Declining enrollment is not evident at Otterbein, according to Bob Gatti, Dean for Student Development.
The closing of King Hall mainly affects juniors at OC by allowing more students to move off campus. This year, 24 juniors will live off campus in apartments, according to Gatti.
Living off campus differs from. commuting in that commuters live with relatives and off-campus students live in apartments. The percentages of commuters has not changed appreciably for the past several years. According to Gatti, 25 percent of OC students in 1982 were commuters, while in 1979 24 percent were commuters, in 1982, 12 percent of the students lived off-campus-an increase of 4.8 percent over l 979's 7 .2 percent.
Women honored as outstanding
By Sandy Ramey
Approximately 55 outstanding young Otterbein women gathered Wednesday night, May 18, for the first Women's Support Group "Outstanding Young Women Seminar."
Sponsored by Otterbein's Women's Support Group, the idea came about after Dr. Marilyn Day and Dean Joanne Vansant attended a similar seminar for outstanding young high school women, said Dr. Alison Prindle, chairwoman for the event's planning committee.
"It sounded exciting to me, and all three of us began to see the possibilities for doing a similar thing at Otterbein," said Prindle. "The Women's Support Group got interested and volunteered to be the facilitators for the event," she said.
The seminar was designed to " recognize outstanding sophomore and junior women, and to give them a forum for thinking and talking about their own growth and development," said Prindle, adding, "Such awareness allows the individual to see her needs, goals, and values more clearly, and we think such insight helps all of us make decisions for our future."
The students were nominated by faculty members on the basis of academic excellence and potential for personal growth, according to Prindle.
The program consisted of six sections, beginning with the women filling out questionnaires on ihe topics then discussing them in groups of about seven students and two fac.ulty or staff women. Topics covered were: Growth Means Change, Past Experiences, Transition Periods, Roles, Career Choice, and Career Paths.
"I was fascinated and impressed to hear Otterbein women talking about their lives," said Prindle. "I found it very exciting to share and exchange experiences," she explained.
The Women's Support Group found their new venture successful, and, according to Prindle, they plan to hold a second seminar in May of 1984, perhaps making it an annual event.
The increase in off-campus students was the choice of the college, and with King Hall closed, even more students will be able to move off campus.
Another major area where students live off campus is fraternity and sorority houses. Before 1971, there were· no Greek houses. Now, almost every Greek organization has a house. In 1982, 9 .4 percent of OC students lived in Greek houses where as in 1979, 9.2 percent lived there, added Gatti.
For these three reasons, King Hall was not an absolute necessity. That, plus the quarter-million dollar renova-
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tions needed at King, made the decision a feasible one.
As the figures indicated, very little change in the percentage of commuters has occured. Gatti does not "believe we are moving to a commuter campus." William Stahler, dean of admissions, differs only slightly from Gatti's position. "The trend toward commuting bas been established statewide and will continue," said Stahler.
He clarifies that by adding, "over the long run, the next ten years, the number of high school graduates will decrease by 30 percent in the state of Ohio." within
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Otterbein is losing English instructor duo next year. Douglas and CecileGray are moving up the road to the Pontifical College Josephinum. Page
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In addition to the decrease in high school graduates, the growth of suburbs, for example Westerville, and Dublin, encourages commuting. It is debatable, he added, whether the commuter students save money by commuting over the residence hall student. Overall, the closing of King affects those students wishing to live off campus. As Gatti said, "It is important to give our students a choice of where to live."
ADMISSIONS
REPORT s OF MA\ 6, 1983 ur 1983. (,
Host and Tour selects new staff for .campus tours
Thirty-five students have been named to the 1983-84 Host and Tour staff.
Cyndi Shover, a sophomore from Powell, Ohio will serve as student coordinator for the group next year. Her duties will include scheduling tours of prospective students and coordinating times for tours with the tour guides and faculty members.
Dan Pohl, admissions counselor and adviser of Host and Tour, said the 34 tour guides will go through a training period the first couple of weeks of fall term. The training period will begin with a dinner to introduce the new members to the old, set up schedules, and schedule practice tours; Pohl said.
The tour guides are required to go on two practice tours before giving an actual tour to a prospective student. The first tour is given by a returning staff member so the new tour guides can observe and learn the ropes, according to Pohl. The second tour is given by the guide with Pohl or a returning tour guide asking various questions that a prospective student and his or her parents may ask, teaching the new guide how to respond to certain situations.
Tour guides for 1983-84 are: Regina Anderson, Paul Barnes, Carl Bates, Bill Benninghofe, Delisa Buckingham, Beth Croxton, Dave DeCooman, Martha Dunphy, Traci Elderton, Joanna Fabian, Jean Faulkner, Jeff Gale, Sherri Goebel, Mike Hitt, Wendy Jacoby, Judy Jenkins, Shonda Keckley Jeff Kin, Jerry Marks, Paula Mathieu, Diana Myers, Dondi Pangalangan, Nancy Ray, Todd Reagan, Joel Riley, Paul Roman, Kathy Ruehle, Greg Speyer, Selena Swisher, Patty Webb, Dan Welsh, Kim Whitmore, Melissa Wise, and Susan Wright.
Seniors reflect on ast and look to the future
Tim Kieffer (left)
"I feel anxious. My time at Otterbein was great, but I gotta get away!"
Julie Brown (below)
"I'm ready! I want to get out of here bad, but I know I'llmiss it"
Stephanie J effer "I want John ba good to me, I just ho
Rob Ebert (right)
"I'm excited. I plan to head for the mountains and ponder life's questions."
Cathy Ferguson (below)
"Get me out of here! I've got so much work and not enough time to do
Mark Kelly (above)
"I'm glad I'm going to Florida. I'm going to party every night until then."
Scott Inskeep (left)
"I'm looking forward to paying back my loan without a job."
Joe Benson (right)
"I will miss Lisa Stackhouse."
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Sandra Atere-Roberts (above) . "I want to graduate. but I hate to leave. I'll really miss Otterbein."
