RA Financial aid readjustments cause campus turmoil
The information for this story and the accompanying side-bar was collected by the entirt editorial staff of the "Tan and Cardinal." Both were written by Greg Stemm.
length of time they had been "left hanging,"
"I truly am sorry that it has taken us 7 or 8 days-I don't think we could have moved any faster, it just took us a while to get everyone together," said VanSant.
A readjustment to the readjustment in the financial aid statements of several resident assistants is apparently in the works according to statements issued by Dean Dave Peters and Dean JoAnne VanSant at a special meeting for the affect group Tuesday evening. Dean VanSant assured the group of approximately twenty students that the original formula, which did not take into account their resident assistant salary would be used to again re-figure their financial aid. A new formula which did add the salary to the statement resulted in an reassessment statement being sent to the parents of these RA's last Sunday.
The decision to readjust the readjustments was reached in a vicepresident's meeting Tuesday morning.
budgeted for the coming school year with that extra $852-now three to four weeks into the term it was difficult to adjust budgets,
"The mistake that was made was theirs-but we have to pay for it," said one RA,
VanSant also tried to explain how the second reassessment would work, She said that if a person's total need was for example, $4000 and the college offered 75% of that need (a figure agreed upon from Financial Aid), which would be $3000, the RA salary of $852 would be added on to that amount. The only place where a person might still be cut is if the $852 addition placed him above 100% of need , Several RA's said they were satisfied with the new reassessment plan, "I had confidence that it would resolve somehow , , . I had faith in Dave Peters and Dean Vansant." said Chris Cover, a RA in Davis Annex.
At press time the situation appears to be nearly resolved, however, Marcus would not commit himself to a definite position until he "had talked with people tomorrow," and the question remains about the damage to the school's credibility in the eyes of the RA's whose aid would have been cut (see related side-bar)
The situation began last Sunday when the parents of several RA's received letters telling them of certain adjustments which had been made in their son or daughter's financial aid.
Acc o r ding to the Financial Aid department the adjustments needed to be made because there had been an error and the sa1ary received for work
Mitchell Marcus, the new director of Financial Aid, had been uncertain if the RA salaries were computed into the financial aid statements of these students in the past until he contacted previous director, Don Foster late Tuesday evening, Marcus had been trying, unsuccessfully to contact Foster since the incident began,
Marcus said a review board was being set up to correlate last year's activities in financial aid with those from this year. He said the board would look at this case specifically.
"Basically, I'm satisfied -I can't say anything against Student Personnel, I do think they worked and got things done," said Carolyn Shay, an RA in King Hall.
Marcus said he had not been in contact with either Dean Peters· or VanSant Tuesday and was unaware of the decision by the group of vice-presidents to return to the "old formula",
Marcus said he was not in a position late Tuesday night .to comment on what VanSant and Peters had told the RA's in that evening's meeting, although he did believe that a reassessment of the financial aid forms "is more than likely what will occur."
"We probably will follow the way things have been historically," said Marcus.
Cred·ibility:
Do we continue to trust them?
Perhaps the biggest question that comes to mind in a situation where it looks like an institution is backing out of a deal that was signed in good faith with its members is the credibility of that institution in the eyes of those people even after the situation has been resolved to the agreement of both.
"We have made over 700 financial aid awards to the student body and I take exception to the fact that a handful of students can say that Otterbein is creating a credibility gap ," said Marcus.
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done as an RA needed to be mcluded in total earnings of the student.
Since the salary for being an RA is $852 the adjustments in several individuals' statements were dramatic,
Throughout the week-long confusion about the actual validity of the new document, Student Personnel, where administrators were taken as unaware as the RA's, tried to play the role as a mediator.
Perhaps most concerned with that question was Dean of Students, JoAnne VanSant. "I don't believe the college (Otterbein) has ever tried to mislead people, and yet in this situation many people could feel that way and that's a big concern," said VanSant.
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"There are several hundred students out there who are satisfied with their awards and have had no adjustments, and feel there is no credibility problem," said Marcus.
Marcus did point out that the RA's have a legitimate concern, but that they were only one part of the total campus.
For example, Carolyn Shay, an RA in King Hall had put $900 as the total expected earnings and placed "0" in the column for money earned during the school year.
When the new financial aid sheet was issued the "0" had been changed to $852-the amount earned as an RA. Because of this difference her total contributions jumped from $900 to $1752, a difference which meant that she was cut nearly $650 in grants and work-study money.
