T&C- Fall 2010, Week 7

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Sorority paints it pink 7 Senior stresses importance of breast self-exams 3 Otterbein’s retention rates on the rise 5 Cross country races toward championship 11

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This weekend is Halloween weekend.

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The women’s soccer team remains undefeated and will host the OAC tournament.

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The OtterDen food is yummy.

The OtterDen lines have been really long. 

The death toll in Haiti has reached 300 due to Cholera breakouts.

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LimeWire is officially being shut down.

Information compiled by Alyssa Cook-Alexander. Information from otterbein.edu and cnn.com.

Study Abroad complicates traveling Students need a go-getter attitude and a lot of patience if they want to study abroad Most students at Otterbein know of at least one student that has studied abroad for a semester. Some of us have seen their pictures on Facebook or heard their stories in class.

Sometimes we are a little jealous of their experiences, but then we look at our major’s requirements, the cost of going and the overall stress of coming back and seeing that not all credits transferred, we might not give it a second thought.

According to the Strategic Plan for Otterbein College made in 2007, the third goal of the plan is to “focus on global citizenship and integrative learning” and to “strengthen and expand international programs so 60 percent of our students by 2012 will graduate having participated in a study abroad experience.”

This year, excluding shortterm senior year experiences (SYE), 25-30 Otterbein students are studying abroad according to the Study Abroad Office. We aren’t math majors, but that is a far cry from 60 percent of the graduating class, and with 2012 two years away, that seems like a hefty and unlikely possibility.

Is the headache of paperwork and meetings worth the experience? Ask most students that travel overseas and they will say yes. But for the students that choose not to go, they might not have had the “go-getter” attitude about the experience that Otterbein requires.

If a student wants to study abroad, he or she has to start by looking at Otterbein’s website.

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One cannot just wait for one of the few study abroad fairs.

In most cases, students have to start looking and deciding their sophomore year. The student must take the initiative to make an appointment in the Study Abroad Office in Student Affairs. Many questions he or she has will have to be answered on the student’s chosen school’s website.

There are fewer than five schools a student can go to if he or she would like to attend a school where English is spoken and the student’s Otterbein financial aid transfers. Out of those five schools, there are even fewer that accept every Otterbein Josh Adkins Patricia Begazo Alyssa Cook-Alexander Troy Foor Josh Overholser Kathleen Quigley Shannon Snodgrass

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major or work well with a student’s major’s curriculum. This is a meeting the student needs to schedule with his or her adviser, department chair and maybe the Intergrative Studies (IS) department chair if the student hopes to take IS classes abroad.

One T&C staff member had an amazing experience studying abroad, but while applying to the school abroad, the application was sent to the wrong school and the student missed the deadline for the school chosen originally.

After the semester abroad, the student then came home to a quarter-long headache of getting credits to transfer and finding out that less credit was given for

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classes than the student would have earned at Otterbein.

Hearing stories like that scares us. As college students, we don’t always have the aggressive attitude to schedule meetings and deal with all the paperwork needed. We have to worry about our studies and activities in this country, too.

We know the Study Abroad Office is there to help us, but with limited choices and a difficult process, we get frustrated with the idea of leaving Otterbein for a quarter. t&c

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Sobering moment diminishes denial Following an eye-opening experience, one Otterbein senior makes it her personal goal to emphasize the severity of breast cancer and to reiterate the importance of awareness and regular breast self-exams I am afraid of the unknown, of what I can’t control. I’ve always feared this void, but the terror appeared its darkest when I was staring at the ultrasound screen of a biopsy.

The lump in my throat wasn’t nearly as paralyzing as the RAE lump I’d found in REED my left breast two months earlier. The utter shock of feeling something the size of a marble in the place that women fear most is overwhelming.

Admit it: you never think it can happen to you. I certainly never did. The guides I collected gathered dust instead of hanging from the shower or on a door; they simply seemed redundant because, of course, “It’s not going to happen to me.”

Yet, there I was.

Some think it’s just repetitive.

Pink, pink, pink. Pink shirts, pink key chains and pink accessories, all complemented by pink ribbons. Shades of pink dominate the month of October and flow delicately through the next 11 months, until pink can reign once more.