Mark Davis (above) "It was fun while it lasted. Th~ Freak Party must go on."
Dear Editor:
I would like to compliment the Otterbein College community for its demonstrated honesty. Several weeks ago when my children were with me on campus, l accidentally left my car door open and my purse and checkbook on top of my car which was parked in the Towers Hall parking lot. When l came back three hours later, all my pos
sessions were intact - pocketbook,
checkbook, identification, money, etc.
J Thank you. I don't know of any
other community in which such care-
lessness would be possible without
negative consequences. I shouldn't
have forgotten those very important
items; however since I did, I am grate
ful I was at Otterbein.
·In rn Th Limelight
By Charlotte Latvala
When I saw Jeff Lynne's name on the album credits for Dave Edmunds' new album, I winced. Lynne, founder of the misguided conglomeration of the seventies, the Electric Light Orchestra, plays bass and sythesizer on " Information," as well as producing two tracks. What could a man who had the pretension to try to wed classical music with rock music add to Dave Edmunds ' rock a billy / country / Everly Brothers sound?
The first listen to the record revealed more s ynthesizer gloss and electronic doodlings than on previous Edmunds' outi ngs. However, these are not as object i onable as they first
Reviewer likes Edmund's addition
seemed, taking a back seat to Edrounds' unmistakable Welsh whine. Rather than changing his style, he is merely adding something new-subtly. Edmunds is a classic interpreter of other songwriters' work, adding new dimensions to weirdly varied material. In the past, he has covered artists from Elvin Costello and Graham Parker to Bruce Springsteen and Chuck Berry, to NRBQ and Creedence Clearwater Revival. "Information" is no exception. It includes "I Want You Bad," by Moon Martin, and "Wait," an old J. Geils song, as well as three songs penned or co-penned by Edmunds himself.
Side one starts off with "Slipping Away," a Lynne composition that gets full-steam treatment, opening "Information" like "Girls' Talk" opened Edmunds's classic 1979 album "Repeat When Necessary.'' The musicians
that he has assembled here sound every bit as good as Rockpile (the defunct assemblage starring Edmunds and Nick Lowe) in their heyday.
Edmunds has the unique ability of making even the most mundane lyrics sound soulful and heartfelt. He turns his nasal voice into a fascinating instrument on "I Want You Bad" and "Feel So Right." "The Watch on My Wrist" is a plaintive number that uses the electronic effects well, with Edmund's voice distorted and blurred.
The most infectious and engaging song closes side one. lt is Edmunds's redention of "The Shape I'm In," and it is as peppy and exuberant as anything I've ever heard. The soaring harmonica complements Edmunds's chirpy vocals, which sound ripe with a schoolboy's first love. There is no slick studio production here; the song sounds as if it were recorded in one
energetic take.
Ed rounds ·seems to be getting better and better at his craft-updating and his rockabilly roots with skillful selection of material and presentation
His albums contain no great surprises or disappointments he merely does what he does well. Edmunds, a Welsh native who sings like a guitar-pickin' American, wears his influences (Elvis, Buddy Holly, etc , etc.) on his sleeve, and adds to their tradition instead of merely mimicking them like the Stray Cats (who he produced anyway, but that's beside the point).
I would recommend "Information," or for that matter any of Edmunds's albu.ms, to anyone who likes bands like. the Stray Cats or Marshall Crenshaw. In fact, if you like any kind of m'l,lsic that is energetic, honest, and fun, chances are that you would love this album.
Otterbein graduate to display Fiber and Fabric art
The artwork of Evelyn Svec Ward will be on di s play in the Battelle Fine Arts Center, May 29 - June 13 Ward was born in Solon, Ohio and did her undergraduate work at Otterbein. She worked for several years at the Cleveland Museum of Art in the Department of Textiles.
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Most of her art is made with fibers and fabrics , in the tradition of college and assemblage began by Picasso She helped people see that her art was not "minor" simply because it was made from such materials. Her art takes the forms of plants , animals , and buildings of her beloved Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Ward
said, "This region of southern Mexico abounds in vitality, mystery, and simple, honest beauty."
Some of her art works are freestanding fiber sculptures, other wall hangings created with needle, cotton and linen. Ward said, "Texture and the textile aspects of fiber and fabric arc most appealing to me, as are the
qualities inherent in natural materials."
Between 1978 and 1982 she produced a series of web-like pieces called "Tablero Dos,"' which combine wispy webs with rope bands and gracefully curving threads. All the colors in her works are restrained and naturaltans, wheats, and grays.
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1 he r C taff will be hot ng an open house this aftemoon from 3.30 to 4:30 in 1 owers 30 I All th se inrested in how th r&c orks and where they might fit nt the taff ar welcome to attend. Refreshmentswill be served
4 May 26, 1983
Drs. Gray to leave, join Josephinum faculty
By DavidKimmel
Otterbein will lose two English department faculty members at the end of this term.
Dr. Cecile Gray and Dr. Douglas Gray will share a full-time position at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington.
According to Cecile Gray, the Pontifical College Josephinum is the only pontifical seminary in the country, meaning it is the only one directly under the direction of Rome.
"Between us we'll be taking a full load of literature and composition courses," said Cecile Gray, who explained further, "It's basically what the Hart mans did in philosophy when they were here."
Douglas Gray has taught part time in the Otterbein English department for the past three years, and Cecile Gray has taught in a rotating position for four years. Before coming to Otterbein, both earned their Ph.D.s at the University of Dallas, and taught at Mountain View College, an innercity community college in Dallas.
Drs. Douglas and Cecile Gray
"l like Otterbein. lf l'd have been in a tenure-track position, l never would have applied for. another job," said Gray.
"l thin.k the five-year contract is evil," Cecile Gray said, adding, "l think it's destructive to the school, and
l think it is personally destructive to the people on the contracts. l understand that it's financially sensible, but people are always concerned about how to get the next job when they're on these five-year contracts. Consequently, the school doesn't get what it might
out of the teachers and the teachers certainly feel themselves to be in a very limiting situation They don't feel the school is making much of a commitment to them," said Cecile Gray.
