Admission figures show shift toward .ADP
By Greg Stemm
While total enrollment at Otttrbein is up over last year , the demographics of the college seem to be shifting toward increasing numbers of socalled "alternative students", according to recent Admissions Department figures.
Total registration for the 1981-82 school year, according to these figures is up by 15 students to 1692 over 1677 last year.
TOTAL OTTERBEIN ENROLLMENT
Th e re a re se veral re as on s for th e change in demographics, accordin g to Max Bonek, assistant Dean of Admi ssions and Reco r d s
Bonek cites the nation-w id e d ecrease in the number of 18-24 year - o ld s as one cause, although he sa ys th e full brunt of that decrease will not b e felt for another two or three years
However, the figures also show a drop in the "regular students" (classified as those in the 18-24 year-old age group) from 1282 to 1196, a drop of 86 individuals.
The discrepancy between the first and second figure totals is made up when figures from the Adult Degree Program (ADP) are added into the total. The program (consisting of those in the over 25 age group) shows a rise of 10 I students in the past year. There are now nearly 500 of these studentsattending Ot terbein.
For a better understanding of the latest Admissions figures see related "T and C" graph.
Bonek does feel Otterbein had s ome recruitment problems this year
He says these were mainly due to a change-over period to direct mailing techniques, which resulted in slower communication with prospective students.
Now that the new system is fully in place, Bonek feels the number of new prospects could be increased s ignificantly.
"(This year) we're trying to get to students earlier and with bett e r publications," said Bonek.
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Letter to trustee cuts red tape for Onyx house
B y Pam Cla y T h e s ist ers o f Ka pp a Ph i Om ega soro r it y rea ll y h ave so m e th i n g t o cheer abou t when th ey ce le b ra t e th eir 60th anniversary o n H o mec om in g this year.
Wat h en saying that any majo r repairs had to be a pp roved by W oodrow Macke , v vice presi d ent of business affa ir s. Co nr a d made an a p poin t me n t w ith M ac k e a nd Wa th e n to t our t he ho use last Jun e.
Aft e r month s o f try in g t o get so me repai rs done t o th e h ous e, th e so ro ri t y has su cc eed ed in ge tting them alm os t com pl e t ed Mo st of the repair s we re com pl e t ed in A ugu st and a few more still have to be don e Nee ded rep a irs done to the house were painting the exterior and putt ing a n ew roof on the house, fixing the hea ting system, repairing the front and ba ck porch , fixing the hot water h eater , securing the antenna on the roof where it has torn loose , and ge tting rid of wasp's nests on the third floor. Repairs to be completed are painting the interior of the house, replacing the carpeting on the first floor, a nd fixing room divider doors that have been stuck for nearly a year.
Acco r ding to Conrad, M acke said t h e r e pa i rs were j u sti fied, b ut he c o uld not p ro m ise an yt hin g. Co nr a d sa id M a ck e cl ai med it wou ld t a k e a t leas t thr ee o r fou r wee k s t o get estimate s ahd potential contractors fo r the jobs. Rep airs wer e n o t started until over two months lat e r.
Macke said the delay in getting the repairs done wa s caused by a lack of interest in contractors wanting to do the job, He said contractors would not give a set price and some contractors never called back with an estimate.
Amy Conrad,- president of Kappa Phi Omega said she decided to try to get the needed repairsdone when she was elected so rity president last spring term. S e talked to Joanne Yan Sant, vice president of student affairs, who said to contact John Wathen , head of the Otterbein Service Department.
Macke finally let Ed Werner , a contractor who has done work for the college in the past , find a painter and subcontractors to do the repairs at a reasonable price.
Another problem in the delay was doing them in the summer. Macke said the summer is the busiest time for the business office The repairs had to be put on a priority list of things to be done in the summer and to have money allocated to pay the costs
The Kappa Phi Omega sorority house is owned by Otterbein College and is teased to the sorority for $410 a month. Conrad looked at the lease and found a clause in the lease reading "any interior or exterior work not done by normal wear and tear is to be repaired by the college."
Conrad wrote to Wathen stating her requests of needed repairs to the house. She received a reply from
Conrad said when the repairs were not started and there was no sign --0f them being started in the near future, she wrote to E.L. Funkhouser, chairman of the board of trustees of the college.
She also sent pictures of the needed repairs to Funkhouser along with a letter written by Student Trustee Greg Stemm stating the needed repairs were justified. Conrad said a week and a half after she wrote and mailed the letter to Funkhouser, the repairs were
The front porch pictured was just one of the spots that received overdue repairs at the Kappa Phi Omega
( - Photo by Joy
begun on the house. ministration and not the
She Conrad said she felt put off by the also feels since the repairs were begun administration when she wrote the on the house, she has established better letter to Funkhouser. She felt the lack with the administraof communication was within the ad -
Sorority House.
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sorority.