Despite the frequency, a majority of women (and men) still abandon self breast exams.

At this point, it is not too late to check your breasts. I wish I could say “It’s never too late,” but the fact is, the longer you wait, the further the cancer spreads, and the lower the chances of survival become.

At stage four, the last stage of breast cancer, less than 3 percent of patients have long-term survival or complete remission. By this point, the cancer spreads to other organs and tissues, and is considered incurable.

Breast cancer takes less than five years to reach this stage.

At stage zero, the cancer has not spread and it is highly treatable.

There’s a reason for all of the pink. It’s to support the 2.5

million breast cancer survivors in the United States, to fight alongside the 209,060 women and men who were recently diagnosed, and to honor the 40,230 voices lost to breast cancer so far this year.

The days following my biopsy appointment were long and painful.

The pain in my breast felt like I had been stabbed with a skewer. I didn’t realize that I would be wearing a sports bra for three weeks or that I would bruise like a banana. I also didn’t realize that it would still hurt.

I couldn’t eat or sleep. I couldn’t go to school or work.

I simply felt ill all of the time.

The idea of cancer consumed my state of mind, whether I had cancer or not.

Luckily, the lump in my breast was benign.

No, I didn’t have cancer. And no, I don’t know what it’s like to have cancer. But I do know that it’s a horror story which remains a mystery. There is no cure, no miracle and no answer.

Here I am, with a scar and a story. However insignificant they each may seem, they are not, because both are reminders of the lives lost in this relentless battle.

People go through this fear every day. People are certain they have cancer, but are not certain how long they will live in this world. I went through this for two weeks and was impaired beyond all belief, but they fight through this daily.

That idea in itself is strong enough to make mountains move. But the people are stronger.

So when you see the swarm of pink next year, embrace it.

Recognize its familiar face and accept its purpose. Until then, keep a bit of pink around to remind you to check your breasts and to inspire you to encourage your family and friends to do the same.

RAE REED IS A SENIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR AND IS A CONTRIBUTING WRITER FOR THE t&c.

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The average size lump found accidently. The size compares to a half dollar coin.

The average size lump found by a first mammogram.

The average size lump detected by yearly mammograms when past films can be compared.

The average size lump found by women doing regular breast self-exams.

INFORMATION FROM IAMTHECURE.COM

How to check ’em Experts recommend that women perform monthly breast self-exams. Becoming familiar with the way breasts normally look and feel can help women and their doctors spot changes. Here are the basics: Visual exam. Stand in front of a mirror and: 1. With arms at sides, look for changes in breast size, shape, skin color or texture.

Check nipple for discharge, scaly skin or dimpling of skin near nipple (as if something is pulling the skin into the breast).

2. Repeat with your arms above your head.

3. With hands on hips, press shoulders forward slightly;

both breasts should react the same way to the movement.

Feel for lumps. With a pillow under your shoulder and an arm behind your head, use three fingers to feel the whole breast and armpit. Repeat on the other side.

Three methods. Use whichever method is comfortable for you, but be consistent.

Circle (top): Move fingers slowly in increasingly smaller circles.

Parallel (middle): Slowly move fingers down then up, from underarm to mid-chest.

Wedge (bottom): Move fingers toward nipple, then back.

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Young voter examines government’s influence

Senior raises questions as to why the U.S. government has turned pop culture into voter registration tactics

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It seems that politics is a polarizing issue. One is either highly interested in the subject or bored by it. I understand that the government and our generation’s active involvement is in the nation’s best interest, but there ALYSSA are times that I COOKALEXANDER feel they baby us into coercion.

People usually have a political opinion or they do not.

The only age group of voters that fall out of this mold is the 18-24-year-olds. Our demographic has more people who are in the middle.

They could have an interest in politics, and it has been shown through the Census Bureau that as we get older, we become more interested in politics.

The 18-24-year-old age group is a very valuable group to have on your side. The Census Bureau statistics show that we are the age group with the lowest percentage of voters. In 2008, the presidential election had one of the highest participation rates from 18-24-year-olds, as did the 2004 election.

Knowing this, I have a hard time buying into the “hey, we’re hip” approach of organizations like Rock the Vote.