Other students were cut as much as $1690.
Dave Peters, Associate Dean for Student Development, and the individual most directly "in-charge" of the RA staff found the situation "frustrating." "My frustration is that it's out of my area-they were asking me for answers and I couldn't give them," said Peters.
"The frustrati.on is total-we spend a lot of time trying to develop a positive staff. So much time and effort has gone into building this staff and this has impeded that," said Peters.
Woodrow Macke, Vice-president of Business Affairs, said that although this week's problems were out of his area of responsibility and he really hadn't paid much attention to them he did think the RA's were not exactly being treated fairly.
"It's very bad, when the RA's were told one thing and then the school did not follow through," said Macke.
Most of the RA's interviewed felt the school hadn't really lost that much credibility in their eyes, although that sentiment differed in intensity.
The largest area of concern in this situation is that if credibility is lost how difficult will it be to recruit RA's next year?
"I know a lot of RA's said we should have known when we were chosen as RA's in the spring that it would offset our aid," said Chris Cover, an RA in Davis Annex.
"Not one ever sat down with me and said 'because you're an RA you're going to lose $1690," said Stanford.
Dean VanSant expressed a strong desire to get the situation resolved as soon as possible.
The new Financial Aid statement was originally dated so that it had to be signed and turned-in by the RA's by Wednesday. In Tuesday's meeting this deadline was extended until the new reassessment could take place.
There was some concern among the RA's because they felt they had
Joanne Vansant, Dean of Students, said she wished the situation could have been diffused by better communication with financial aid before it became out of hand.
"We needed to bridge this thingththink we need to communicate a little bit better. It would have been good if we could have known about thus beforehand," said VanSant.
Vansant also apologized to the group , on Tuesday evening for the
"I think I'm disappointed with the way the people changed over in Financial Aid. There was no smooth transition. ln any sort of public office like that I thought there would have been a smooth transition-and I don't think there was. That's where they lost credibility in my eyes," said Carolyn Shay, an RA in King Hall.
One person who does not feel that this issue has created a "credibility gap" between the school and its students is Mitchell Marcus, director of
"You would think that if you can't get this worked out, if people think you're dishonest, then you'll have a problems with next year's staff . . " said VanSant.
Dave Peters, Associate Dean of Student Development, is very optimistic about next year however.
"Being an optimist, I think we can turn this around-a lot of it is how the whole situation is 'resolved. To me it was in good faith at the time - but there has been a mistake, there needs to be more thought put into the next e
Dave Peters
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Who's in charge here?
The current dispute over the granting of financial aid to resident assistants (R.A.s) strikes at a deeper problem. Who's in charge here?
Students who were told when they became R.A.s are told in the third week of the term they will not receive the full amount (figures reported have run as high as $1,700 before correction). Official explanations on the matter have been sketchy at best. We have the financial aid director saying he is unaware of school policy concerning the awarding of financial aid. Then when the matter was brought to his attention in one instance the problem was allegedly blamed on computer error.
The Student Personnel Office says they were not informed in advance of the notices sent to the R.A.s concerning cuts in aid. The walls have gone up. While Student personnel is telling the R.A.s an old system of considering their working status will be used to determine their aid, the Financial Aid office claims to have no such knowledge of such a plan.
It was reported to this paper that a Tuesday meeting on the situation resulted in the academic dean of the college instructing the financial aid director to review each case in question. That ) I night, in a meeting between the administration and the IR.A.s, the R.A.s were told the same news. However, when the financial aid director was contacted for comment following the R.A. meeting that night, he stated that he could not verify the information because he had not had direct communication with the administration on the matter. It is because of information like this that it is becoming quite painfully aware to all of us that there has been a dreadful lack of communication between many of the school administrators. Add to that the lack of communication between Student Personnel and its R.A. staff throughout this mess. It is now apparent that the R.A.s were not formally briefed on the situation until Tuesday night, over a week after it began.
Another point to be considered is the manner in which the R.A s were notified. Many of them were not immediately aware of the situation because the notices were sent to their homes not to them.
There seems to be a credibility gap somewhere. Most of the school officials contacted by this paper agree.
The financial aid director disagrees with this, stating that the quantity of other students that have not had trouble with their aid makes up for a few dissatisfied ones Tell that to the R.A.s. Otterbein is an institution that deals with millions of dollars every year. Given that fact, it seems a bit ridiculous that some of the principals in this situation can't seem to agree on even minor points.
