any fees they might owe.

Part of Senior Salute but open to everyone is the professional head shots that Career Services are offering for free. Students receive a digital photo through email.

Career Services is sponsoring Career Week from March 28-April 1, which will include workshops, and a “thrift store” of professional attire. Students can receive the attire by building up points.

To build up points, they must attend Career Services events.

The Etiquette Dinner will finsih off the Career Week on April 1.

Vascura said that in the past the Etiquette Dinner has been a popular event that students want to attend. Students will learn how to handle themselves in a professional setting over a meal.

“It is always good and always fun,” said Vascura. “It is a great opportunity of learning.”

Students can find lists of the Muskingum University Career Services programs in the Student Life Digest, on the Career Services’ web page, and through the Career ‘Catch Up’ posters.

2016 Graduating Muskie Seniors: Dates to remember Senior Salute (Pick up Caps and Gowns) March 15-16

February

Apply to Graduate as soon as possible.

March Mock Interviews March 15 & 17

Career Week Parents’ Weekend March 28-April 1 April 8-10

Senior Reception April 27

April Etiquette Dinner Scholarship Recognition Program April 8 April 1

Finals Week May 2-6

Baccalaureate May 7 @ 10:00 a.m.

May

Rehearsal & Packing Day Commencement May 6 May 7 @ 1:30 p.m.

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Students discuss sexual misconduct on Muskingum’s campus *Names of individual students have been changed to protect their identities*

Lindsey Kreamer Arts & Entertainment

The fear of becoming a victim of sexual assault, abuse, or misconduct is very real for college aged men and women, even at small universities like Muskingum University.

“Sexual misconduct happens at every college and university,” said Amber Zifzal, Director of Student Conduct. “That is an unfortunte reality. It is my hope that when something bad happens, people know that we ultimately want them to get the care and resources available.”

150,000 students from 27 different universities participated in one of the largest surveys done on sexual assault and sexual misconduct conducted by members of the Association of American Universities (AAU). The results found that more than 50 percent of the victims do not report the event to any kind of organization or agency because they do not consider it “serious enough.”

Sexual assault and misconduct is not a new thing on college campuses. It’s something that’s been researched in depth for nearly 60 years according to an article published by NPR just last December.

Recently though, more and more cases are coming into the light and college aged students are speaking out against sexual misconduct and are beginning to

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work toward safer campuses and party environments.

Zifzal said that she hopes people feel more comfortable reporting an incident that students are involved in at smaller universities.

“We want our community to be a safe place,” said Zifzal. “I hope that because we are a smaller, tight knit community, when someone is aware of sexual misconduct, they tell someone who can help.”

When you have large groups of young adults 18-22, inevitably there will be parties or “get togethers” that may include drinking or illicit drugs.

“It’s a college campus so people are going to want to drink, people are going to want to have a good time but you know other people are just not going to know at what point they need to stop and eventually it just leads to bad decisions and people end up having to help each other not make bad decisions,” said Alex Connor, Muskingum junior.

Muskingum nightlife is not unlike bigger campuses in terms of what happens on the weekends. “[Nightlife on Muskingum] is basically the same every weekend, it’s a bunch of people cramming into a house and drinking, dancing until the cops shut it down then they move onto the next house,” said Charlotte Fisher, Muskingum University junior.

The small college feel of Muskingum and other campuses

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alike sometimes works to alleviate students’ concerns about becoming a victim of sexual misconduct, typically students know at least a small handful of people at every event, house, or party that they go to, which can lessen the potential fear of being a victim of sexual misconduct.

“For the most part I know just about everyone at the parties [when I go] but there’s usually a small group or some scattered people that I don’t really know,” said Connor.

Knowing more people at parties can also help students to relax more in social environments such as parties.

“I feel comfortable [going to parties if] there are people there that are looking out for me, [and] I’m looking out for other people,” said Connor.

Though students may be more likely to know and interact with each other outside of the party atmosphere, uncomfortable situations can still arise for both males and females.

“A couple weekends ago, I was at a party and this guy kind of bullied me into giving me his phone number,” said Fisher. “He asked for my number and said that he thought I was cute and that he sees me around campus but has always been too shy to talk to me and then he kept asking me for my number and I kept telling him ‘No’ and ‘I probably won’t even remember you tomorrow.’”

