A $250.000 plan to repair the roof of the Rike Physical Education Center by constructing a new synthetic cover was approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees at their Jan. 23 meeting.
The plan calls for a pliable, rubberlike material known as "hypalon" to be placed directly onto the existing roof, according to John Wathen, director of Otterbein's physical plant.
The current roof is developing cracks and deteriorating because of several weaknesses in the original design of the structure, said Wathen.
The present structure (see diagram) is made up of two network layers of steel beams, which are welded together. Above the steel is an organic substance known as tectum, which is approximately two inches deep.
Attached to the tectum is a threefourth inch layer of synthetic foam. The foam and tectum are nailed to the steel network at 30 inch intervals with a special type of fastener developed by the manufacturer for this type of roof, according to Wathen.
Covering the layer offoamis a layer of tar paper which was simply laid on top the substance because it was impossible to attach anything into the foam and tectum, continued Wathen.
This layer of tar paper was ''mopped" with asphalt, explained Wathen. Another layer of paper was added, and the process continued so there are currently three such layers.
The first problem in the roof structure is found in this tar and asphalt level which is "flowing and slipping" down the dome, according to Wathen.
"The loose layer of tar paper on top of the tectum was one inherent weakness in the original structure, but apparently there was no other way to put this on," said Wathen. Wathen was not employed by Otterbein when the Rike Center was constructed.
The final outside layer of the Rike
Center originally included marble chips embedded in the asphalt, along with others which were simply loosely laid onto the asphalt, said Wathen.
Wathen added the marble chips were used to hold down the roof and protect the asphalt from ultra-violet rays, which cause drying and cracking in that layer.
A weakness developed in the first year or two after construction, said Wathen. The weight of the rocks accelerated the slide of the roof and had to be removed, leaving the roof exposed to ultra-violet rays.
"Obviously, the rocks weren't terribly important in holding down the roof or it would have blown away a long time ago," said Wathen, "but it has been sitting there for five or six yeats without protection from ultraviolet rays."
"We're getting great, long cracks around the west door, weight room, offices and other areas, and we've already had leakage problems," said Wathen.
Wathen said it was important to make the roof waterproof soon. because the tectum will rapidly deteriorate if it is exposed to water repeatedly.
"I don't think we can afford to take the chance of the tectum being exposed. if we have to replace the entire tectum deck it will cost around $750, 000." said Wathen.
Wathen said hypalon was chosen over two other similar substances because of its resistance to ultraviolet rays, and because of a guarantee from the company which manufactures the fasteners for the material. This guarantee is the only one of its kind in the market, explained Wathen.
"This was the first proposal to put a roof on the Rike which really addressed all the known problems with the roof," said Wathen.
Wathen added bids for the job are
Rike Center Roof Diagram
currently being taken and a decision about the contract bill will be made at the end of February.
Financing the project
The approved plan has an estimated cost of $250,000, to be financed over a period of four consecutive years, partially through existing funds, and partially through borrowing, according to Woodrow Macke, Vice-president of Business Affairs.
Macke said $125,000 had been set aside in the facilities budget for Rike roof repair long before the final decision was made.
Macke said when the budget was made out the prospect of doing something to repair the structure was given first priority. then it was up to the trustees to decide the exact course of action.
According to Macke, Otterbein will borrow $50,000 next year and in 1984, and $40,000 the fourth year. Macke was uncertain about whether the borrowing would be done internally or from the bank, although he did mention a "movement among the trustees to borrow from the bank."
"Frankly, we went into the meeting
with the idea of not doing the whole thing this year," said Macke. "I thought we might do a half or two-thirds this year and the rest later."
"We told the trustees about this and they most definitely and emphatically said to do it all this year to prevent further damage and cost in the future," Macke continued.
Macke added hypalon was looked at when the building was originally built, but the technology was new and made the material extremely expensive
"When we put the roof on, we saw there might be problems with it it can slide, stretch. or crack," said Macke. "We looked at the other alternatives- at that time we looked at hypalon, but it was even more expensive than a metal roof and the metal was $185.000 more than the current roof."