I had to sit through a lecture from a representative from Rock the Vote, and although I think that getting the youth to vote is important, I found the speaker’s approaches and reasons for reregistering in Westerville vapid.

According to the representative, it was imperative that we vote in Westerville because we are here nine months out of the year.

He was adamant that we not vote absentee.

Even though he was wrong, because we are here for less than eight months, I could not wrap my head around the idea of registering for only midterm and presidential elections.

The Rock the Vote campaign also likes to target us using celebrities to encourage involvement. Do you notice that they choose people that we see as credible? The first major youth target campaign I remember was for the 2004 election, and used P. Diddy (or whatever name he was going by then).

And this year for the midterm elections, Jason Mraz created and signed a letter for distribution.

It is never someone like Paris Hilton or Mel Gibson.

My problem is not with the use of celebrities, but the fact that they use them so often that

I cannot expect a teenager to put a face to politics unless it is our president or a politician who has been in news for some controversy.

If I showed a picture of Sarah Palin, I am sure even those of us with no interest in politics could identify her. How many of you know what Ted Strickland looks like?

Sam Weisgarber, senior political science major, thinks I have lost the plot.

“I’m not offended by Obama being on MTV or playing basketball with the Tar Heels, or John McCain going on tour with Chuck Norris, because it attracts the broader interests of the target audiences. I don’t see a problem with politicians using role models,” said Weisgarber.

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to the Obama family. Michelle Obama is often referred to as “mother-in-chief ” and President Obama is often presented as a “cool dad” character. So now it is up to Rock the Vote and Obama to teach us that politics is something that is easy to become interested in, like a parent teaches a child that broccoli is not as bad as he or she thinks it is.

I understand that the government is trying to encourage our demographic to become involved in politics, but the government needs to give us a bit more credit and actually convince us why we should be interested in politics.

I do not want the razzle-dazzle show. Leave the celebrities at home and the parenting to my mom. t&c ALYSSA COOK-ALEXANDER IS A SENIOR PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR AND IS A STAFF WRITER FOR THE

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“I don’t believe they are involved enough. It’s hard because of the lack of resources to students and it’s hard to get out and vote.”

“I really do because in my suite, the topic of politics comes up a lot and it seems to be a big subject for students around here.”

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Statistics show more students stick around Identifying at-risk students and offering aid in needed areas has retention rates rising in some departments

BY PAOLA CASALE Staff Writer

Otterbein University has seen a 2 percent increase in retention rates this school year.

Retention rates measure the percentage of first-time students who return to the institution to continue their studies the following fall.

“There has been an increase for several reasons,” said Kate Lehman, interim assistant dean for student success. “One of our primary strategies is our MAPWorks that helps us identify students that are at risk for leaving Otterbein.

We follow up on the students and have them take surveys to tell us how they are doing and see how we can help.”

Lehman said that students who are at risk for leaving could be at risk for several reasons, including financial, academic and social reasons.

“Students could be at risk financially and can’t afford to pay the full four years. Also, students who may be struggling in class their first quarter are at risk academically because they can’t juggle the class work. There are also students who are not feeling connected on campus, who are homesick or are having a hard time living on their own,” Lehman said.

Adam Chow, junior health promotion and fitness major, came to Otterbein as a first-time student and left his sophomore year. However, he came back this year to finish his studies at Otterbein.

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Otterbein retention rates Freshman enrollment

Year one Year two

Difference Success rate

Autumn 2006

658

476

182

72.3%

Autumn 2007

632

472

160

74.7%

Autumn 2008

659

500

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75.9%

Autumn 2009

635

492

153

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“I left Otterbein because I wanted my major to be physical therapy and have it written on my degree that way,” Chow said. “Soon after I left I realized I had a better life at Otterbein and I missed my friends and the people who actually cared about me. I went through tough times and felt that I had to come back.”

According to a study conducted by Mark Schneider, vice president of the American Institutes for Research, a nonpartisan research group in Washington, D.C., Ohio is ranked 17th in the nation for second-year retention rates. In Ohio, 73.3 percent of first-year students continuing at their institution complete their second year.

Even though there has been an increase in retention rates, some departments have experienced a decrease in enrollment.

Lehman said the Department of Communication and the Department of Busi-

ness, Accounting and Economics have seen a decrease in enrollment.