Food Service, continued
Finally, someone is listening to the needs of the students. When we wrote an editorial last week criticizing certain aspects of the food service we did it with a purpose. As a voice of student a nd faculty concerns the Tan and Cardinal expressed, correctly we feel, the opinion of a majority of people on campus. Our intent was not to embarass or humiliate the food service operation. We wanted answers to pertinent questions.
We are pleased that Chuck Porter, director of the food service, and Bob Gatti, director of the Campus Center, have opened the communication lines between students and those running the food service.
Members of the T and C and a few selected students were invited to lunch Friday to discuss problems. We came away from the meeting feeling that Porter is genuinely concerned about the quality of his operation. He stressed that if students have complaints they should come to him as soon as a problem arises. To further gauge-student sen ti men ts Gatti and Porter will hold discussions every Tuesday in the dining hall with students. If you would like to sit in on the lunch-time meetings give Gatti or Porter a call.
Porter candidly admitted the quality has not been what the students have the right to expect. However, as he pointed out, it ' takes time for his staff to adjust to new surroundings (this is Custom Management Corporation's first year at Otterbein).
It's not very often that students have the chance to have their views heard. Don't pass it up.
Trustee Forum
By Greg Stemm tion, keep that straight there should be pleasant thought, but one that we all STUDENT TRUSTEE no problem (hopefully!!). need to be aware of when the financial
I know the material in this column aid pie is sliced up.
The time has come for me to once so far hasn't been the most exciting, again talk to you as your Student but I thought we needed to get some Turnfng from this week's board Trustee (yes, like it or not I'm not go- things straight first. Now just a brief meeting let's turn to a subject which ing to write once and then quietly dis- update- has been at the forefront of all our appear into the woodwork-there are minds for the past couple of weekstoo many things which need to be Members of the Budget Control FOOD. addressed - and soon.). Sub-Committee of the Board of Trustees met in the Campus Center this Here is where my opinion and those
= Campus Roundup=
YARD SALE - There will be a yard sale at the Theta Nu house, 64 West flome Street on October 3. The yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Cash will only be accepted
HOME EC PICNIC - The Home Ee Club will have their annual fall picnic Thursday, October l at Mrs. Eleanor Roman's house. Those attending will meet outside room 136 in the Science Building at 5 p.m. and return around 7:30 p.m. lf you are going, please sign the sheet outside Room S-136 and indicate your meal ticket number. Drivers are also needed. Maps will be provided to Mrs. Roman's home.
First, there are a few things we Saturday. Although I am not a voting expressed by this paper are very need to get straight before this year member of this committee I sat in on similar. The food hasn't exactly been gets too far off the ground. the three hour session. the greatest in the past few weeks, but after last week's editorial, Chuck 1 find myself in an unusual situation The results of this meeting can be Porter has made a genuine effort to thi s year. Not only am I serving as your found in more detail in an article in hear student complaints and try to elected official before the administra- this week's "T and C". What I'd like to rectify them. tion and most importantly before the report to you is the importance of Board of Trustees, I am also the Man- some of the items on the agenda. I've talked to Chuck and he seems aging Editor (that means second-in- sincere when he says he wants to do a command in newspaper jargon) of the Otterbein's large deficit is serious. good job. In fact there has been an "Tan and Cardinal". Ok, so I'm an It is hoped that'by trimming here and improvement in the past week-at over-achiever. there along with "stalling" some of the least the dirty silverware is gone and endowment payments that some of the the rigatoni (at least for now) has
The situation is unusual because the deficit can be made up. vanished. Continued open dialogue newspaper of a college, as in "real life," with Custom is imperative. lfyou have needs to be the vanguard and watch-
Discussions on where cuts can be a problem talk to Chuck-he listens dog ov e r the government, which could made centered on academic programs, and things get done. mean th a t I will in a sense have to be a faculty pay raises, and maintenance. watchdog over myself (something not much was decided on, but ob-
One final note, last week Graig which I h o pe will make me a better viously the Board needs to look long Merz wrote in his column that our Trust ee for you) Obviously, there and hard at any of these cuts. Per- student government (i.e. yours truly) will be times when that situation will sonally, I find difficulty seeing how has been in contact with the student become impossible - it is then that you any of these areas can be cut too far- government at Capital University. feel se cure that there is an experienced most are operating at a bare minimum
There is a certain trophy which is in and ex cellent staff at the "T and C" to now. Capital's possess ion which is rightbe th e "wat chdogs". fully ours after the devastating defeat
One encouraging note: even though they suffered at the hands ofthe Cards.
O ne t h i ng which I need to point out financial aid givings exceeded the bud- After an attempt by myself and six
s o o n , and w ill continue to remind you get by nearly 200,000 the committee other "partners in crime" to nab the ab o u t in the coming months, is the remained committed to the idea that prize failed two Saturday's ago. The o pin ions fo und in the editorials of this increased financial aid results in in- prize is currently in limbo. Negotia- p u blicat ion a re those of the entire staff creased revenues for the college. tions continue in the "Oar Crisis" - and MAY N OT NECESSARILY more details as they occur.