It is only appropriate that the theme for homecoming this year is "When the circus comes to town." The big top is located at Grove and College.
Nothing matters and what if it did? ,
By Craig Merz
The year is 1984.
Many of the students hurry from Towers to LeMay (they are the only two educational buildings left on campus). Looking at the students' faces you soon realize you are not at a college anymore. A college has freshmen with pimples and seniors with a look of hope for the future written on their faces.
The view of it must be nice from the Business Office.
Headed past what used to be the Library (it was too expensive to operate: "If the library had been meant as a place to learn we would have put desks and lights in there" - official college spokesman) you just can't get used to it as a storage warehouse for recycled aluminum ' beer cans. But, I guess the college couldn't pass up the offer.
ruining?) the college.
Better not go in those offices. It's not safe - not since The Great Dart Battle of '81. The sign outside the Administration Building reinforces your thinking: Absolutely No Students Admitted.
But, there are positive signs at the college.
Quiz and Quill looking for new writers
By Wendy Walter
These students are older. Their average age is somewhere in the mid 30's. No longer are high school seniors recruited. They are too ex-pensive to waste money on.
The old football stadium makes an excellent parking lot now. Athletics died here a few years ago. It seems the Financial Aid department deemed sports unnecessary. After all, whoever heard of a jock contributing to the betterment of a college?
Don't look now but To,wers isn't the same anymore, either. Mail clerks by the dozens now run around feeding information into the computer terminal.
The Mail-order College idea of '83 is a resounding success. Everyone read about the concept in the ads placed by the college in TIME, NEWSWEEK and MONEY.
-It was reported in the.local dailies that $150,000 in delinquent loans had been collected since 1981. The college only paid $475,000 to a collection agency to collect them.
Aspiring poets, writers, and artists, the time is now for submitting your works for publication in Quiz and Quill, Otterbein's own literary magazine. · Quiz and Quill members met Wednesday, Sept. 30 to discuss plans for the magazine's fall preview pamphlet, tentatively scheduled for publication Oct. 26.
The Tan and Cardinal
Published at Otterbein College Westerville, Ohio 43081
You head from the parking lot toward the Administration Building; past ruins of Mayne, Clements and Hanby. Not too many students live there now. Not since the RA walkout in ' 81. That was the year the college played Indian-giver. You know, lay a pot of gold in front while holding a dagger in your back. And the college said they didn't need the RAs.
Where is the faculty? In the basement. All 32 of them. The college couldn't afford to keep the instructors. So, in the Great Austerity Move of'82 everyone was let go. The college hired illegal Laotian refugees. You don't have to pay them minimum wage.
The repair work on LeMay looks good. You can hardly tell it was overrun by students back in '81. Those radicals! They finally got fed up with the lies, the immorality and the incompetence of college administrators.
-It is Homecoming Week - The college is busy bussing in real students from Capital and Ohio Wesleyan to make the college look like a real college. The college is putting its best foot forward this week, to impress alumni and trustees, who have no idea what is happening to their college.
New glossy brochures about the college are out. Nice color photos, expensive layout and an upbeat 'message: "Otterbein is a wonder place to live and learn. Students come first with us. After all, we're here to meet the student's needs" - from the office of the president.
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As you move past Mayne (or is it the re- Maynes) you notice concrete. Tons of it. Acre after acre Where is the grass? Oh, that was too expensive to ma int a in. Besides , you get used to gree n concrete after awhile. There is one spa cious area offull, rich greenery.
It is time to face the Beasts. As you walk up the steps of the Administration Building you hear hysterical laughing and werewolf-like howling. It's only the Financial Aid and Admissions departments tearing into each other over who is runnmg ( or is it
This is the college I once knew. I don't know. It seems to be a zoo.
I look at a sign on the lawn expecting to read "Otterbein College, Founded 1847."
What's this? "Lima State, Westerville Branch."
It is 1984.
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New Director Mitchell's Suter to assist students positions corresponding in making career choices
"We are looking for a couple of pre
By Loretta Parimuha shall have a new relationship with you."
Mitchell explained that in his ca med students or students with a strong reer placement function, he would now background in health sciences," said help those seniors in their resume Frank Mitchell, Director of Career writing and interviewing, in addition Services and Co-operative Education. to b_ringing recruiters on campus, and We have two full-time co-ops, one at assisting students in learning how to Grant Hospital and the other at Riverget off campus for the job search. side, he stated.