“I know the communication and business field attract many undecided students who either end up staying in the field or moving elsewhere,” said Lehman. “The challenge is that 150 students go in undecided and wherever they go makes the big shifts.”

“We think part of the problem may be the economy, because students and parents are always concerned with what jobs are going to be there, and a lot of students are not aware of what a communications degree can give them,” said Jeff Demas, an associate professor for the Department of Communication and director of the television station.

Demas added, “We attract several undecided students, and that has been down since we came across the bridge. It’s no one’s fault, but it does make it more difficult for admissions to get people over

here if they are undecided because it adds another half hour to the tour. We have to make sure undecided students know we are here.”

The Office of Student Success has several new methods of reaching out to students who are at risk.

“We bring financial aid personnel in and see if we exhausted all options of help. If a student wants to change majors and their current adviser isn’t of much help, we try supplemental advising, where a student temporarily switches advisers who are in their field of interest and test it out,” said Lehman. “We also have peer students who are willing to help students connect with other students.”

The communication department also has several new plans and events coming up to retain more students. “So that’s part of our plan: to increase awareness of what this major provides and how important it is,” Demas said.

The business department was unavailable for comment.

Chow said that he recommends students to “appreciate what they have.”

“No matter where you are, it’s what you make of it, and that was my mistake.

I didn’t appreciate the things around me and didn’t take advantage of what I had,” Chow said. t&c

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Survivor tells tale of triumph Otterbein’s own Vicki Miller battled breast cancer in 2003, and shared with the T&C how she won the fight

BY LINDSEY HOBBS News Editor

“I kept thinking, ‘what did I do wrong?” said Vicki Miller, marketing coordinator for Otterbein’s Center for Continuing Studies.

This question replayed over and over in Miller’s mind around Christmas in 2003, when she received the shocking news that she had joined the average of 1 in 8 women, according to the American Cancer Society, who are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.

“They (doctors) determined that it was stage one invasive ductal carcinoma,” said Miller, whose doctors discovered a lump in her breast after she had a mammogram — an X-ray image used to find signs of breast cancer, such as tumors, even when they are in their earliest stages and cannot be felt.

“I remember being devastated,” Miller said. “It was just a shock because I was the first in my family to have breast cancer.”

According to the American Cancer Society, ductal carcinoma refers to abnormal cells that have grown inside the milk ducts of the breast.

Normally, ductal carcinoma is in situ, meaning in place, and not spreading, but it can become invasive and

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spread to nearby breast tissue and beyond.

Starting on Jan. 1, Miller underwent four rounds of chemotherapy and radiation to combat the spread of the cancer cells.

She was forced to take a threemonth leave of absence from her work at Otterbein to recover.

“The chemotherapy absolutely killed me,” she said. “I had probably every side effect you could get with it.” Miller said that her family and Bible study group supported her the most through all of her treatments.

“They (her Bible study group) put together a notebook of sayings, thoughts and prayers to take with me through chemotherapy,” Miller said.

“I was fortunate that it was caught early,” she said.

According to Miller, it was her doctor who pushed her to get treatments right away. “He

said there was no such thing as small cancer.”

After all of the sickness and side effects, however, Miller said she has been cancer free ever since.

Since she went into remission, Miller has participated in one Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, and during the month of October following her remission, Miller organized a campaign to raise money for the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research.

Miller had the opportunity to meet Spielman’s husband, Chris, who was an NFL player and Ohio State graduate. “He inspired me to bring awareness back to campus. I think we raised almost $1,000.”

Miller said that she campaigned to raise money for this organization because, to her, the research is the most important part of breast cancer awareness.

“I think research is where we’re gonna get the cures. We really need the science to find out what’s going on,” she said. Miller also supports the Stand Up to Cancer initiative because of its focus on research.

“They were pulling together some of the best minds, and I think that’s what we’ve got to do.

We’ve got to declare war on it,” she said.

Miller said that defensive measures must be taken, also.

“It’s become so pervasive with women of so many ages now, and men. It’s just everywhere,” she said. “For all women, just be on guard.

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A Girl Scout troop made the box shown above as gifts for breast cancer survivors.

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Mine was discovered at 50. You really need to be vigilant in your 40s and even your 30s.”