Gray, who has taught at both large and small schools, doesn't see much difference between the two situations. People in large univers ities become involved in communities within the larger community, rather than becoming the walking number's every l small college recruiter talks about.
"Otterbein's English department is the most pleasant and intelligent ($ group of people I've ever been as
sociated with," said Cecile Gray. ''That includes all the faculty and all the English majors. l especially liked working with Quiz and Quill, but the nicest thing about being at Otterbein has been working with Dr. Bailey," Gray said.
"I've liked being here. l think it's a good school, but l wish more of the students took their education seriously. l wish they understood how important it was for them to be literate on a college, level," Gray said.
.Smith and CPB try to give students a change
By Jerry Marks
The '82-'83 school year has offered more activities for students besides curricular ones. A large part of the credit for these activities must go to the Campus Programming Board and its advisor Becky Fickel Smith.
Smith, a 1981 graduate from Otterbein, holds the positions as CPB Advisor and Coordinator of Student Activities. In her first year as adDomino's Pizza Delivers:..
visor for the 15-member group, Smith has added several activities to CPB's list of sponsored events. At the present time, the board's activities are divided into four subdivisions, each with student leaders. Those groups and leaders for '83-'84 are: Traditional Events, Denise Musselman; Off Campus/ Recreation, Laura Chappelear and Kris Edman; Fine Arts: Bob Bach; Movies and Videos, Jerry Thaman. This year's Free
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leaders and sub-divisions respectively were: Off Campus/ Recreation, Kim Whitmore; Fine Arts and Entertainment, Ben Richmond; Videos, Jerry Thaman:
The Traditional Events planned for 83-84 are Homecoming; Winter Carnival, which expanded to three days this past year; Parents Day; New Student and Freshman Wee kend, this new event is planned for September and will acknowledge freshman and transfer students to Otterbein; May Day; Sibling Week, which occur the same weekend as May Day; and the Spring Music Fest-.
The academic year saw more sponsored events that occured for a oneweek span. The ones occurring this past year were "Homecoming Week", "Winter Carnival Weekend." "Home Recipe Week," "Anti-Depression Week", "Here's to Your Health Week," and "Video Week."
Other activities that CPB helped in this year were in I. S. Week, record sales with WOBN, and the Religious Activites .Council, when they sponsored "Jesus Christ Superstar" and
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" Chariots of Fire", that featured a discussion session with College Chaplain Monty Bradley. A health and psychology graduate, Smith listed three things she worked on in her first year as CPB Advisor. (l) Communications and campus publicity for events. (2) Weekend events, (3) Increased faculty mvolvements.
Smith, the current hall director of Engle, Scott, and Garst Halls, said the critieria for CPB is "To offer a variety, as will as a good quality of activities and entertainment for the college."
The newly-elected officers for CPB are: President Don Miller; Vice-President Kim Whitmoe; Secretary Laurie Brown; and Treasurer Jill Sommer. Smith, who didn't participate in CPB while attending Otterbein, said she is learning more about public relations and publicity, but feels CPB's biggest accomplishments this past year was increasing the variety, quality of activeness and the moral of the group. her main goal for the group in '83-'84 are communciations and weekend activities.
May 26, 1983 "with and in the Otterbein Community"
two ... within
Agrinning father positions his squirming family in front of the Welcome to Disney World" sign, says "Smile, everybody!" and clicks the shutter.
A cluster of sorority sisters, flashing combed hair and Pepsodent smiles, hug each other and beam into the camera.
Click! Instant memories. But, is that all there is to the world of photography? No, says Dave Stichweh, Otterbein's media specialist and part-time instructor of photography. Stichweh believes that photography is, or rather, can be, an art.
Stichweh's photographic journey began as a hobby in high school. His interest deepened when he attended Otterbein College and snapped shots for the T&C and the Sibyl.
Continuing his education at the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, he realized he could "use the photograph as a way of communicating ideas," and began producing photo essays and films. He knew he would need extended technical knowledge of photography to progress further, so he earned a two-year graduate degree in film and photography at Rochester Technical Institute.
Now Stichweh is back at Otterbein, with some definite views on the photographic process :
Some people don't consider photography an art form for two basic reasons, says Stichweh.
First, they see "very little involvement of the person (the artist) in a mechanical process."
Second, they believe that the photograph is merely copying reality, what is directly in front of the camera, rather than creating new forms. Stichweh believes both these notions are misguided, if not totally false. The camera, he says, is only the medium of expression, like canvas and brush to the painter. The person behind the lens makes the vital decisions, such as, "What subject? What moment? What time of day? What perspective? How much light? The photographer is doing the "exploring with visual sensitivities," and only uses the camera to create visual impact.
Writers emerge front the depths of their closets
I t's time to register for next year's classes and all over campus the same question is being shouted out dorm windows: "Why do I have to take Comp. and Lit? Everyone knows • only English majors are sick enough to ever want to write something. Right?"
Wrong. Otterbein can boast a number of published writers outside the English department to prove it, and we have dragged two of them out of their closets to find out what makes them write.
John Thatcher, a freshman history and political science major from Centerburg, Ohio, recently won one of 31 Bedford Prizes in Student Writing for an essay written last Fall in Dr. Sylvia Vance's Honor's l.S. 11 class. Thatcher entered the essay which was chosen from a field of over 1200, won him a $150 prize, and will appear in an anthology of essays in the Spring of 1984 - basically on a whim. "The contest was brought up in one of the other Honors Comp. and Lit. classes and a friend of mine told me about it. I mentioned it to Dr. Vance. She found her information and mentioned it to the class and I picked my best
Stichweh pursues art through a camera lens
A mirror of real life? No. "A great deal of transformation occurs in the photograph. You take an object out of its normal context and put a frame around it." The photographer can choose to emphasize any of the visual elements that make up an image: form, shape, texture, tonality and perspective. He can also choose to leave some elements out of the image. "Because the image is created by perceptual sensitivities, the photograph is placed in the realm of art."