President Thomas J. Kerr IV said he felt "it was the best thing to do." Kerr added, "It was neither the least expensive short term patch idea, nor the most expensive alternative of replacing the roof entirely with metal. It was a good decision."
Miscommunication slows Kappa Phi house repairs
By Pam Clay
A misunderstanding of the rental agreement between Otterbein College and people living in college-owned housing may be the reason some repairs are not being completed by the service department, according to John Wathen, head of the Service Department.
For example, Kappa Phi Omega sorority is still waiting to get some repairs done to their house that were to be completed some time ago. These repairs include mending the carpet on the second floor of the sorority house and installing fire extinguishers and smoke alarms to bring the house up to standard fire and safety codes.
The carpeting repairman for the college was supposed to come two weeks ago. according to Wathen, but was unable to come to do the repairs because of a limited time schedule.
Wathen said the college is not responsible for installing the fire extinguishers and smoke alarms. "This comes under city Jaw and is well out-
side what the college says," said Wathen. Fire inspections are conducted by the city under the state fire code. Anything the inspection turns up is the tenants' responsibility to correct unless it is a basic problem requiring correction. Then the college is responsible for doing the repairs, he said.
The rental agreement states any repairs needed that are recommended from sources outside of the college are the responsibility of the tenants to correct. Wathen says this has been a basic problem recently and a common misunderstanding in the agreement.
Wathen held a meeting at the beginning of the year with the sororities' and fraternities' house managers. He discussed how to get maintenance and what the college is responsible for repairing and what the tenants are responsible for repairing. Wathen says he really has not had any problems since the meeting, but he said sometimes people forget and feel the college should correct the deficiencies.
Poet Stephen Dunn read his poetry Monday to a large audience of about 110 in Battelle Fme Arts Center for the Winter installment of the p t
present. ( Photo by Scott Heffelfinger)
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Judicial Council positions give challenge to students
The Judicial Council consists of
Editor's Note: The following is part three faculty members and four stu of a series of articles presented by the dents. Two of the faculty members and Tan and Cardinal to help prepare our two of the students are elected in odd readers for the upcoming senate elections in April. Each week a standing numbered years. committee of the Senate is being high Pelan said complaints concerning lighted in the hope that better under infractions of college regulations are standing of the governance system will filed in the Student Personnel office. lead to better participation in that Student Personnel then refers the comsystem by students and faculty. plaints, along with recommendations for the action to be taken, to the Judicial Council.
By Rhonda Fulton Pelan
explained the main func
On Wednesday, April 14 the Col tion of the Judicial Council is to hear lege Senate will elect one faculty mem the cases and hand down the approber and two students to serve on the priate penalties. She also said a majorJudicial Council. ity vote is needed before a penalty can
According to Molly Pelan, chair be issued. So far this year, all of the man of the Judicial Council, a per decisions for penalties except one have son may be elected to a one or a two been unanimous. year term. However, no one may be Pelan stated the cases that have elected for more than four consecu been dealt with so far this year intive years. clude alcohol and visitation viola
Petitions for the Judicial Council tions, theft, illegal use and possession may be obtained in the Campus Center of drugs and drug paraphernalia, imoffice on Feb. 22 and must be returned proper use of fire extinguishers and by 4:00 p.m. on March 5. fire alarms, disorderly conduct, illegal use and possession of fire
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Due to the three day weekend, the Library will be open Saturday from Stress Management Workshop 10-5, however the LRC will be closed. A Stress Management workshop Sunday, both will be closed. Monday will be held in the Campus Center the Library will reopen from 2-10. tonight from 7:30 to 9:00.
Horovitz Play To Be Bowling Team Debut
Presented in CC
The Otterbein Women's Intercol
The one-act play by Isreal Horovitz legiate Bowling team will be bowling "It's Called the Sugar Plumb" will be at Capital Tuesday, February 16, at presented in the Campus Center Arena 3 p.m. Theatre at 4:00 p m. Friday, February 12.
The production is an Independent Project for Otterbein student Bruce Marvin, who is directing the play. The two actors for the play are Les Epstein and Bethany Bohall.