He noted though that no one should
"Both have heavy involvement with rely strictly upon the on-campus re patients," Mitchell explained, "which cruiting.for getting a job. "It will help," is just what graduate and medical he said, "and it wil result in some job schools want." He indicated that "one offers, but Mitchell discourages all draws blood, called a phlebotomist, students from the idea that they can the other one is in the pulmonary lab, expect to get placed if they - simply testing lung capacity and oxygen sign up to interview on-campus." absorption."
Mitchell stressed that the emphasis
By Loretta Parimuha
really pays to learn the process while at Otterbein.
As opposed to the placement aspect Students should look at the career of Career Services, Marlene Steiner search exercise and the career place Suter, Director of Career Planning, ment exercise as a learning process, she will work mainly with freshmen, said : One that will enrich their educasophomores, and juniors in the area of tion and one that will pay dividends career selection. for them in the future.
Working in co-op is now only one should be on strategy. In other words, phase of Mitchell's job responsibilities. "how to get out there and find the right
As of June, M Mitchellwas made Direc job, in the right location, and to get it." tor of the new Career Services Center, Mitchell remarked that because located in Towers 105. Otterbein is a small college, his job responsibilities and that of Marlene Steiner Suter, Director of Career , Planning, overlap.
A newcomer to Otterbein, since Suter stated that the smartest peo July of this year, Suter will be doing ple will be the ones who attend the this, primarily, in two ways: individual workshops: as they will be learning counseling and group work. about themselves in relation to the Suter feels that the group involve world of work. ment can be helpful in many ways. "It is something I wish I had done "Students can discover that they share the same concerns, the same kinds of relationships, and that they are not alone," she said. They can learn from others, aside from working with a counselor.
Suter's function, he explained, is in helping a student explore, inside out, what they want to do. "Once they get to that point," he continued, I am really confident that I can help the student with what they should do about it."
Therefore, "students who have a pretty strong idea of what they want to do, and are, at the point, where they want to try it out in the workplace, should come to me," Mitchell said, "and they should start coming now."
The center will start with a Career Exploration Seminar in mid-October, four sessions over a two-week period. Suter stated that its primary purpose would be self-assessment and would focus on the students' interests, abilities, and values. "Then," she said, "we will try to match these with some possible career options. Hopefully, this will get the student started on the whole sorting process."
Another seminar that Suter would
like to pursue is called "Future What."
We can offer them an opportunity to try out a career decision in a temporary situation. He noted that "this is the type of experience students will not get once they leave Otterbein."
For students to get a sense of what Frank Mitchell comes in totallv unsolicited, a "Job -Pho10 by Barbie Thoburn Openings Book" is maintained in the "The whole career services area is Career Services library, which lists aligned with what I've been doing and teaching and non-teaching job open a perfect kind of complement to it," ings in chronological order, Mitchell Mitchell said. He explained that said. "Career Services is the office, but functionally, I work in placement activities In addition, the Co-op Ed bulletin and co-operative education." board, adjacent to the Computer Cen
This seminar, she remarked, is in the while I was in college, but there wasn't area of personal awareness-becoming aware of values and background and anything available there wasn't anything I could plug into except some how they relate to what the student is of the things that I did with the stu planning for his or her future. dents at Albion College.- The work
As Director of Career Services, ter in Towers, contains a listing of Mitchell stressed the following: "To co-ops that will be available in :Janseniors, who have either had contact or uary. Also, reports from studetns who not had contact with me to those are now working in co-ops are posted •and Mitchell encourages students to students, whether they have had a suc ( cessful co-op or a 'co-op application read these for ideas. that did not go to completion I
"We will not be under-sold for Contact Lense and Eyeglass Frames."
"This, again, is a small group exshop experiences I had there were so perience and some of the head resiworthwhile that I have carried them dents are being trained to aid in its with me wherever I have gone," Suter facilitation." She noted, however, that this seminar will go beyond career de stated. cisions because it will deal with ques Suter graduated from Albion Coltions like: "How do you want to live lege in Albion, Mich., in 1975. While your life? Where are you headed, and there, she was involved in the Student why? And, how to make sense of it all." Development Staff as a RA and, later, Regarding Career Planning, Suter as an assistant head resident. advises students to "think about their career objective in terms of the first Following graduation, she was Ditwo to five years after graduation." rector of the Teen Program for the She stated that the first step is to pre downtown YWCA in Philadelphia. pare yourself so that you can get started next, she worked in the Career Dein a field. From that point, "you will velopment Center at Lycoming Coluse the skills that you have learned lege, Williamsport, Pa., for one year through Career Planning-how to as a graduate intern. She continued assess, how to make a decision, and her education at Bowling Green State how to implement," she said. University and, later, did a second Suter mentioned that this was a pro internship at Bluffton College in Bluffcess that is repeated, over and over ton, Ohio. again, throughout one's life and that it
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Vietnam War is unforgettable· legacy for Nguyen
By Jo-Anne Ball
Tien explained that the boat was a They can't speak English at all and Columbus, commenting that although huge one, large enough to carry 3000 must rely on me for communication. " his father was not an educated philoso
A freshman who has a flair for people but strained with the 5000 pher, he was a very wise man. "My making people laugh and forget their refugees who piled on board.