Opinions expressed herein are those of the staff'and do not necessarily reflect the views of the school or its administration. Published every Thursday during the school year, holidays excepted. Offices in the basement of the Campus Center.
Editor Dan Hughes
Managing Editor Greg Stemm
Photography Editor Jeff Boehm
Business Mgr. Linda Brown
Feature Editor Doug Stanley
Sports Editor Dave Graham
Advertising Mgr. Chuck Castle
Entertainment Ed. Dave Eisnaugle Asst. Photo Editor Lyn Ballinger
Advisor Jim Gorman
R EPRESENT- MY VIEWS AS A In other wo,ds it pays the college to STUDENT TRUSTEE. Also, the give us financial aid because they see a o pp osite is t ru e, the views expressed in return from us. However, the college
th is co lum n are entirely MINE and will be stiffening requirements and Otterbein's new phone policy "Don't
Until my next column remember
DO N O T NECESSARILY REP- basing them more on academic per- call us (we can't), we'll call you (if they
RESENT T H E VIEWS OF THE formance. In other words, "if you can get an outside line - and you know STAFF OF T HE "T and C". As long wanta da bucks, hita da books." Not a the chances of that).
as t h e t wo of us and the administra -
Contributors: Joy Grandstaff. Janet Hutzelman, Joy Jackson, Craig Merz, Thinh Nguyen, Sue Ship e, Stephanie Jeffries, Pam Clay, JoAnne Ball, Loretta Parimuha. Darsi Martin i rgil Tongish, Amy Ritter, Barbie Thoburn.
No, I said only '1ill/ prevent forest
Budget deficit may mean raise refusals
By Sue Shipe
Otterbein's $200,000 deficit was the focal point of discussion at the Board of Trustee's Budget Control SubCommittee meeting Saturday, in the Campus Center.
As compared to last year's $80,000 over-budget figure, this year's deficit of 2.5 times the amount forced the committee members to suggest cutting financial aid awards to students and refusing to give raises to faculty members next year. Even with these measures, however, a balanced budget for Otterbein College seems an impossibility, especially if endowments of $200,000 are paid back.
Upon reviewing the needs of the 120 applicants for aid, the Committee looked at such qualities as academic status, and involvement on campus. Kerr explained · the students who received better grades and were more active in college organizations were better investments; they were much more likely to complete all four years at Otterbein.
shiftings, how we spend our money will be vital," Kerr said. "The OIG (Ohio Instructional Grant) will have a 15 percent increase for next year, but the federal situation is confused," he concluded.
and a fire door must be constructed between the two structures. Water must also be tapped from a fire hydrant on Park Street to supply the sprinkling system.
Macke also explained that Otterbein has a loan delinquency rate of 9.3 per cent as opposed to the 50 per cent experienced by many other schools. Otterbein's rate is much lower than the national average, too. However, the college is currently paying about $14,000 per month to a collection agency to track down former students whose outstanding loans total $150,000.
Another matter discussed by the Budget Control group was the drop in enrollment of regular day-time students and the increase in enrollment of ADP students. This year, regular students decreased by 89, while the ADP program boasted a record enrollment of 496. The college actually budgeted for 35 additional regular students, so it was $168,980 below its expected figure. ADP increased by $100,000, though.
The entire project, a part of the Arts Campaign run by the Development Office, will cost about $220,000 due to these additional costs. The original estimate was $190,000, according to Macke. The Arts Campaign currently has $136,659 on hand.
Kerr explained that the scene shop was a necessary addition to the campus because technical theatre projects such as welding were impossible without the building.
One specific area where the Cohege spent more than it had was financial aid offerings According to W oodrow Macke, vice president of Business Affairs, 75 percent of students' needs were met for this year; 81 offers of aid were made and 66 were accepted. This resulted in a total of $136,063 offered and $114,126 accepted. These figures do not include monies students qualified for from the Federal Government (Basic Grants) or from the State (Ohio Instructional Grants).
President Thomas Kerr explained that work study monies are usually not entirely used since some students get jobs off campus instead of accepting positions offered by the College.
KERR: "For the next three to five years, Financial Aid will be the most important · issue for colleges and universities. With Federal Aid cuts and shifting, how we spend our money will be vital."
One committee member suggested that student organizations hold writing campaigns in which they contact delinquent. students and ask them to pay back the money they used for their education. In this way, current students can have the necessary funds for theireducations, too.
One reason cited for the increase in ADPs was the addition of computer science and chemistry classes. A basic programming class, for example, had to add two more sections to the curriculum. Real estate enrollment has dropped due to stricter state requirements for licensing. However, students taking these classes rarely transfered over into a four year program.
One particular decrease focused on by Macke was the reduction in board students. Currently, 615-618 students have meal tickets, as opposed to the projected figure of 640 students. Each meal, then, is costing the College $3.62 instead of $3.59.
No technical theater majors enrolled at Otterbein this year, either, primarily because the scene shop was not constructed yet, according to Macke.
No technical theatre majors enrolled at Otterbein this year, either primarily because the scene shop was not constructed yet, according to Macke.