“It’s not pretty. It’s ugly.

It’s devastating.”

Vicki Miller, marketing coordinator Center for Continuing Studies According to Miller, her doctor told her that avoiding cigarettes and other tobacco products is a key measure in protecting herself from now on against returning breast cancer

or the appearance of cancer anywhere else.

“It’s a tough disease,” she said. “But I’m grateful for the way communities treat breast cancer now, or any cancer. Now there’s so much support, so much understanding.”

However, Miller also said that people should not forget the reason behind all the rallies and support initiatives.

“Behind all the pretty pink balloons and fundraising and events, there’s struggling women. It’s not pretty. It’s ugly.

It’s devastating,” Miller said.

She also said, though, that those who beat breast cancer should be nothing short of celebrated.

“Regardless of what you go through, just being a survivor is precious.” t&c

Quiz yourself Every woman is at risk for breast cancer. The disease doesn’t discriminate between young or old, wealthy or poor, educated or uneducated. And so far, it can’t be prevented or cured. To mark the month, test your knowledge with this cancer quiz.

Questions

1.True or false: A lump in your breast is definitely cancer.

2. What is the average age of breast cancer diagnosis?

A. 32 B. 42 C. 52 D. 62 3. When is the best time of the month for a premenopausal woman to check her breasts for lumps?

4. How often should a woman have a clinical breast exam conducted by a doctor or other health care provider?

5. True or false: Many biopsies turn out not to be cancer, so they are unnecessary.

Answers

1. False. Lumpy breasts are actually quite common, especially in younger women. About 80 percent of breast lumps are noncancerous, or benign.

2. D. The average age is 62.

3. The best time for a premenopausal woman to conduct a self exam is a week after her menstrual period.

4. A woman should have her breasts examined by her doctor at least once every three years after age 20, and once a year after 40.

5. False. A biopsy is the only way to determine for certain that a breast abnormality is not cancer. Biopsies are generally minor outpatient procedures and leave a small scar.

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Sorority makes strides for breast cancer

Ever since the death of adviser Marilyn E. Day to breast cancer in the ’90s, Otterbein University sorority Epsilon Kappa Tau has been raising money as well as awareness to contribute to the fight against the disease

BY JOSH ADKINS Staff Writer

The color pink. What comes to mind? “Pretty in Pink,” the Pink Panther, P!nk the singer, Nicki Minaj’s album “Pink Friday,” your Barbie doll’s pink convertible. If we haven’t forgotten and pop culture hasn’t totally muddled our priorities, most people also think of the pink breast cancer awareness ribbon.

Otterbein’s local chapter of Epsilon Kappa Tau (EKT) is one sorority that regards breast cancer awareness as its main focus of philanthropy. Incidentally, the Pink Panther is its mascot, along with its emblem colors of pink and white.

Since the death of EKT adviser Dr. Marilyn E. Day to breast cancer in the mid ’90s, the sorority has focused its community service efforts on this cause.

An award is also given out each year to an exiting senior in remembrance of Day. “The award is about service first and foremost. It’s given to a senior every year by the alumni chapter, and it’s usually given to the senior who’s done the most as far as serving the community and the organization,” said junior education major Kylie Cassidy.

Some members of EKT were attracted to the sorority simply because of its focus on breast cancer. Cassidy said, “I personally was drawn to it because of the philanthropy …

person is required to make adonation. Boydelatour raised $250 herself for the last Making Strides walk.

For the past two years, EKT has sold shirts that read “I ♥ Boobs” along with the sorority’s name and “Treasure Your Chest” on the back.

Occasionally throughout the year, EKT also sells small rubber ducks with the pink breast cancer ribbon on the front of them for $1 each in the Campus Center.

“The duck is something cute, cheap and a small reminder of breast cancer awareness that students, faculty and staff can afford,” Hanlin said.

Proceeds from these and the T-shirts go to the sorority’s general operating fund.