The photographer uses his skills and personal choices, not only behind the lens, but also in the darkroom. The print can be manipulated; "the tonal range and presentation of detail can be altered dramatically" to bring out personal interpretation.
Although some people still consider photography merely an information-carrying device, general attitudes toward its artistic
essay just to enter it for fun," Thatcher ' explained.
Thatcher said his prior writing experience was limited to school assignments, and does not see himself as a future writer. "I intend to go to law school, and creative writing is a good skill for a lawyer to have," Thatcher said.
"I don't write very often, but I enjoy it when I do it, so it's like people who don't ski very much, but enjoy it when they get the chance," Thatcher said.
Dr. Patrick Lewis, associate protessor of business administration and economics, is a regularly published writer. Lewis' interests range from the economics of the Soviet Union, to regular book reviewing in scholarly magazines, such as The Progressive, Business and Society Review, Library Journal, and Choice, to writing humorous short stories and children's poetry.
"My interests are ecclectic," Lewis explained. "In the field of economics my specialty is the Soviet Union, but aside from that, like most people who teach in liberal arts colleges, I think of myself as a generalist. When I have free time, I turn to children's poetry or children's stories." said Lewis.
Lewis has had a number of his children's poems published in small magazines, such as Ahoy and Vega, and is under contract for a children's story to be published by the Green Tiger Press as soon as the publishers find an illustrator.
credibility have changed over the past few decades. The "medium as an art form" is more widely accepted by the art establishment now, with many metropolitan museums exhibiting permanent photographic displays in their collections. (Some of Stichweh's prints are currently on display at Ohio Wesleyan College.)
"Art," says Stichweh, "seems to be an idea that changes from period to period." Photography itself is undergoing changes as cameras and equipment become more sophisticated. The new Japanese cameras are taking more and more of the decision-making away from the photographer as they "do more for themselves." Photography is in "a real transition state" and seems to be moving away from light-sensitive, chemical image-making to electronically-produced images and videodiscs.
Will these new developments ruin the art of photography? Stichweh says, "It is not the equipment, it's the sensitivity of the person • behind it." He says simple instamatics can take great pictures if they are handled properly Thetendencytodayisto"gettrappedinfancy hardware," which is "approaching it from the wrong standpoint."
Which explains an odd exercise that Stichweh's beginning photography students must perform. They take pictures with a "pinhole camera," which is nothing more than a black cardboard box with a tiny hole punched in one side, and a piece of lightsensitive paper taped inside. They develop and print their primitive images. Not only does this assignment introduce the students to the photograhic process, it "helps a person realize that very simple equipment can take very exciting photographs." Art from a cardboard box. That is what photography is all about.
. by charlotte latvala
"I began writing poetry for my own amusement and for that of my children," said Lewis. '1 began to feel what I was doing could bring some other people some pleasure and I decided to try some of it in the market place."
"Writing is like a disease of sorts. It's very hard work, but once the bug bites it never heals," Lewis said. "It gives me supreme enjoyment and it's something I can't imagine not doing."
by dave kimmel
Mark Mattox
Dave Stichweh The violin photo featured on the cover is a gum bichromate print by Dave Stichweh.
Greg Speyer Barry Will • Pat Lewis John Thatcher
Actors naked without backstage people
Think back to the last Otterbein College Theatre production you saw. No doubt the first thing that pops into your head is the performance of the actors. Now, try to imagine that same show without lighting, scenery, sound effects, costumes, or make-up.'
Backstage technicians are often overlooked, as most viewers focus on the performers.Yet, the play could not take place without the hard work and long hours put in by the backstage hands.
Carl Wolfe, a senior from Delaware, Ohio, explained that as lighting designer for several shows, work begins about two weeks before auditions, resulting in about ten weeks total time. As sound director, Wolfe said the majority of preparation time is spent in the LRC looking for appropriate sound effects or creating those he is unable to find on a record
"Sound is less difficult, because once you find the sounds, you just have to work them into the production," Wolfe said. This process starts at the beginning of the rehearsal period, he added.
As a make-up artist, senior Larry Sherwood, a native of Columbus, also does a lot of research before beginning his job.
"The amount of time spent depends on the show, it's characters, and the number of actors involved," Sherwood said. "Each character is researched, then I talk to the actor about what the character looks like, and then I have to figure out how to transform the actor's face to that of the character," he explained.
Mike Blankenship is a sophomore from Mt. Gilead, Ohio. He worked as textile designer and head of the costume crew for the recent musical, "Irene." Although he did not actually design the costumes, his job required that he spend almost every night in the costume shop, sewing, printing patterns on material, supervising other workers and getting them moving, and keeping the shop in order.
The amount of time technicians put into a show is great. Students often stay up 24 hours several nights in a row before a show opens to get everything ready to go. As Blankenship stated, "There's always something left to do backstage."
For any production, trial and error is the most often used procedure for all technical aspects. Make-up is put on and taken off, costumes are sewn and altered, scenery is painted and re-painted, sound cues are taped, erased, edited, and taped again, light cues are set and reset.
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"With anything you do, the director of the play has to approve it," explained Wolfe. "If the director doesn't like what you've done, you try again. If he likes it, you go on." The director has the final say on everything, and it's up to the technical director to meet the director's concept of the element involved, Wolfe said.
"In 'Hello, Dolly!' the director wanted a red wig on a certain actress," Sherwood said of a problem he encountered in make-up. "The trouble was the actress was a dark-haired, dark-skinned Greek. Red hair just does not go with Greek features," he explained.
Wolfe cited the example of a special sound effect needed for a Shakespearian production. "The director wanted the sound of a space ship flying overhead at 500 mph. I couldn't find such a sound on a record, so I did it myself. I made up a really weird sound and (the director) really liked it. But, later it was cut
out of the production because a space ship doesn't really fit in a Shakespeare play." However, technical work is not all hard work and exasperating problems. It can be very rewarding-especially when something new and unique is accomplished. Blankenship draws posters promoting shows, which are often "visually strange" and "abstract." He explained that when he first began drawing posters, he would try to take a particular element out of the script and put it down visually. Now he chooses something more abstract; perhaps with a " strange association" to the script.