Kerr also cited that the $114,126 given to students in aid will bring $350,000 to the College in the form of revenues. This results in nearly a $120,000 surplus.
"For the next three to five years, financial aid will be the most important issue for colleges and universities. With Federal aid cuts and
Another major issue covered in the meeting was the proposed construction of the scene shop near Cowan Hall. Ground breaking has been delayed, according to Macke, due to a building permit contingency set by the city -a sprinkling system must be installed over the stage in Cowan Hall
Finally, the Committee members discussed the advertisement campaign run by the college this year. An ad, '\jn conjunction with other new recruiting pieces, was run regionally in such national magazines as Money, and U.S. News and World Reports. At a cost of $4,000 the piece ran in areas including Mansfield, Cincinnati, and Dayton; primary recruiting districts for the college.
Hamilton plans complete curriculum review
B y Jo-Anne Ball Journalism was added three years ago, Bulthaup said. "Computer
D r W ill ia m T Hamilton, acting sciences arc the up and coming thing d ea n of faculty, has designated a re- now. We are working on a program for view of t h e e ntire Otterbein College this area at the present time."
partment had declined over the la st carefully. few years. "A radical change occurred
c u rric u lum as hi s major project for Otterbein needs to operate at a most the c u rrent 1981-82 school year. efficient level, consistent with good Acting unde r the direction of Dr. academic practice , Bulthaup stated Dona ld Bult h a up , vice president for "For example, enrollment is declining the academic affa irs, Hamilt o n ha s in some department areas. There are proceeded by sc h eduling the first of some courses that we need to offer in two conferences wi th each department alternate years or only once a year c h airperson. instead of two times a year."
"The involveme nt of th e student is up to each individ u a l s tud e nt ," Hamil- "A review committee can't just look ton said. "A co ur se is not usuall y at the numbers enrolled in a class For c h anged for a stud e nt. How ev er , the example , in the education area , state perspective of a cour se s hould be of a requirements dictate the courses for vita l interest to t h e student " education. The college sometimes "T h e curricu lum sp eak s to the qual- must compromise to avoid scheduling ity of the instit uti o n ," Hamilton con- problems and the possible forcing tinued. "There a r e many alternati ves of a student to take more courses to fulfill the requirement s, " Bulthaup or options availa b le." rem a rked.
He stated that the education and in the department eight years ago business departments had recently Traditionally language department s reviewed their departments "Each had offered literature after the basic s. department will have two interviews The in thing became how to wed busiThe first interview will be with the ness interests with languages." chairperson of the department who in Dr. James Grissinger, chairman turn will consult with the other faculty of the Speech Department said , "An members of that department. The sec- occasional look at ourselves in a s ha r p ond contact will bring ideas from other mirror is good for the department al department members. The music and soul. While no major revision is exeducation departments have already pected , re-examining curriculum is had an interview lt is hoped that most useful." all interviews will be completed by "Very little information has been Christmas." forthcoming to my department," admitted Dr. James Bailey , chairman of
Bulthaup conc u r r ed that th e student needs to p art icip a te and under- Th e dean e laborated saying that the stand. "lt is impor t a nt for word to get cur r iculum re v iew hoped to encourage out that the interest of th e curriculum department s wh o have not tak e n a review is not to c ut cour ses to th e lo ok at their curriculum for a period point where progra m s a r e hurt." o f tim e to e xamine their program
Ad m ission
Dr'. Morton Achter, chairman of the English Department. "There will the music department , confirmed that be no wholesale changes , but th e the music department automatically department will continue to stream- has a review every three or four years. "This review is nothing new for us " line courses " Hamilton and Bulthaup agree thi s
Dr. Roger Neff, chairperson of the is a major project for the entire col- foreign languages department, oblege , a curriculum r e view to keep served that a curriculum review was a good idea every once in a while "It's an Otterbein in a position by offering a e x ercise we must have to go through curriculum which reflect s both th e needs of students and the strengt-h of ever so ofter." the faculty. In other word s, a cu r -
He commented that the number of riculum that will attract student s o f major s in th e foreign languages deall ages.
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dent s Otterbein needs to de velop a
Bonek said the incr ea se of somore clear-cut image in our prime called "alternative" student s, s pecifically in the Adult Degr ee Pro g ram wa s a market a rea (which includes mainly normal phenome n a central Ohio and on a wider basis all of Ohio and western PennsylvaniaJ
"Certainly that h as been on e of the
Before putting together any of this plans all along - a ltern a tiv e markets year's admission publications, Bonek need to be develo ped ," said Bonek. had several off-campus public rela-
While Bonek sees t h e trend of intion representative s study the campus creasing ADP enro llment continuing to get a general overall impression of he d oesn't believe the college will beour "image" come overwhelme d b y these students.