Often with cases of sexual misconduct the focus is on the women as victims, Fisher saw first hand that men can equally be subjected to sexual misconduct by female peers on campus.

“I have a very good, close

friend who is very straight forward when she’s been drinking and she made a guy friend of mine feel uncomfortable [with her sexual advances],” said Fisher. “But she just didn’t care, she was drunk and she was all over him and he was not into it.”

Zifzal said that students looking out for each other can be a big part of keeping the campus safe.

“Watch out for each other,” said Zifzal. “If you see something, say something. If something looks wrong, intervene. We want Muskingum to be a safe place, but it takes all of us to make this really happen.”

There are a variety of people students can talk to on campus if they have been involved in or have witnessed sexual misconduct. Some of those people are required by law to keep the information confidential and cannot report it to other officials.

Students who choose to take the confidentiality route concerning the situation can go to on-campus mental health counselors from Counseling Services, campus health providers at the Wellness Center, or Will Mullins, the University Chaplain.

“I hope that most people think to report when they see someone who is incapacitated being carried somewhere,” said Zifzal. “But, what a lot of people might not think to report, [are] different things posted on social media. A snap or tweet that is alarming to someone should be reported too.”

Students who decide to report misconduct can go to a variety of people including Student Life, Human Resources, coaches, faculty, student organization advisors, and other University officials.

Sexual Misconduct Contacts: Janet Heeter-Bass Title IX Coordinator Interim Vice President for Advancement TOC 213 740-826-8083 jheeter@muskingum.edu

Kathy Moore (To file a report against faculty or other employees.)

Coordinator of Human Resources Montogomery Hall 16 740-826-8114 moore@muskingum.edu

Amber Zifzal (To file a report against students.)

Director of Student Conduct TOC 211 740-826-8087 azifzal@muskingum.edu

Will Mullins

Muskingum University Chaplain Brown Chapel 740-826-8120 wmullins@muskingum.edu

MU Counseling Services Montgomery Hall 2 740-826-8142 counseling@muskingum.edu

University Police 740-826-8155

New Concord Police Department 740-826-7616

Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Education 216-522-4970 OCR.Cleveland@ed.gov

Arts & Entertainment The Black & Magenta • Orbit Media

l a r t n e C a m Cine Aaron Eno Orbit Media Reporter The Merc with a mouth will not stop his box office rant, as “Deadpool” has become one of the most successful R-rated films of all time. Grossing nearly 500 million worldwide the newest superhero movie by FOX Broadcasting Company has outdone all its expectations.

Due to the success of “Deadpool,” a whole new discussion has surfaced on the viability of making future movies R-rated. The final Wolverine movie is now slated to be R-rated. R-rated movies have always been a risk for movie studios, because they cut out a large number of the population that can go see these films.

However, on the same token people that can see R-rated films generally want to. “Deadpool” was an experiment and a risk for FOX to take that clearly paid off.

The only thing that studios should consider is R-rated movies only work when they are done correctly. Making R-rated movies for the sake of upping the rating can very easily back fire.

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Let them eat cake Lindsey Kreamer Arts & Entertainment Editor This year marked Muskingum University’s Fifth Annual Caketacular event hosted by the Muskingum Programming Board (MPB).

At Caketacular, student teams are given a plain cake and several icing colors. Their task is to ice the cake in 45 minutes to fit the theme chosen by MPB. The cakes bought for the event are pre-ordered from Walmart.

The 50 tubes of white icing for the event and food coloring are purchased at different locations to get the best pricing option.

This year, the theme was honoring President Anne Steele as

she draws closer to her retirement in June. Steele was also a guest judge for the event.

“We reached out to President Steele when we started planning Caketacular to see if she would be honored to be a guest judge,” said Adam Brown, President of MPB. Some of the cakes depicted different achievements of President Steele including the magenta couches in the Roberta A. SmithLibrary and different buildings she has built during her tenure.

Other cakes depicted the President herself or aspects of her name in puns such as the Superman logo with the words “Woman of Steele.”

“A lot of people enjoy [Ca-

Lindsey Kreamer/ Black & Magenta President Anne Steele with the members of Muskingum Programming Board during the Fifth Annual Caketacular. ketacular] even if decorating is ners and handed out Circle K gift not your thing,” said Brown. cards to the participants.