"One of my favorites was for a workshop theatre production, 'Mrs. Dally Has a Lover.' The nature of the show was one people would love to gossip about. What could be more gossippy than a hand-scrawled note explaining the play's title?"
Sherwood's "most difficult and/or unique experience" doubles as one of his "greatest achievements"-the make-up of the Mad Hatter for" Alice in Wonderland."
The character's make-up was designed by 1981 graduate James Harlow for Sherwood's • character. As the Mad Hatter, Sherwood spent several hours applying make-up, which included a false nose, fake hair, and fake eyebrows. "The nose didn't make it into the final production," Sherwood said. "It kept falling off."
The job doubles as one of Sherwood's greatest achievements because it proved his ability to perform the execution of make-up to the degree that people didn't recognize me. When I played a 95-year-old man in 'As You Like It,' my own mother did not recognize me," Sherwood said.
Wolfe's most bizarre and greatest achievements were more recent, and his forte seems to lie in the mysterious and mystical. As sound director of "Abelard and Heloise," Wolfe faced a difficult problem. The script originally called for 42 sound effects, which Wolfe cut to 32. "Then I added two of my own-a hoot owl and a coyote," Wolfe said. "They came at strategic points in the script so they added a bit of mystery and mystique to the scene."
Lighting can also be tricky, Wolfe noted, especially in plays which use backdrops, as in musicals. "People walk around backstage moving scenery, etc. If the lighting isn't right, the audience can see them."
One of Wolfe's favorite projects was a scene in "Cinderella." The stepsisters needed to be seen standing behind the window-actually a screen. "The lights were up on stage, so you couldn't see through the screen. 1 had to figure a way to be able to show the sisters behind the screen and Cinderella on stage at the same time.'' He accomplished this goal by lighting the sisters from directly overhead, giving them an eerie, wicked feeling-just what the director ordered.
Blankenship's greatest thrill came during a high school production in which he designed • the entire set. "It was nice to see what I had put on paper materialize. It was such a thrill, doing it for the first time, seeing something you've created built."
When the applause comes at the end of a show, the backstage people know they have not been forgotten.
"Some of the technical people feel left out, because they know the audience is applauding for the actors,'' said Blankenship. "But then that is overridden by a feeling of 'We did it!' We're all working together for a show."
Wolfe said, "We realize a show is a lot more than just actors. It's hundreds of people. The applause doesn't go to any one person-it's for everyone who pounded a nail, plugged in a socket, or ushered a person to his seat. It's a really good feeling." • And as Sherwood put it. "How good can an actor be if his makeup looks bad or her costume doesn't fit? Those people on stage wouldn't look so wonderful if it weren't for the wonderful people backstage."
• • . by sandy ramey
Larry Sherwood transforms himself into the Mad Hatter
Greg Speyer
Mike Blankenship
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0 C , Westerville-making music
0tterf?ein and the Westerville community have joined together in a cultural endeavor to form the Westerville Civic symphony.
The symphony began January 1, 1983 and is under the direction of Bruce Wood. Wood, in his first-year at Otterbein, is a music instructor and the director of music education.
"All in all, we hope to be successful," said Wood. "We want to enhance Westerville as a wonderful place to live and build the symphony as a family activity."
The Westerville Civic Symphony is composed of Otterbein students and people from Westerville and surrounding communities. Right now, there are 55 members in the symphony. "We are a fairly good quality ensemble with a good community base," said Wood.
The idea of a community symphony had been gaining support for two to three years. The executive director of the American Symphony Orchestra League came to the Westerville community to look at the possibilities of forming a community symphony, according to Wood.
Wood was hired specifically to help make the transition from a college orchestra to a community-oriented symphony. According to Wood, the transition has gone remarkably well Membership in the symphony is based not just on experience of playing a musical instrument, but also which instrumental sections need players. "You have to remember these people are playing out of the kindness of their hearts," said Wood.
The symphony also has a board of directors which is directed by Donna Kerr, wife of Otterbein president Thomas J. Kerr, IV. The
board consists of 14 people and is a combination of community and college people. Other notables from the Otterbein community are Dean Joanne VanSant, vice president of student affairs, Or. Morton Achter, chairman of the music department, Or. Lyle Barkhymer, associate professor of music, and Wood.
The board of directors works on fund raising and obtaining financial support for the symphony. One major fund raiser is being planned each year and one fund raiser held this year netted over $5,000. Next year, the goal is to raise over $14,000 for the symphony. Attempts to apply for grants from Westerville
Excellence in sound-recording yields two Grammy Awards
Winning is a lot of fun. but the agony of waiting for the results takes all the patience in the world. Robert E. Woods, class of '69, has experienced this feeling every year since 1979. Woods, executive vice president of T elarc recording company, was nominated for the classical producer of the year Grammy Award four times and won twice, while his recording company has been nominated for more than 12 awards.
The awards which Woods won in 1979 and 1981 were based on a total output of nine or ten recordings each year. Some of the more popular recordings are the Cleveland Orchestra, the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Orchestra and the St. Louis Orchestra.
People from Otterbein remember Woods as ·'the tall blond kid." As a student he was quiet and independent. Woods was a music education major and studied under Richard Chamberlain, who was associate professor of music until Christmas of 1979.
As a freshman, Woods joined Jonda fraternity and was a resident assistant in Davis Hall for two years while also serving on the Judicial Council. He was active in the theater and musical productions.
Woods, now 35, received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education in 1969. He started out teaching vocal music at Wal_nut Springs Junior
High for two years. He then moved to Hiram College where he taught voice class, introduction to music, and conducted concert band for two years.