The results, according to Bonek,
"There cer t a inl y is a saturation were encouraging poin t ," sai d Bone k
"They saw primarily three things
As seen from the drop of 72 students about Otterbein lt is traditional but in upperclassmen ranks Otterbein does not conservativ¢, it has quality aca- suffer a reten t io n problem , although demic s and it is a warm personal in- Bonek believes the newly organized stitution," said Bonek re t e n tion co mmittee may begin soon
From there , publications and ad- to deal mo re effectively with this vertisements have been put together prob lem. with these themes in mind
"We were n' t r eally involved in a Now , according to Bonek, to sell rete nt io n progra m last year. There is that image to our pro,pective students a p ro b le m o r we wouldn't have formed we have to recognize it ourselves. a c o mm ittee- but l ' m encouraged by "We have to be sure of what our w h at t h ey're doin g, " said Bonek. image is here and then project it Bo n e k sai d that to increase new honestly to the public ," said Bonek. freshman enroll m e nt and transfer stu -
Symposium highlights Oliver poetry offers vision
AAUW's Fall conference
By Karen Moore the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
The American Association of University Women's Ohio State Division Eleanor Jammal spoke on "Money held their fall conference Saturday, Talks". During Jammal'sspeech she Sep_tember 26 in the Campus Center. stressed the need for women to broadThe videotaping of the symposium en their backgrounds in the areas of math and finance. entitled "Achieving Equity Through the Issues" was the highlight of the Jammal also said through the years AAUW's fall conference. women have been led away from careers that focus on the financial
The day-long conference consisted areas. of several workshops including "Legislative Programs", "Families and Jammal emphasized the need for Work", and "Money Talks." attitude change between males and females. The two- sexes must learn
The highlight of the first half of the to work as a team, she said. conference was a speech by Sarah Harder, • chairperson of the AAUW During the symposium Harder Committee on Women. The speech mentioned that female college graduwas entitled "Women At a Cross- ates tend to be paid less than a man roads." with an eighth-grade education.
At the end of Sarah Harder's speech Judy Hale spoke on the subject of she put great emphasis on writing "Women in Technology". Hale legislators. The purpose behind this stressed the point that there are many was to influence legislators to see job openings for women in technology. things the way the AA UW does. The specific areas Hale pointed out were the scientific and computer After lunch the symposium, science areas. ''Achieving Equity Through the Issues" Hale said that there are not many was video-taped. women in the world of technology.
The key speakers on the panel were The symposium ended with a sumEleanor Jammal, vice president of mary consisting of women becoming the Ashtabula Rubber Company, and more involved and not letting themJudy Hale, chemist and manager for selves get behind through technology.
Dick 'jack-of-three-trades' Shafer deals with strict time budget
By Joy Grandstaff University, where he was the assistant director of small group - housing and Dick Shafer has become Otterbein's Greek life, he sees Otterbein as an Jack~of-Three-Trades. The new staff opportunity to work in more areas. position that has been formed is--_officially the Assistant ' Coordinator of Shafer also commented that he Student Services. found Otterbein to be a very friendly campus and that students were easy to
The new job entails three main func- work with and get to know. tions: head resident of Davis Hall, Bob Gatti's assistant for the operations of Shafer stated that he is very open the Campus Center and the director of to suggestions from the student body, intramurals. especially those concerning intramurals. He also would like to see more
Since this is a new position at Otter- students get involved in intramural bein, Shafer has been dealing with the activities. time management aspect of his job. He -Shafer is a graduate of Ohio State has been experimenting with time U niv.ersity with a bachelor degree in budgeting to see which areas need Social Studies Education and a master what time. degree in Physical Education / Athletic Administration. Coming from Bowling Green State
By James Gorman Lewis." Lewis, in his mythic expedition across the "green and dazzling Some of you may think you are paradise" of the Great Plains becomes experiencing deja vu Monday evening a stand-in for Adam. Like Adam, he as you enter Battelie auditorium for gives names and fills in details on the opening of this year's Poetry enormous maps, expanding the langu- Series. Monday's poet will be Mary age as well as our conception of our- Oliver, the same quiet, pleasant selves and our place in the universe. woman who visited us last March and But as he does this, he becomes more impressed us with the exact beauty sensitive to his mortality. He touches and gentle sincerity of her most the trees, trying to "let / their secret of recent volume of poems, Twelve longevity sift forth, / sprinkling it into Moons. , his eyes." However, long after Lewis' Twelve Moons is Mary Oliver's return to Tennessee, to a civilized and fourth book-length volume of poetry. petty existence leading to an obscure Her first. No Voyage and Ms. death, the trees are still resplendent Oliver's second volume, The River with life. Styx, Ohio (Harcourt, Brace and Like Meriwether Lewis, man is con- Jovanovich, l 972) are both filled with d emned to a "luminous doom" as long a generous number of elegant, tightly as he insists upon conceptualization constructed poems. What one rememand sees himself and his fate as dif- bers of these poems is sound. At this ferent from any other animate thing. point in her career, her mastering of Oliver quietly asserts that the natural the technical aspects of craft made her world