When time was up for decoThe winner of Caketacular as rating the cakes, President Steele declared by MPB and the judges gave a small speech about how was the team “ASA of Cakes” honored she was to be included with their depiction of President in the event this year and declared Steele. The team included Nicole everyone that participated as win- Navicky and Sarah Gotschall.

To apply for the scholarship, students had to write an essay on why they wanted to study music.

They also had to include a CD of music that they have performed.

Masters applied for the scholarship after learning that his band director had received the scholarship.

“He [Levi] is just very talented and he seems to be very passionate about what he’s doing to so it was pretty easy to pick him,” said Alicia Thornton, daughter of Bunk Johnson.

Masters didn’t know the Johnson family personally, but is familiar with Johnson’s legacy.

“It really makes me want to try harder as a music student, as a Music Education student, [and] just in generally everything that I’m learning at Muskingum [University],” said Masters.

Masters performed on stage with the likes of two-time Emmy award winning pianist Dave Pow-

ers as well as Louis Tsamous, Mike Lee, and Jay Miglia.

“I have no idea what they’re doing [musically], and how they’re doing it,” said Masters, “It’s like a six[th] sense for them, they just do it. It’s natural. I’m still working on that.”

As the musicians came together to honor Bunk Johnson, they also enjoyed interacting with one another throughout the evening.

“Everyone comes out and donates their time and honestly from a musician’s standpoint, we have as much, if not more, than the crowd just because this is the one time of year we all get together and get on stage completely unrehearsed,” said Todd Thornton, who took over for Bill Armstrong as the event coordinator.

Thorton said that she was happy with the turnout to honor the legacy of her father.

“He was very passionate about

Cambridge hosts twelfth annual Jammin’ for Johnson Martin Kurtz Orbit Media Reporter For the twelfth year, the annual Jammin’ For Johnson benefit show raised money for the Bunk Johnson Music Scholarship Fund on Feb. 20 at the Cambridge Eagles’ Club banquet hall.

The benefit concert has raised over $15,000 in scholarships for local high school students that have an interest in majoring in music when they further their education.

The scholarship is in honor of Bunk Johnson, a local trumpet player, who passed away from cancer in 2005.

Muskingum sophomore, Levi Masters, was awarded one of the two scholarships given out this year. The other scholarship was given to Matti Chrisman, who wasn’t in attendance at the event due to her participating in an international acapella competition.

his music,” said Alicia. “He was very passionate about his family, and he loved Cambridge, Ohio.

He was a great guy and anybody that knew him will tell you that.”

Todd, who married Alicia and into the Johnson family, echoed the sentiment, but added that the Johnson family is a supportive group of people.

“It’s a great family, not just him [Bunk], but the whole family is well known,” said Todd. “They’re the type of people [that] you never knew who was going to be at the house, you never knew who was spending the night, having dinner, and that’s just how the family was. They [have] accepted everyone in the community and this gives everyone a chance to give back.”

The event helped to raise $2500 for the Bunk Johnson Scholarship funds for this year for music students to continue their studies.

SPORTS

Page 4 The Black & Magenta • Orbit Media Quarters Muskie wrestlers finish regular season Captain’s Is the NBA All-Star Tyler Olinger Orbit Media Reporter

tonio Zapata won 2-1 in an upset over Ohio Northern senior Kody Bellamy at 285, and Jordan Burkholder won by forfeit at 125.

Junior Jon Raugh took a loss at 141, falling 3-1 to Dylan Dolph in sudden-death overtime.

The Muskies then surrendered a forfeit at 149 pounds, followed by two straight losses by Jonathan Muntz and Tanner Walker at 157 and 165. The team then gave up

forfeits at 174 and 197, sandwiching a loss from Caleb Cox at the 184 pound class.

The Muskingum Wrestling The team is off until they go to team battled Ohio Northern in the NCAA Regional Tournament their final regular season match hosted by Lycoming College in Feb. 16 in The Recreation Center.

Pennsylvania on Feb. 28.

The Polar Bears proved victoriZach Mizer, Head Wrestling ous in the contest, defeating the Coach, has high expectations for Muskies 37-12. the Muskie wrestlers at the reToby Warrington won 10-4 at gional tournament. the 133 pound weight class. An“Tonight [was] not the goal, we have a regional tournament [coming up], the goal is to get [to] the national tournament,” said Mizer.