"My brother is a sophomore in high father always said that everyone must problems for a moment through his "We started out with no compass, school. He helps, too, but I try to re start at the bottom and work up to cartoons, has come to the Otterbein rowing and bailing water out," Tien lieve him of any responsibility. He is being a leader-a king. I must re,campus this fall. continued. "One person would stand still young and I want him to enjoy his member this when I see my father as a
Thinh Tien Nguyen (pronounced on top of the boat in an attempt to youth because I lost mine. I regret this laborer when in Vietnam he com Ting Tien Win in English), reveals a direct like a compass. We were lost for but life goes on from now," Tien re manded much respect as a major in wisdom beyond his 18 years. two or three days just going around in marked. the army."
Tien is the oldest son in a family of circles. We had no destination. We
The new American citizen said he two boys and four girls born in Saigon
"My drawing, my cartoons, are my were just trying to get away," he sees life as an Oriental and cartoonist (now Ho Chi Minh City), South hobby. But it also has made it possible added. combined. "Life is fun! Life is unusual! Vietnam. His parents were born in a at times for me to help my family. I He said that a South Vietnam Navy But my experiences give me a different time of war, a persisting condition in would get money for my drawings and boat, larger t.han the escape boat, point of view. One could say when they then buy things for the family," Tien picked them up "The navy boat trans see a cat run over, 'the cat is dead.' I said. ferred the 5000 fleeing Vietnamese would say that the cat is free." from the slowly sinking boat, then Tien has just become an American "As a cartoonist I try to see the sank it. We still had no destination," citizen. "I would like to go back some funny side of everyday life," Tien Tien remarked. "We met a U.S. Navy day to visit my birth country, but not stated. "I try to make peopfe happy, to boat which was very large. I will never to live. In my heart I will always be cheer them up. And I think that I sucforget the name of it. It was the 'Green both - American and Vietnamese." ceed in this. Afterall, life is a big long Forest.'"
He talked lovingly of his father, path and you do get·lost in a lifetime."
Tien went on to say that the "Green now a janitor for a small church in Forest" delivered them to Guam where they lived for three months.
"At first it was like a nightmare
EXCUSE l'M horrible - living in the camp, just trying to survive. We had to look for clothing and food just to exist. We NEW IN THIS were empty-handed. Everything we I DON'T KNOW MY owned had been left behind."
Cartoonist Thinh Nguthen
After three months on Guam, Tien - Photo by Barbie Thoburn WAY CAN YOU said that they were transferred to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida where Vietnam. His father was a soldier, the refugees spent the next three PLEASE SHOW Me serving in the South Vietnamese Army, the Special Forces Airborne months. At that time a Lutheran
THE church in Decorah, Iowa sponsored WHERE Division, and the Green Berets comthe Nguyen family. "We lived in bined units of the U.S. and South Decorah for one whole year. It was Vietnam armies. beautiful. The town was small but it
"On April 30, 1975, the Comsuited us." munist takeover of Saigon brought
Tien explained that a wonderful further chaos to the country," Tien surprise occurred next. "We found my said. "My family became lost from grandfather and my father's oldest each other. My mother was at home, sister living in Columbus. And then the kids were in school and my father we discovered that my father's oldest was in the battlefield with his troops." brother was in Richmond, Va."
Proudly, Tien spoke of his father
The Nguyen family moved to Co who realizing that the war was lost, men lumbus to be near the grandfather who sent his home to be with their has since died, according to Tien. families. "Then my father came Crestview Junior High School, searching for us. We children had been Linden McKinley High School and excu sed early from school. 1 went The Columbus Alternative School be home but no one was there," he concame the stepping-stones of education tinued. for Tien in Columbus. He commented
IT'SOVER
Tien told how his father rode all over the city of Saigon on his Vespa that a friend of his who was attending Otterbein- e'ncouraged him to come scooter searching for his wife and children. Miraculously, Major Nguyen here.