provides renewal, yet the re- poems slightly more pleasant to listen newal begins with the transformation to than they were important in theme. (annihilation) of self into other. This Ms. Oliver's two recent volumes, is the vision of both the first and last The Night Traveler (Bits Press , 1978) moon poem. The first, "Pink Moon - and Twelve Moons assure us that her The Pond," describes "your soul" as impeccable craft is now in service of rising from "your bones" and sub- larger themes. Twelve Moons, esmerging itself into the cold muck of a pecialiy, offers an intense, unique pond: vision that is sustained and enlarged as you wear their webbed fingers; the book progresses. Throughout the your throat swells book, there are twelve moon poems, And that's when you know hence, the title. Each is a meditation you will live whether you will ur nut, on the full moon in one of the twelve one way ur another months, beginning with April ("Pink because everything is everything else, Moon - The Pond") and ending with one long muscle March ("Worm Moon"). As in Thor- This, certainly, is not what Merieau's Walden, these poems provide wether Lewis ( or most every other the collection with a structure that is Western thinker since Plato) has in cyclic and regenerative. Her message mind when he thinks of immortality. follows from this structure. Her land- Yet, it is the only immortality Mary scape is the natural world, what she Oliver is comfortable with. Part of her calls in several poems "the kingdom". final poem, "Worm Moon," describes and her message involves the ob- a creation myth in which the moon and servance of time and its affects upon the earth elope, bringing forth chilthis world. The days and months pass, dren who will believe "for years, / that the seasons change, but only man is everything is possible." That qualifyaware of such changes. The creatures ing phrase, "for years," is what marks in Ms. Oliver's kingdom are, like the Ms. Oliver's recent poetry as mature. crows in her poem "Storm," "patient / There is a limit to her optimism, a limit As stones or leaves or clumps of clay / rooted deeply in her humanity, in her What saves them is not knowing they awareness of self, of duality, and, are mortal-" especially, of personal mortality. But Man's awareness of time and the despite these limitations, her poetry is changes it brings is, of course, a blessing still emphatically optimistic. Death, as well as a curse. Because he alone is mortality,' human limitation is the aware of the changes, he alone can qualifying phrase; the larger statement record them. This is the subject of the is that, when one looks to the natural moon poem for August, "Sturgeon world for sustenance, "probably / Moon-The Death of Meriwether everything / is possible."
Career Services Center offer ,senior help
By Loretta Parimuha
Seniors, the time has come. Soon you will have accrued the required credits for graduation. You will, more than likely, leave Otterbein and begin a new phase of your life.
Thus , you have probably begun to wonder about a job, about graduate school, or about some other goal objective
According to Frank Mitchell, Director of Career Services and Cooperative Education, in his talk to the senior class on Tuesday, Sept. 22, there are four areas in which the Center can offer assistance:
I. Establishing a career objective.
2. Learning what is out there.
You may have asked the question: "How do I go about obtaining what I want ?" If so, the Career Services Cen t er, located in Towers 105, can help you.
I AIRLINES
Major airlines are now hiring for the following opportunities:
3. Knowledge of how to obtain what you want, and
4. Taking the first steps.
To provide this assistance, the following material was distributed to attending seniors: a needs analysis card; an authorization to release information card; necessary forms to construct a credentials file (informatiq_n that the student would like released to prospective employersresume, recommendations, transcript); the 1981 College Placement Annual, which provides an alphabetical, occupational, and geographical listing of 1200 employers; the 1981-82 Graduate Record Examination Bulletin; and the 1981-82 Graduate Management Admission Test Bulletin.
Also distributed ,was an Alumni Skills Bank Participation Card, which, upon completion, would begin the process of attempting · to link the Otterbein seniors with former Otterbein Alumni in a field of mutual interest.
If you desire additional information or any of the distributed material, stop at T-105 and see one of the following: Mitchell; Marlene Steiner Suter, Director of Career Planning; or Darlene Rosenthal, Co-ordinator of Services.
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Cross country disappointed with Malone run
By Craig E. Merz
It was hard to find bright spots in the Otterbein cross country performances Saturday in northeastern Ohio. Luckily, if a team is going to run bad the Otters would rather do it now while the season is still young.
ished fourth in the race and was the top OAC runner. In the team scoring Cleveland State won with 53 points. Malone was second and BW took third ;with 102 points. Wesleyan was sixth with 145 points while the Otters had 187.
about the attitude of the team.
"We definitely need to improve our attitude and mental outlook toward races. We are sitting back and saying someone else will do the job and then hope we'll be there at the end (the conference meet."
Lehman won't say Saturday's meet is crucial but it is still an important test.
The Otters took their road show to Canton and the Malone College Invitational and the reserves ran in the Ohio Conference Relays in Wooster. Neither squad attained much success.
The varsity finished eighth out of20 teams, which sounds impressive. However, last year, the Otters were fifth. Additionally, two OAC teams, Baldwin-Wallace and Ohio Wesleyan, beat the Otters.
"I was disappointed irr our overall effort," said Head Coach Dave Lehman. "There were eight decent teams and we finished eighth."