Last year, during the chapter’s formal recruitment community service round, it made pink friendship bracelets and cards with messages of hope and gave them to hospital patients fighting cancer.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY LIZ FRESHLEY “This is a disease that maybe SINGING SISTERS: Epsilon Kappa Tau sings to its homecoming queen representative, senior Heavenee Chandler, in our lifetime could be cured, at serenades. The sorority incorporated the theme of breast cancer awareness into the week’s activities. so ... we hope students will become inspired to remember My aunt fought breast cancer events held throughout Colum- complete shock … You can’t all those who have fought this and she survived, so it was bus, including the American even fathom how many people disease and all those who are something that’s really personal Cancer Society Making Strides are waiting there to go on the still struggling,” Hanlin said. for my family.”

Against Breast Cancer walk and walk. It’s really empowering.” t&c This year, EKT’s homethe Susan G. Komen Race for These walks are mandatory coming float placed second. the Cure. events for all of the Junior pre-vet major Stephanie “You get to walk next to sisters, and Abramczyk said it was excitpeople who have battled some- each ing because it helped raise thing so serious, and it can help awareness for ground you,” said Kayleigh the sorority’s Hanlin, senior public relations philanthropic major and EKT president. “It efforts. makes you realize any drama Each you’re going through is meanyear, EKT ingless.”

PHOTO BY KRISTEN SAPP parSenior chemistry major Anticipates in nie Boydelatour said, “I was in

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Epsilon Kappa Tau sold pink rubber ducks and “I ♥ Boobs” T-shirts to spread breast cancer awareness.

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Chris Thayer may seem like a quiet person, but when she does talk, she sounds like a grammatically correct Yoda.

The chocolate lover from Austin, Texas is currently a junior English and business double major with focuses on creative writing and marketing, respectively. She chose each major to fulfill a part of her upbringing and her creativity.

“I always thought that I would be a business major because there was always an emphasis to study something that would definitely lead me to getting employed after graduation,” Thayer said.

Thayer chose to also major in English because people she has admired have been English majors. “I wasn’t sure that it would really work out until I figured out how to stack classes and overload my schedule,” she said.

On the recommendation of her senior adviser in high school,

Thayer did some research on Otterbein. “That sense of an overwhelmingly open and loving community was exactly what I was looking for, and I knew I’d found a place where I would fit in and do well.”

While Thayer values the people in her life highly, there is one thing that she can’t be without: her laptop. “It has all my music, photos and documents. I’d be lost without it.”

Thayer is the treasurer and secretary of the Gamers’ Guild.

She sometimes goes beyond her duties because both the president and vice president live off campus and have full-time jobs.

She sends e-mail updates to the members each week highlighting the club’s upcoming activities, meetings and other game-related occurrences on campus.

She has also organized and promoted numerous events, including maintaining the Guild’s bulletin board in the Campus Center, designing its homecoming banner and organizing a gaming bazaar coming in November.

Along with her 22-credithour double major workload, Thayer has a job at the writing center, participates in the Honors Program and has just started research for her senior honors thesis. She also tries to maintain a social life by assisting friends with projects and presenting at anime conventions, where she co-presents several panels on horror, a genre connected to her thesis.

Thayer’s passion for gaming goes beyond the basics of the game. She enjoys what each type of game can do for her personally and creatively.

“What I get from gaming depends on the game in question. From some video games, like ‘Oblivion,’ I get a chance to explore an alternate world, learn more about it, exercise my creativity and interact with it in a meaningful way … When (playing role-playing games) I get to spend time with my friends engaged in collaborative storytelling, which satisfies my innate desire to create.” t&c

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arts & entertainment

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▪ Last day to drop a class (“W” on transcript)

Wednesday 3

National Events

Thursday 4 Campus Events

▪2010 U.S. midterm elections

▪ “Wild Party” 7:30 p.m.

Pit Theatre Campus Center

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▪ Reba McEntire “All The Woman I Am” ◄ ◄ ◄ ◄ ▪Underoath “Disambiguation”

▪ LeAnn Rimes 7:30 p.m.

Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts

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EXAMS

▪ CPB late-night breakfast 9 p.m.

Campus Center

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▪ CPB and Greek Life bingo 6 p.m.

Campus Center

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“Unstoppable” “Morning Glory”

▪ Lee DeWyze “Live It Up” ▪Rihanna “Loud”

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Columbus Events ▪ “Cats” 2 p.m.