Woods continued vocal training in 1971 at the Blossom Festival School, which is a summer seminar offered by the Cleveland Orchestra. After this seminar, he attended Oberlin College and Kent State University but he did not receive a master's degree.
While at the Blossom Festival School, Woods roomed with an oboe player. His roommate introduced him to a very attractive and shy girl named Pamela Pecha. He dated her that summer and continued their relationship while she taught at the Cleveland Institution of Music.
Woods- and Pecha were married in 1972 and then spent time in Cincinnati and San Antonio, Texas, where his wife played in the orchestras. Eventually they moved back to Cleveland, where Woods reacquainted himself with Jack Renner, his partner today. For two years Mrs. Woods played in the Baltimore Symphony while Mr. Woods worked with Renner to make it in the recording business.
Woods worked part-time editing tapes for Jack Renner, owner of Advent Recording Corporation. Advent recorded chamber music, high school concerts, college concerts and more. Then in 1977 Woods and Renner decided to tackle a commercial venture of recording high quality sound onto digital discs.
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funds and other community resources are also being made.
The symphony has had one concert this year and is planning to expand to four concerts a year in the future. Possibilities of having a guest artist perform with the symphony are also being considered. Another concert is scheduled for June 3 in Cowan Hall. The event is being planned around the tbeme of "Having a berry good time at the symphony''. and will feature a strawberry social to be held prior to the concert. by pam clay
Atthe time, Renner was forced to change his company's name. Renner, president, invented the name Telarc from "arc" which stands for Advent Recording Corporation and "tel" from the Greek word "telos'' which means end-the end of the Advent Recording Corporation.
In its six years of existence, T elarc has built a strong reputation for high quality "Woods and his partner, Renner, have revolutionized the recording industry by producing albums of such high quality that they have come to be known as the 'cleanest sound around;'" said Earl Hoover, 1926 Otterbein alumnus.
Woods' ideal is to make a tecord sound as realistic as if you were sitting in the concert hall listening to the real thing. Woods, whose position is producer within T elarc, gets involved with the whole process of making a recording. "We are small and start with the idea and follow every step from production to manufacturing," said Woods. "We (Telarc) have to get involved with every aspect of the process because we are not as large as the commercial pop recorders."
Woods and Renner have produced nearly 45 classical recordings of consistently high sonic quality. "The people that purchase our recordings usually have top quality audio equipment and want a clean, clear sound. The discs sell for $18 each,'' said Woods.
Woods, who resides in Cleveland with his wife, feels that Otterbein College played a very important part of his career. "The training and stiff competition that we were up against made us (the students) work harder. There was strong and good teaching that can never be replaced," concluded Woods.
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Rose Shiplett
Conductor Bruce Wood
Dave Eisnaugle
Oboist Patty Webb
·Changing scenery answer for some students
Philadelphia plan shows urban life
!!l__ Kaye Stith __
Students having a hard time deciding on a career might loo k at an internship that will enrich their educational and career opportunities.
The Philadelphia Semester, offered by Metropolitan Collegiate Center, is just the way to head. This semester (internship) is offered during the summer, fall, and winter terms. It is a fully accredited program of careeroriented work experience while the academic sessions help understand the life in an urban setting.
Any major can participate because the internship is designed to meet the career interest of the student. Each person interested goes through four interviews then decides what job is best for him or her. The internship covers all areas of interest like life science, accounting, communications and many more.
"Every urban city has problems and this semester can help a student understand and work with them," said Dr. Albert E. Lovejoy, chairman of sociology/ psychology. The program Tequires a student to live, work, and study in an urban setting-Philadelphia. The student works four days a week, then attends three classes on the fifth. The classes deal with ethics, moral issues and city cuiture.
The living accommodations are arranged by the students on their own or through the Metropolitan Center " We encourage the students to live together so they cari meet expenses easily," said Lovejoy They. do have the choice of living alone though. •
College credit is earned through this internship. In the summer session one can earn 15 credits, fall term 20 credits, and winter term 15. "It depends on how many weeks you spend in Philadelphia as to how many credits you earn," said Lovejoy. The cost of the program ranges from $l 496 to 2752, depending on the term.
"This program is good for students who feel cities are here to stay and wish to work in them. The amount of understanding one gains helps a student to be committed to the welfare of the city," concluded Lovejoy.
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Students plan
There are two students going to Washmgton this fall. Mike Otworth will work in the public administration field and Jeanine Smigelski will intern in the Republican National Headquarters.
Though the Washington Semester Plan is more expensive, according to registrar Dan Thompson, students earn almost a half year's worth of credit in one term which helps to offset the cost.
Any interested students can call Dr. John Laubach at extension 31 l.
"I would recommend the experience. Getting out into the field is good. Without some workipg knowledge it's hard to see where (Otterbein's courses fit in," said Fite, who went on to say he could now see how to put it all together to plan his future.
Two Otterbein students are attending the Philadelphia Semester this summer and fall.
Keith Froggatt, a junior from South Hampton, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, will be atteriding the urban life seminar this summer. Froggatt, a business major, is a R.A. in Davis Hall and is a member of Otterbein's cross country and track teams.
Naf\Cy Binzel, a sophomore transfer from Ohio State, and Washington Court House resident, is a psychology major, who is active in marching and ensemble bands at Otterbein Binzel is using the Philadelphia Semester as a determining factor in her life's vocation. The Fall Semester will take place from September 7-December 16 for Binzel. who heard about-the Philadelphia Semester through posters and class representatives.
By Lee Anne Bookmyer
Students can earn college credit in Washington, D.C. through the Washington Semester Plan. Fall term of the junior or senior year, students can go to Washington and study in their field of interest.
Programs include journalism, an urban semester for sociology students, a government semester, economic policy and public adminsitration for business administration students, foreign policy, and the justice semester for law and sociology students.
The program is run by the American University giving students contact with government officials of the executive branch, Congress, the Supreme Court, lobbies, and the Washington Press.
Rich Fite, a junior political science major, went to Washington last fall in the Justice program. He interned in the tort branch of the Civil Division of the Justice Department. He •researched aviation errors, specifically the Air Florida Case which occurred last winter.