The reserves finished last against mostly varsity competition of the other OAC schools. The Otters were beaten by ten varsity teams and BW's reserves, who took second in the meet. Leading the way for the Otters was freshman Mike Ginn. He covered the five mile course in 28: I 8. Sophomores Dave Ritter, Dave Lowry and Steve Rush all ran well according to Lehman.
The two-man relay team of Ginn and Jerry Thaman had a combined time of 59:31 which put them 26th among the two-man teams. They were the top Otter tandem.
He feels some of the team's problems may stem from being "slightly overtrained." The number of hard workouts are being reduced from two to one as the season progresses.
"We might be getting in a rut we can't get out of. I think it's time we get motivated. We need I 7 guys who are really dedicated."
Lehman cited junior Mark Burns as running best for the team. Burns fin-
While it is too early to push the panic button Lehman is concerned
The Otters have won 28 straight dual meets dating back to Oct. 6, 1979, when BW defeated the Otters. Not only will Wesleyan provide very stiff competition but the Otters may be without senior Hal Hopkins. Hopkins, Otterbein's second man at Malone, has a hip strain and is · questionable for Saturday.
"We have to reestablish
It could be a turning point if we can pull together and regain confidence."
·Card volleyballers openseason on down -note
By Joy Grandstaff
The Otterbein Women's Volleyball team lost their first two matches Thursday night in a triangular meet with Ashland College and Mount Vernon Nazarene College.
In the match again st Ashla nd , a team rated in the top eight in the st ate last year, Otterbein was defeated in the first game 15-6. The Cards came back in the second game to squeak out a 15-12 victory. Ashland came back in the third game to smash Otterbein by a score of 15- I.
added quick movement and good concentration to the team off the bench.
Coach Terri Hazucha felt very good about the team's bench depth and said there was no member that she could not put in the game at any time.
Against Mount Vernon, the Cards played a much more consistent game. The Cards lost the first game 15-8, but came back , to defeat Meunt Vernon m the secon9 game I 5-IO. Mount Vernon them turned the tables and beat Otterbein 15-10.
According to Hazucha, the team had set three goals prior to the meet. One was consistent serving. The failure to achieve this goal cost the Cards the two matches, Hazucha said.
Another goal was to be s:onsistent in serve reception. Hazucha felt the team did very well in this area for being a relatively young and inexperienced team.
The final goal was to maintain defensive positioning. Hazucha rated the team fair on this. She explained that the team didn't adapt well to defensive adjustments.
Mindy Gosset lead the team with a strong performance of controlled hitting and blocking and good defense. Karen Kirsop also had an excellent game with good defense and concentration. The remainder of the team members had their ups and downs during the matches.
Diane Long and Lynda Grisso
Looking to tonight's game, Hazucha said that she will probably make some personnel adjustments in hope of finding a good combination. Thtteam has also been working on refining movement and position adjustment.
The Cards take on Walsh and Wilmington tonight in the Rike Center starting at 6:30. "We will not be undersold for
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ourselves.
Sophomore Janet Robey launches a return in Thursday night's triangular meet at the Rike Center. The Cards return to the Rike tonight at 6:30 against Walsh and Wilmington. ( - Photo by Joy Jackson)
Cards extend winning streak in Pioneer shutout
By Dan Hughes
It's beginning to sound like a broken record. Each Saturday the offense operates like a runaway roadgrader and the defense flattens another opposing attack in a one-sided football victory for the Otterbein Cardinals.
This week the sacrificial lambs were the Marietta Pioneers, who were routed by the Cards, 44-0.
The shutout extended - the Cards' streak of scoreless quarters to nine straight over opposing offenses. It wa s their fourth shutout in five games, dating back to the last five games of the 1980 sea s on
The Card coaches cleared the bench in the second half, allowing the subs to enjoy the fun. First-year fullback J.C. Hilliard exploded through a hole in the center of the Marietta defense and raced 54 yards to the Pioneer 14 early in the half, setting up his ten yard burst that made the score 31-0.
Hilliard had the defense beaten on the play, but was slowed down by a bandage protecting his injured hamstring muscle. He shook off the effects of the wrap later in the fourth quarter after McDonald had raised the lead to 37-0 with a sprint for a TD. Hilliard took the handoff on his own 20 and raced 80 yards through devastating ' blocking by his teammates for Otterbein's final score.
Th e contest bega n in much the same way as t h e C a rd s' first two games. Mari ett a took fi rs t pos session, but was forc ed to punt. Otterbein took over at th e M arie tt a 45 ya rd lin e and marched t o the fi r st t o uchd ow n of the game on a 14- pl ay drive. T he drive was led by the running of se nior halfback Randy Bressler and se nior quarterback Scott Gasser. Gasse r carried t h ree t imes for 19 ya rd s and comp leted a five yard pass t o Bressler for t he touchdown with 7:22 le ft in the q uarter.
Marietta threatened to score only once, driving into Otterbein territory _late into the game. Defensive back Steve Martindale ended that threat, intercepting a desperation pass at the five yard line.