Palace Theatre

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▪ First day of winter break

Thanksgiving

25 30 Music Releases

▪ Soulja Boy “The DeAndre Way” ▪ Black Eyed Peas “The Beginning” ◄◄◄◄

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Information compiled by Josh Adkins and Shannon Snodgrass.

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Men’s soccer

Women’s soccer

sports

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Wilmington 0 Otterbein 2 OU: Herold, Knox goal

Wilmington 0 Otterbein 0 OU: Ripma 7 saves

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7-7-3 (3-3-2) 15-0-1 (8-0) OU: Carter 3 saves

3-10-4 (1-6-1) 3-13-2 (1-5-2)

Rough play stirs debate Players and coaches agree: Physicality is the nature of the game If a concussion epidemic is sweeping across football this year, week six of the 2010 NFL season will be remembered as the week the red flag went up — the giant, screaming, flaming red flag.

BW3’s bar looked more like several networks AUSTIN airing their WALSH latest episode of “jacked up” rather than DIRECTV®’s NFL Sunday Ticket.

Since then, blogs and radio talk shows have been flooded with people sharing their two cents about player safety in the NFL. And after browsing through pointless perspectives from fans that never played football (most of my thoughts on the situation fall under this self-made category), I began to read and listen to opinions of players and coaches only.

Since ESPN and sportingnews.com failed to ask the Otterbein football program what they thought, I decided to find out myself.

“I think when you start monkeying with it, you can hit this, hit that, you’re going to dilute the sport,” said defensive line and special teams coach Bill Livingston. “It’s a violent sport. Violent things are going to happen. If we weren’t allowed to hit, they wouldn’t give us a helmet.”

While Livingston expressed his concern about players’ safety, his opinion was strong, as was his theory on why the majority of concussions occur.

“The bottom line is this: Kids now are influenced by YouTube, the Internet and replays on ESPN. They want to go out and make the big hit,” he said.

“Anything other than tackling the ball carrier or wide receiver … you are rolling the dice. It has nothing to do with technique; it’s trying to make the big hits.”

Standout junior rover back Dominic Jones, who transitioned

to defense in high school not only because of an opportunity to start, but the longevity of playing corner as opposed to receiver, credited the athleticism of the game for the unfortunate injuries.

“There are so many splitsecond decisions,” he said. “With the speed of the game and how you have to react, it’s hard to stay away from (big hits). Players are bigger, stronger and faster than they used to be; it’s force against force.”

In an effort to recognize and prevent further injuries, Otterbein’s football team, along with other teams on campus, have

been using the ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) system.

According to impacttest.com, it is the first, most widely used and most scientifically validated computerized concussion evaluation system.

The 20-minute test requires players to rate their symptoms before completing a series of activities that test mostly memory.

“We do a good bit of education and the coaches teach technique … head up, see what you hit … minimize head contact,” said Otterbein’s assistant athletic trainer Joe Wilkins.

But come game day, education, awareness and coaching can only do so much.

“A lot of times, players don’t know whether it’s a concussion or if you just got dinged up,” Jones said. “It doesn’t matter what division it is, it’s a prideful thing. And who wants to get taken out of a game with a concussion?”

Current Miami Dolphin Channing Crowder told reporters that football overprotects offensive players by enforcing fines and even suspensions for head-to-head hits, and Jones agreed with him to an extent.

“I think it’s pretty easy to tell if someone is trying to hurt someone or if it’s just a good hit,” Livingston said. t&c AUSTIN WALSH IS A JUNIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR AND IS THE SPORTS EDITOR FOR THE t&c.

PHOTO BY KRISTEN SAPP

PART OF THE GAME:

Dominic Jones, who leads the Cards with 54 tackles, said every player realizes the natural risks of the sport. thursday, oct. 28, 2010| vol. 92, issue 7

sports

On the field, off the field Name: Chris Fyock High school: Normandy

Year: senior Major: allied health Favorite class:

exercise physiology

Favorite athlete:

Steve Prefontaine

Favorite movie: “Brüno” Best cross country memory at Otterbein:

The regional meet we hosted my sophomore year.

PHOTO BY JAYME DETWEILER AND INFORMATION COMPILED BY AUSTIN WALSH

Cardinals look to cash in

Otterbein to run on home course with conference title on the line

BY AUSTIN WALSH AND LINDSAY VILGA SPORTS EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER

The Otterbein Cardinals will host the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship this Saturday, Oct. 30.

Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams have had a week off from competition and are prepared to succeed in this weekend’s race.

In the previous meet held at Wilmington, the men’s team placed eighth out of 28 teams, with four personal bests set out of the team’s top five runners.

The Lady Cardinals finished third out of 31 teams and had five runners place in the top 35.

Baldwin-Wallace will be the returning women’s OAC champions, having taken home the 2009 women’s title.

Volleyball voices support Volleyball continues to succeed on the court, contribute off of it

BY JOSH OVERHOLSER Staff Writer

Over 238 colleges and 586 high schools have hosted Dig Pink events this year, helping As October draws to a close, the Side-Out Foundation raise so does breast cancer awareness $279,127 for various cancer month. treatment and research organizaEarlier this month on Oct. tions.

19, the Lady Cardinal volleyball Not only are the Cardinals team may have been competing proud of their efforts against against the Marietta Pioneers breast cancer and for raising on the court, but the two teams awareness with their event, they worked together to compete are also proud of their team’s against breast cancer. on-the-court efforts.

High schools and colThey currently stand 23-5 leges throughout the country are overall and 7-1 in Ohio Athletic working with organizations such Conference (OAC) play. as Dig Pink and Volley for the Their lone conference loss Cure to raise money and awarecame against Heidelberg (9-0 ness to help fight breast cancer.

OAC, 25-4 overall), who seSophomore Ally Nagle said cured the regular season OAC the Dig Pink event hosted by title Tuesday by defeating Ohio Otterbein is “a great way for all Northern in four matches. the teams to stand together and “We have two upcoming show support to fight against matches that will be difficult, and cancer.” our goal is to finish the season “It’s a great cause and was with just the one conference really fun to be a part of. Breast loss,” Nagle said. cancer is something that affects Russell and Nagle both ateveryone in one way or another, tribute Otterbein’s improving rewith friends or family members,” cords over the past four seasons junior Lindsey Russell said. to coaching and teamwork. thursday, oct. 28, 2010 | vol. 92, issue 7

“We have a great assistant coach, and (head) coach McDonald has done a great job of recruiting,” said Nagle. “We’ve all bought into Coach’s plan and get along really well.”

“We’ve gained a ton of experience, and we’ve really grown together as a team,” said Russell.

The team hopes that all of these factors will help them win the OAC tournament and do well in the NCAA tournament as well.

While the overall preparation for tournament games remains similar to a regular season game, the players admit that they do enter the game with a slightly different mindset.

“It’s a little more serious, and we look at it more competitively,” Russell said.

“I look at it a little differently because there is more pressure,” Nagle said, “but I like the pressure. It pushes me harder, knowing that if you have one loss, you are done.”

The OAC tournament begins Tuesday, Nov. 2. t&c

Last year’s men’s title was won

by Heidelberg University.

With that being said, Otterbein will return top runners from both squads as both teams look to improve on their fourth place finishes from last year.

“We’ve been working really hard ... we have never won an OAC Championship.”

Andie Pautsch, senior Junior Tim Williard said having returning runners has helped.

“Besides our three returning runners, the rest of the top five is made up of freshmen.”

“We’re going to give it everything we got,” he said. “Finishing in the top three is our main goal, but we have an outside chance of winning it.”

The men’s team will return with runners Matt Dixon and Chris Fyock, along with Williard.

For the women, All-OAC performers Andie Pautsch and Nicole Elliott will be back.

“We have been working really hard,” Pautsch said. “We’ve never won an OAC Championship on the women’s side of cross country before.”

In order to stay on track during the race, both teams will be keeping an eye on other teams.

“For our conference meets we try to stay with Ohio Northern and Baldwin-Wallace,” Pautsch said.

“We know we have to stay with certain runners to win,” Williard said. t&c

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homecoming

FOREVER TAN AND CARDINAL:

The 2010 homecoming weekend was packed with events, including the parade, halftime performances and the winning football game against Muskingum. Drea Blaine and Nikolai Rivas were crowned queen and king and Sigma Alpha Tau won the float contest.

PHOTOS BY JAYME DETWEILER AND KRISTEN SAPP

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