"I attended depositions and analyzed documents for lawyers," said Fite " I think it really made up my mind as to whether I wanted to go to \aw school, and \ definitely want to study law."
Dr. John Laubach, who heads the Washington Seminar Plan, said the semester gives students good experience, good friendships, and good opportunities in the federal government.
" There are three people working in Washington right now who went directly from the Washington Semester experience to working for the federal government," said Laubach.
Keith Froggatt
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Artist Series successful; prepare for next year
By Scott Cavanagh
After a 1982 season which Public Relations Director Barbara Paddock deemed " very successful,"' the Otterbein Artist Serits prepared three outstandingevents for the 1983-84 school • year.
The first performance will be Friday, October 28 and will feature The Canadian Brass.
One of the most versatile brass ensembles in the world today, the Canadian Brass have been touring the globe for over 13 years. They were the first musical ensemble to cross the Chinese border, when in 1977 they were chosen to tour the People's Republic of China.
The music of Canadian Brass ranges from classical to ragtime, and features the works of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Martin, and Fats Waller.
The Canadian Brass' attitude toward performing is perhaps best summed up by tuba player Charles Raellenbach, "We believe it is our responsibility to bring the audience to the music, rather than the music to the audience."
The North Carolina Dance Theatre will be the second show in the Artist Series.
The North Carolina Dance Company is a national touring company which has been in existence since l 970.
Dance critics throughout the world have praised the work of the 16 dancers who make up the troup. John Percival of the London Times said, " The dancers are strong in technique and personality, they move with grace and style, and they tackle a remarkably varied repetory."
The performance promises to be quality, with North Carolina providing their own dance floor, lighting equipment, sound system, and production staff.
The North Carolina Dance Company will perform on Tuesday, February 7th.
The third and final performance will feature the Guthrie Theatre of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The winners of a 1982 Tony Award for 20 years of artistic excellence, The Guthrie Theatre troup will make their only Ohio stop of 1983 when they visit Otterbein on April 4th.
The troup will perform "The Importance of Being Earnest," Oscar Wilde's satire of Victorian society.
All Artist Series performers are selected by the Cultural Affairs Committee, a sub-committee of Campus Affairs. The Cultural Affairs Committee is composed of students and faculty.
All Artist Series Performances for 1983 will begin at 8: 15 p.m. and will take place in Cowan Hall.
Guest director highlights
By Charlotte Latvala
Otterbein College Theatre will present Noel Coward's comedy of manners, "Private Lives," May 27- 28 and June 1-4, at 8: 15 in the Campus Center Arena Theatre.
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"Private Lives" was written in 1930. It premiered in London with Coward himself playing one of the major roles, alongside Laurence Olivier, Gertrude Lawrence and Adrianne Allen. It was recently revived on Broadway, with
The Canadian Brass, part of next year's Artist Series.
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starring.
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The play focuses on Elyot and Amanda, who were once married to each other. Hqneymooning on the Riviera with their new spouses, Sybil
"Private Lives" premiers May 27 in the Campus Center Arena Theatre and will feature guest director Don Streihig.
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and Victor, they meet by chance. Passions flare as Elyot and Amanda run off together, with Sybil and Victor in hot pursuit.
Don Streibig , the former manager of the Ohio Theatre and its parent otganization, the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts, is the guest director for the production. Streibig graduated from Heidelberg College and Bowling Green State University with a degree in theatre. He has directed several other shows at Otterbein, including "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "You Can't Take It With You," "Night Must Fall," "A Flea in Her Ear," and Coward's "Hay Fever."
"This is a play that is very dear to my heart," Streibig said. "My late wife Joan and I toured the play throughout southern Germany for American troops serving there." Streibig was a director of the Soldier Show Program for the U.S. Army Special Services in Europe for 13 years.
Otterbein's production will feature Brent Erdy as Elyot, Beth Stinson as Amanda, Nancy Wacker as Sybil, Don Ervin as Victor, and Anne Barnes as the French maid, Louise
Lucy Lee Reuther will design the ·sets for the production. Sophomore Michael Blankenship will be the as
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Williams takes first in traditional speech contest
Last Wednesday, Otterbein continued a tradition by holding the Howard Hyde Russell Oratory Contest in the Philomathean Room of Towers Hall.
The contest rules called for the three participants to present a six to ten minute persuasive speech. Placing first was Dave Williams, a sophomore from Heath, Ohio. Williams' speech attempted to encourage the audience to help initiate a change in the library hours; keeping it open past 5 p.m. Saturdays. Freshman Mike Hitt, from Dayton, placed second by voicing his opinion against the "up or out rule" of tenure. Ted Oatts, a Worthington adult degree student, placed 3rd with his speech against rent control for housing.
Williams stated, "'I thought the contest was very close and possibly the biggest thrill was being able to speak in the Philomathean Room."
By Dave Graham
At the beginning of the week I thought there would be no way I would have time for a column this week.
You see, this is the week of the Memorial Tournament. Most of you say, so what the hell does that have to do with Graham? Ha! l got ya! I do have something to do with the Memorial and the hoopla surrounding tournament week.
Being a public relations major, I have an internship. You know, those ten weeks your senior year when you pay full tuition to not take any classes and be off campus all day. Well, any way, here I am helping Jack (Nicklaus) and the boys run one of golrs premier events, (that's what they tell me to say).