Safety Fred Morga n caught a deflected Pioneer pass sho rt ly after to end their next possession a nd give the Cards the ball on the Mariet t a 29 A pass interference pe n a lt y put th e ball on the five yard li ne, setting up Bressler's four yard swee p around the left end for the Cards' se cond s core.
-Quarterback Scott Gasser calling signals against Marietta on Saturday night. The Cards rolled to their second straight shutout, 44-0.
Linebacker Randy Weisenstein - Gasser was forced fromthe game on blunted the Pioneers' next drive by the Cards' third scoring drive of the recovering a fumble at the Card 47. night when he took a blow from a Gasser mixed two passes of ten yards Pioneer defender that left-him shaken, each t o end Dave Torger s on with runs but Brook McDonald came on to lead by the Card backs, capping the drive with a four yard TD run by Ed Schmidt. the team to the Marietta five. From Kicker Jim Hoyle added the extra there the drive · stalled, so Hoyle point, giving the Cards a 21-0 lead entered the game and kicked a 22 yard midway through the second quarter. field goal to end the first half scoring.
The win gives the Cards a 3-0 record and keep them in a tie with Baldwin-Wallace for the OAC Blue Division lead.
This week Otterbein faces the Wooster Scots. Wooster is 2-1 in 1981; including a 20-14 win over Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday, a team that the Cards defeated 48- 7. ·
r,,IOTE CARDS - The Scots are led by quarterbacks Ron Wright, the conference's second leading passer while coming off of the bench, and starter Gregg Barney, a 62 percent passer. , The Scots are second in the OAC in total offense, averaging 366 yards per game.
Footbal l Forecast
Ar e a fa n s bask in winners glow, teams face worthy opponents
By D a ve Graham
At th is po in t in th e football season, a rea fan s s h o u ld b e, fairly satisfied A ft er all, o u r own Ca rdinals and the Bu c k e yes a r e b o th undefeated, the Browns ar e co ming back, and, (be- · li ev e it or not) , th e Bengals are in first
place! Th ey h a d better not be reading their clippin gs th o ugh because each of them has a w o rt hy opponent this weekend.
Ohio State 31 Florida State 17
The Bucks roll over a team that isn't close to last year's powerhouse.
Michigan 24 Indiana 21
The Wolverines are having a tough time by some mediocre teams so far this year. That could mean trouble when they get into the meat of the Big 10 season.
Wittenberg 16 Muskingum 14
Cincinnati 24 Houston 17
I took a lot of slack about the Ben·gals' win over a disappointing Buffalo team, so this week I'll pick tnem, but don't bet on it.
Buffalo 28 Baltimore 17
The Bills bounce back at Bumbling Baltimore. (whew!)
Dallas 35 St. Louis 21
The Cowboys continu e to rough up the league's patsies.
Miami 28 N.Y. Jets 20
Do the Jets know what they are doing? --They spent their allotment of points (33) last week for the next two games.
Pittsburgh 21 New Orleans 17
Bum Phillips gets another shot at the Steelers, this time he doesn't have the Oilers though; that's the difference.
A s for last weekend and how I did on the pr e dictions, I can't complain. In the 20 games that I picked, 13 of 20 we r e correct for 67 %. That brings the two week total to 27 of 40, for 67 percent.
Now , a bout those worthy opponents. Below is how they will fare
Otterbein 20 Wooster 13
The Card s could be facing their most able foe sb far this season in the Scots, and they had better perform because B-W is in town next week.
The Tigers will have their hands full this week. Muskingum has won two games in a row for the first time in about three years.
Navy 24 Yale 10
This just goes to show that there is not much of a selection of"big" college games this weekend.
THE PROS
Chicago 17 Minnesota 13
The Bears could be the team to look for coming out of the NFC Central.
Oakland 24 Denver 21
Will Oakland recover from their first shutout in several seasons? Yup.
Green Bay 24 N.Y. Giants 7
The Pack finally puts,to.gether a full game of good football, but then, you only need about a quarter of fair football to handle the Giants.
Washington 17 San Francisco 14
Do you know what "rebuilding'' means? A bad team, or two in this case.
San Diego 35 Seattle 14
Last seek something very rarehappened, the Chargers were beat at their own game, offense. Not this week.
Atlanta 20 Philadelphia 17
Ohio Northern 24 Capital 14
The Polar Bears are stinging from a close game with Wittenberg last week. Cap looks as though they are on their way to a disappointing season.
Cleveland 33 Los Angeles 30
I know, the Browns are on the road, and against a tough team, but the Rams also have internal problems (i.e. quarterback quarrel).
Kansas City 28 New England 27
Even though these teams may not be playoff .caliber, they will provide a show for their crowd on Sunday.
Two teams that are sure to get into the playoffs, one way or another, are the Falcons and Eagles. This could be a preview.
Finally, I would like to express my feelings on organized football the same way Sugar Ray Leonard expressed his view of his fight with Thomas Hearns, "It was mentally demanding on my body." Uh yeah.
( Photo by Chip Whaley)