Senior Picture Deadline
Seniors who want their picture to appear in the 1981-82 Sybil must contact Ralphoto Studios within the next week.
The 1981-82 Sybil will be on sale again later this month. The cost is$ I0 and it is free to seniors.
There is also a limited number of 1980-81 Sybils left for sale. Contact the Sybil office if anyone is interested in purchasing the yearbook.
CPB Plans Parents Day
The Campus Programming Board (CPB) is currently working on plans for Parents Day to be held Saturday, Feb. 27. Parents Day is basically a time when parents can return to campus and learn more about what life is like at Otterbein, and what their son or daughter is involved in, according to Mary Pembroke, advisor to CPB. Q-FM-96 DJs at Cowan Tonight
Everyone is invited to come to Cowan Hall (room 3) at 6:30 p.m. tonight to meet Pat and Fran, Tim Smith, Mike Eiland, Russell Carey, and several others from Ohio's Best Rock, Q-FM-96.
Campus Center Movies
Have nothing to do this weekend? Come to the Campus Center Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night and see John Belushi in Animal House, together with An American Werewolf in London. Starts at 7 p.m. each night.
crackers, multiple offenses, and re lf an appeal is made, all of the penferrals from the Traffic Council. alites will be suspended until the Ap
The Judicial Council has had fewer peals Council has reviewed the case cases than normal this year. Pelan said and made a decision. this is because this year many first Pelan said, "The Judicial Council offenses are hand.led by the Residence · is a challenging council to serve on." Hall Judicial Boards. She also said it's a difficult council for
She also said, "A student can only a student to be on. Many times a counbe represented by a member of Otter cil member either knows or is friends bein's community. No outside lawyers with a defendant. "It's a tough posiare allowed to represent a student at tion to be in," she admitted. a hearing."
However, Pelon believes serving on Pelon explained that only persons the Judicial Council provides a good that are called to appear at Judicial learning experience for a student. Council can attend the hearings. This Pelon also explained that if a counalleviates the chance of unexpected cil member feels that he may be biased disruptions and maintains con in a particular case, he is allowed to fidentiality, said Pellon. excuse himself from the case.
The Judicial Council has the Unless no cases have been schedauthority to suspend or dismiss a stu uled, the Judicial Council meets at dent from the college. However, the 4:00 p.m. in the data processing room accused may make an appeal to the in Towers Hall every Tuesday. Appeals Council. An appeal must be The current members of the Judicial in writing, and it must state the reasons Council include Dr. James Bailey, Dr. for the appeal. The appeal must be Michael Haberkorn, Dr. Paul Redditt, sent to the Appeals Council within 48 Jim Black, LaDonna Brevard, and hours of notification of punishment. Carolyn Shay.
Cards by-pass Mt. Union, Marietta; drop Central
By Joy Grandstaff
Otterbein did manage to come back Susan Ogier and Martha Milligan
The Otterbein Women's Basketball to a nine pomt deficit in the second lead the board effort for the Cards with M1lhgan also lead the team in reteam won two of their last three games half, but still ended the game down by 7 rebounds a piece bounds with an outstanding 13. to boost their record to 9-9. The Cards 17 with a fmal score of 82-65. The Cards parents went home Fri- I felt the Mount Vernon game said defeated Marietta, 78-68, Mount Ver- "The fact that Central State shot day night after the close win over a lot for the team's composure," said non azarene, 76-71, and lost to Cen- 54% from the field to our 41 % from the Mount Vernon Nazarene College with Riddle. tral State, 82-65. field tells the whole story," commented a few more gray hairs. The Cards de- Pnor to the Mount Vernon game,
In the Central State game Tuesday Coach Amy Riddle after the game. feated the Tigers 76-71 in their Par- the Cards traveled to Marietta on night, the Cards started off slow with- "Our shooting was off, our passing ent's Night competition. Thursdayand came home with a sound out sconng until 15 mmutes remamed was off and our ball handling was off," The Cards stayed ahead early in victory of of 78-68. in the first half and Central State was said Riddle. "We just played a funda- the first half and were up 24-10 with Marietta was a scrappy team," up by eight. mentally poor game." six mmutes remaining. said Riddle. "We really didn't start They continued to fall behind and· The Cards had only one player in By the end of the first half, the playing our gam_e until only eight were down by 16attheendofthefirst double scoring figures for the con- Tigers were able to lessen the gap to minutes were left in the game." half, 45-29. test with Vicki Hartsough's 22 points brmg the score 34-27, Otterbein. Vicki Hartsough lead the offense
The Tigers contmued their drive with 25 pomts followed by Deb Trager until they had gone ahead of the Cards wi th 12. 45-34 with 14 minutes remaining in the "It took a while for Vicki to warm game. up, but once she did, she couldn't
The Cards managed to work their miss ," said Riddle. way_to a tie at 59 all with six minutes Hartsough also lead in rebounds left in the ballgame The Cards then with 15. Kay Lucas and Carolyn Barndropped down to a four point deficit hill followed with 11 bounds. "Kay and and_ then regrouped to tie the Tigers Carolyn did a nice job getting the reagain at 63 all with 5 minutes left in bounds to the outlet," according to the game Riddle.