I thought to tnyself, "say, wouldn't it be neat to tell all the poor fellas back at the 'Bein, who can't afford to pay $50 bucks a shot and blow off a week
Judges for the contest were Ed Russell was a social drinker when he Vaughan, instructor in speech and attended the Oberlin Theological theatre, Dr. James Bailey, professor of Seminar in 1883, but he be soon English, and senior speech com came interested in and joined the munications major Janet Hutzelman. Oberlin Temperance Alliance. The contest was organized and run by John Ludlum. instructor of speech, In 1893, Russell directed the forma and professor James Grissinger. tion of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League and became the first general manager superintendent of the National AntiSaloon League of America. Ludlum said he "was disappointed by the size of the contest." He added that the size was probably due to "a
As Grissinger related to the audience lack of promotion and understandable before the contest, Westerville was the student fear of participating." Ludlum headquarters of the Ohio Anti-Saloon praised the contestants and stated, "In League. Westerville later expande_d it_s my opinion,the quality of the. speeches importance by also become the national was stronger than in the three previous and world headquarters for the Anti years I have been involved with the Saloon League. Grissinger added that contest." the American Issue Publishing Company which was located behind the
The Howard Hyde Russell Oratory Westerville Public Library published and distributed most of the literature for contest was first held in 19 l l. It was designed to pay tribute to Russell, the Anti-Saloon League. This made the Westerville Post office a top - level who was a very vocal supporter for the abolishment of alcohol. Strangely, operation.
Press hoopla before the storm
to watch golf, what it's really like over
One thing amazes me above all else here?" Sure, you could read it in the here at M uirfield. That is the organizaDispatch or C-J from Hourning or tion that goes into such an event. You Kessler, but wouldn't you rather hear might have heard of the two thousand it from someone you know? (I had bet or so volunteers who work here, but ter watch myself, they are sitting right that is only during the week of the next to me.) tournament, when a11 the p]anning is done. Most of the work is handled by
As of now, the tournament has been six or seven individuals. They make a great success (thru Tuesday afterthings happen all year so that every noon). They have an excellent field, so May the roof doesn't collapse. far, great weather, and the Pro-Am attendance on Tuesday was one of the biggest since the tourney's inception in Tuesday was one of the fun days at 1976. The course is in excellent shape, Muirfield. The pros played with the although the infamously slick greens celebrities, or whomever can cough up have been slowed by all the recent the money to play in the Pro-Am. rain. lam reminded when l look down Nicklaus, Gerald Ford, and Sean at my feet that the only thing wrong Connery gave Bob Hope a birthday with the grounds are the muddy park cake before they all teed off-it was all ing lots. Yuck. smiles.
As l glance up to the leader board in the press room, l see that Tom Purtzer
This won't last long; they get down and some guy named Bryant have re to business today. lt is exactly a busicorded the best scores of the day with ness to the pros, the big names have 68's. Nicklaus is two under after eight made their money, some of the presholes. Most of the field is still on the sure is off. Now consider the young course. These scores don't matter any pro: sure, he may pick up a couple way since it's only practice. thousand if he makes the cut, but after you take away travel expenses, hotels,
Say, if you watched channel 4 sports car rentals, that pay check may not on Tuesday you may have seen my seem so big. After Sunday's round they head. A real thrill. They just finished are off to another tourney. They may shooting a small clip in the press room arrive Monday morning or Tuesday to right over my shoulder. start it all over again. lt isn't just a weekend job.
Well, what else is going on around here? It is really pretty serene in here right now, like the calm before the l'm glad l found time to write this storm. l guess that isn't a very good and so are the editors, but now l think cliche' to use at a golf tournament is it? the calm is over.
CANCER. NOT KNOWING THE RISKS ISYOUR GREATEST
RISK.
A lot of people think cancer is unbeatable.
That simply isn't true. In fact, over two million people have had cancer and survived to lead happy, normal lives.
And not only can cancer be beaten, it can also be prevented. There are definite precautions that have been proven to decrease your risk of getting certain cancers.
Talk with your physician about how often you need cancer-related checkups.
Ask your local American Cancer Society to send you a free booklet about cancer risks.
Dave Williams
Cardinals end season with tournament
Catcher Mike Goodwin follows through on a pitch at home plate.
Cards survive first round
By Mic hae l S o kolowski
For the second year in a row the Otterbein Cardinals. and Ohio Northern Polar Bears have met for the O.A.C. Championship, and for the second year in a row the Polar Bears have taken the honors back to Ada.
Ohio Northern defeated the Cards last Friday in a heartbreaking doubleheader by scores of 4-2 and 8-7.
"We were not aggressive on the mound or at the plate," coach Fishbaugh said, "We did not execute our bunting game either, we were very tentative."
Kirk McDonald pitched well in the first game, but O.N. pitcher Walt DeS h ields was slightly better. The game was scoreless until the fifth when the Bears tallied once, and added two more in the sixth. "Kirk is a low strike pitcher," added Fishbaugh, "but the umpire never gave him that low strike."
Otterbein scored twice in the eighth inning as Jon Mastel scored on a passed ball and Dave Weaver on a balk.
O.N. bounced back with an insurance run in the ninth as Ron Ruhe homered for the final run of the game.
In the seond game, the Cards did something that they have not done all year, they blew a large lead.
Otterbein scored three runs in the first four frames and added three more in the fifth to lead 6--0. Then the roof caved in.
"We gave them runs today," said Fishbaugh.
ln the seventh inning, Otterbein loaded the bases but could only produce one run. That run was scored by Dave Whitehead who was sacrificed across on a long fly ball by Tim Harris.
"That was a heck of a catch by their centerfielder," Fishbaugh said. "If he didn't make that catch, we would have had three more runs."
Going into the eighth the Cards still led 7-5 but that was soon erased as the Polar Bears bounced back with three runs and never looked back. '"This loss was definitely the toughest all year," added Fishbaugh.
Otterbein received a N.C.A.A. Tournament bid and is in OshKosh, Wisconsin this week. They defeated Concordia on Tuesday, 8-3, and will play either today or Friday. If the Cards win that tournament they will play in the N.C.A.A. World Series to be held at Marietta College.
First baseman Dave Whitehead attempts to get an out for the Otterbein team.
Jeff Jarrett takes a break from playing the left field position to get a hit for the Cards.
The Bears scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth on consecutive wild pitches and added three more in the sixth with one swing of the bat by hit t ing- hero Mark Storrer. OC pit cher Kirk McDonald shows his pitching style at the mound.