“That’s the best thing you can do.”

This year the wrestling team has had a number of injuries.

Raugh battled concussion symptoms mid-season before coming back and competing the rest of the year, and sophomore Colton Richard fell to an injury in the early portion of the season and could not return to action.

“Injuries hurt, especially when Tyler Olinger/ Black & Magenta Ohio Northern’s Kody Bellamy, left, takes on Antonio Zapata in their we do not have any depth in some weight classes so when someone 285 pound match Feb. 16. Zapata won the match 2-1.

goes down we do not have a backup so we get forfeits,” said Mizer.

The Muskies look to fix the depth problem next season, when they bring the team back for the 2016 campaign.

“It will be nice because we do not have any seniors on the team, so everyone will be back next year,” said Mizer.

Mizer said the injuries will not stop the Muskies as they keep training and build confidence for the upcoming tournament.

Only the top three wrestlers from each weight class at the regional tournament advance to the national tournament.

Mizer believes several of the wrestlers have a shot at advancing.

“It is a hard thing to do, we have some guys that can make it,” said Mizer.

The Muskies aim to have as many wrestlers as possible advance through the regional tournament to get to the NCAA National Tournament.

“Playing for a cause, and bringing everyone together makes the event so special,” said Taylor.

The game was also the season finale for the Muskies, ending their 2015 season.

The Muskies went back and forth fighting for the lead with the Blue Streaks.

The Muskies trailed by four points at halftime, 30-26, before battling back in the second half to take the lead.

Taylor scored 10 of her 23 points in the first half, before heating up in the second.

The Muskies trailed by two going into the fourth quarter, but were able to tie the game up be-

fore missing a last second shot attempting to win the game.

The game continued into overtime with the teams deadlocked.

The Muskies battled the Blue Streaks in the extra period, leading 62-61 with 31.4 seconds remaining in the game.

The Muskies lost in the final seconds of overtime, 63-62, with John Carroll’s Shmoo Pryor hitting the game winning shot with just over a second left.

The Muskies ended their season with a 5-20 record overall and a 1-17 mark in Ohio Athletic Conference play. The Muskies’ lone conference win came against Heidelberg on Feb. 6.

Muskingum sports pink out Recreation Center Steven Sable Orbit Media Reporter During the Muskie Womens Basketball game against John Carroll Feb. 20, the crowd in the was covered in pink. The game also doubled as Senior Day for guard Angela Darnley and forward Leigha Moran.

The Muskies took part in a national NCAA pink out event to raise money for breast cancer awareness and research.

Athletic Director, Larry Shank, is a big contributor to the event along with the Student Life Office, and Head Womens Basketball Coach Beth Fox.

“I’m very proud of how everybody worked together to sponsor a very good event on [a] campus that supports a great cause,” said Shank.

Fox said that the team wanted to support those who have fought against cancer.

“Our goal is to pay tribute to those who won and going through the battle, and raise money and awareness,” said Fox. The team, Fox, and Student Life officials worked together on creating ideas and ways to raise money and awareness.

Junior Mallory Taylor, who led the team with 23 points, said that game unified people in support of an important purpose.

Game even worth it?

If you missed the 2016 NBA All-Star Game in Toronto, then you missed the highest scoring All-Star Game Chris Morgan in league hisSports Editor tory. The West trounced the East 196-173 in the game on Valentine’s Day. The game may have been extremely high scoring, but a couple questions came to mind following the game that night.

Is it even considered a game is if no one is going to play any defense? Is the All-Star Game even worth playing if that’s going to be the case?

Honestly, if the players aren’t going to treat it like a legitimate game, then why even bother playing? If viewers wanted to see a game with no defense, they could just go outside and play a game by themselves in the driveway.

Even then, that game would still probably have more defense than this year’s All-Star Game.

The different skill challenges, including the dunk contest and the 3-point contest, are more exciting than what happens during the AllStar Game.

Even the celebrities put on a better show than the NBA players.

At this point, it seems better to just get rid of the All-Star Game all together and focus the weekend around the skills challenges and the celebrities.

The league wouldn’t even have to make the game worth anything in the long run like the MLB does.

Just a little bit of legitimate competition is all we, as fans, ask.

It’s time to make it happen.