The Cards then got hot and were The Cards were up at the end of the able to score twelve unanswered points first half by four, 37-33. The Cards to wm the game 76-7 1. held the lead throughout the second Martha Milligan, a 6'2" junior from half to end the game, 78-68. Whetstone, lead the offensive attack The Cards take on Denison U niverfor the Cards with 24 points "Martha sity tonight in the Rike at 7 p.m. was the deciding factor of the game," The Cards travel to Baldwin-Wallace said Riddle. "She was Jo for J l at the on Saturday to play prior to the men's foul line and played aggressive de- basketball game at 4:45. "We want to fense." Twenty four points is a career do our part to bring home a double high for Milligan victory for Otterbein," said Riddle
Kathy Cole also contributed to the The Cards return home Tuesday score with 18 points, six in the last 45 mght to take on Muskingum at 7 p.m. seconds of the game.
Vicki Hartsough goes up for two in the Cards' come-back win Friday night over Mt. Vernon Nazarene College, 76-71. The Cards are in action t · ht tD Ri omg agams emson m the 1ke at 7 p.m. (Photo 1 . · ' Karen Medicus)
Cardinals defeat Kenyon, upset by Wooster
By Dave Graham
Last week Otterbein's Cardinals saw basketball from both ends of the spectrum.
On Feb. 3 the Cards bree7ed by the Kenyon Lords 88-67 but then went on the road only to be upset by a fired up Wooster team 65-53.
OC is now 15-5 on the year and dropped to 7-2 in the Ohio Conference, tied with Ohio Northern, Wittenberg, and Baldwin-Wallace for the conference lead.
At Wooster. the Cardinals ran into the league's number two defense, that coupled with a poor shooting night spelled out doom for Otterbein.
"We did not attack the zone (defense) aggressively." said Card coach Dick Reynolds of the team's shooting performance. "We got beat by the zone and we should not get beat by the zone. Our shooters are too good for that," he added
For the game Otterbein shot just 43 percent making only 24 of 56 attempts. Wooster made 23 of 43 from the field for 56 percent.
The first half of the game featured the Scots slowing down the action and working for the high percentage shot on offense.
OC got its only lead of the evening when Ron Stewart hit a jumper to give the Cards a 16-15 lead with 3:27 left in the first half. The lead did not last however, as Wooster came back with a pair of buckets.
Otterbein Center John Denen canned a baseline jumper to bring Otterbein within a point at halftime. 19-18.
Stewart. the OAC's leading scorer. was tagged with his third foul with still over eight minutes remaining in the first twenty minutes. hampering his aggressiveness. according to Reynolds.
Wooster opened the second half by building a six point lead at 32-26 with 12:09 left in the game. The Scots did not let Otterbein get the lead under six the remainder of the game.
"Every time we got some momentum going it seemed they came up with a three-point play," said Reynolds.
· Wooster soon built the lead to ten points and OC was forced to insert a full court press to force turnovers. Instead of turnovers, the Cardinal press resulted in several Scot layups. In the second half Wooster made 16 shots from the field, 12 of them were lay-ups.
Wooster won the game at the foul line where they converted 19 of 24 free throws while Otterbein went to the line only five times, making all of them.
"We got beat at .the foul line," said Reynolds. "We didn't get to the line as much as we needed to win."
The tenth-year coach added. "We had no second shots, no inside game. and did not shoot the ball well from the outside. We did not play a good game."
Dino Guanciale lead the Cardinal scorers with 18 points as Stewart ended the game with 15.
Wooster was led by Jesse Smith's 19 points. Chris Thomas had 16 while Lee Svete added 11.
Thomas led the Scot rebounding effort with IO as Wooster out rebounded the Cards 28 to 14. Denen and Carl Weaver each had four for oc.
Against Kenyon Otterb_ein started the 88 67 out fast and did not let up 1nrout. · h 27 Stewart lead all scorers with points as Guanciale added 1_9. Kenyon's Gary Reinke had 17 points. The Cards shot well from th e field hitting 37 of their• 61 shots for 61 percent. The Lords made 27 of 59 shots for 46 percent.
WOOSTER - 65 Thomas 5-6-16: Smith 9-1-19: Svete 3-5-11 : Beal 2-4-8: Newbill 1-0-2: Short 3-3-9.
OTTERBEIN - 53 Guanciale 8-2-18: Kessler 3-0-6: Dencn 4-0-8: Johnston 1-2-4: Stewart 7-1-15: "Weaver" Keiser Keiser 0-0-0: Hartman 0-0-0. Mc Donald 0-0-0 Halftime - Wooster 19 Ott. 18
OTTERBEIN - 88 Guanciale 6-7-18:
Good attitude is asset to OC men's track team
By Dave Graham
With the Otterbein relays over, the countdown to the Ohio Conference indoor championships is underway for the OC track team and things are looking "better than expected," according to head coach Porter Miller.
The final results of the relays held Feb. 6 which was not scored as a meet, had Baldwin-Wallace with five first place finishes, Otterbein with four, Mount Union and Ohio Wesleyan with two apiece and Ohio Northern with one.
"I think we are closer to B-W and Mount (Union) right now than I originally thought a week ago," said Miller:"The great part about the team right now is the attitude. It is super and the guys are working real hard."
Senior Steve Farkas was the Cardinals' only individual winner when he swept through the 50 yard high hurdles in 6.5 seconds, only a tenth of a second off the school record.
Eric Anderson had a career best in the shot put with a 47 foot 2¼ inch heave in helping the shot put relay squad to place first. John Divine and Jim Puckett contributed the remaining puts for the winning total.
The distance medley team of John McKenzie, John Espinosa, Hal Hopkins and Mark Burns also placed first with a time of 10:34.2 under half a second ahead of the Ohio Wesleyan quartet.
The 4 mile relay was the final Card winner of the afternoon when Rob Rose, Hopkins, Scott Burns, and Mark Burns broke the tape in 17:50.3.
Miller was also pleased with the effort put forth by the Otterbein pole vaulters who captured second, fourth and fifth places. Jim Smith was the leading Card vaulter at 13 feet-6 inches. Scott Duncan and Ty Harris both cleared 13 feet.
Smith, along with shot putters Anderson, Divine and Puckett have all qualified for the outdoor conference championships later this spring.
Miller, who had been worried about the sprinting events, was pleased with the progress in this area as the sprint medly team of Farkas, Don Moore, Brent Hauck, and Mike Ginn· laced
second to Baldwin-Wallace with a time of 3:48.2. "We did well in the sprints added Miller.
The Cardinals host another meet Friday night at the Rike Center when Wooster, Wittenberg and Ohio Northern visit Westerville.
Senior Steve Farkas strides over a hurdle on his way to first place in the 50 yard high hurdles in Saturday's Otterbein Relays. Otterbein fared well in the unscored meet with four first place finishes, second only to Baldwin-Wallace's five. (Photo by Jeff Boehm)