"My dream, not just my dream but found all his family.
"The problem then became shelter," the dream of my whole family, is that I will enter medical school and someday Tien said. "We found an abandoned become a doctor," Tien said. "My bo a t We climbed onto the boat as did parents are very strict but I love them. many other people."
towers
No 'Escaping' Journey's 'General' Yoest conducts Concert Excitement European track clinics
since the release of the disappointing
By Doug Stanley "Departure" album in 1980. Cain also and co-authored with Perry"Who's Crying Dan Hughes Now," Journey's biggest hit to date.
During the middle I 970's, the term The most visable member of the rock concert was synonymous with ex band, lead singer Steve Perry, worked ploding flashpots and excessive thea the crowd like a master showman trics sometimes designed to mask in Dressed in black tails, jeans and runfe rior musicianship. Last Thursday ning shoes at the outset of the show, night in Cincinnati there was no sign Perry roamed the circular stage playof unnecessary theatrics ing to every section of the packed house. When not singing, Perry canvassed the stage while leading the audience in clapping to the music.
By Dave Graham
Is it W.E. "Bud" Yoest, Otterbein Athletic Director or Brigadier General Yoest, United States Air Force? For a month early this summer the Otterbein .A.D was given the temporary rank of Brigadier General while in Europe conducting track and field clinics for the Air Force.
The band built anticipation before songs like "Who's Crying Now" and "Wheel in the Sky" by using piano introductions by Cain while Perry sang or talked to the audience. This added to the overall captivation of the audience.
From May 19 through ,June 22 Yoest and other track and field experts from the United States conducted six clinics in six different countries for the Air Force's Morale, Welfare, Recreation (MWR) program
The clinics were held at various W. E. "Bud" Yoest bases in England, Spaip, Turkey , -
Following Journey's completion of their regular set which also included songs from "Infinity ," and "Evolution," they returned to the stage for their first encore; "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'." The now familiar beat of photo by Jeff Boehm the bass drum whipped the crowd into a frenzy. (We know that's cliche but it's Experiencing a Journey concert is true). truly an "escape" in itself. One doesn't The crowd mirrored Perry as he just watch a Journey concert - one swayed back and forth on stage lead participates. Few acts can generate ing the thousands who joined in sing enough excitement to keep an audiing the song's chorus. The sight of over ence the size of the Coliseum crowd on 13,000 bodies swaying to the music its feet from start to finish. From the was certainly impressive. moment that the band took the dark
by Amy Ritter Greece, Italy and Germany for base personnel, their families , and other or just interested persons according to Americans residing in the area. Yoest. "We covered just about any Yoest was asked to do the instructhing you could think of in track," tional tour in January of this year by Otterbein alumnus Major Jack Pietila he added. and was accompanied by longtime One difference the clinic participants have versus the normal college friend Melvin Brodt of Bowling athlete is that they put in an eight Green State University. hour day in addition to worrying Yoest noted that "Usually (NCAA) about inter-base athletic competition Division I people go." Yoest pointed out an example of a "A lot of the athletes are more football team he observed in Italy Division lil caliber,," added Yoest. that practiced at 6 a m. before the The bases they worked at were "very team members reported to work at similar to a Division lil operation," eight. he added.
Early in the show, some front-row ened stage until long after the final fans presented the band with a bed encore, every member of the capacity sheet saying "Journey's the best crowd was standing and cheering. (decorum prohibits us from printing Journey opened the show with the fans' opinion of "the rest"). Last "Escape", the title track from their Thursday night it was hard to argue. latest album. "Escape" was a fitting opener to showcase the talents of guitarist Neal Schon.Schon, a former member of Santana, gave new mean Campus Roundup= ing to the old cliche of "being able to make a guitar talk."
This was only the second year of Attendance for the clinics ranged resumption for the track clinics since from a low of six in Turkey to 48 in their cancellation in the 1960's because Oxford, England, at the track where of budget cuts. Similar basketball and Roger Bannister logged the famous, football clinics have been kept active first sub-four minute mile. Those through the years according to Yoest. attendin were com etitors officials
October 6-13, 1981
The next song to appear from the The annual Torch and Key Book "Escape" album, "Don't Stop Be sale will be held on Wednesday, Oct. lieving," featured newly added key 14 in front of the Otterbein Library. board player Jonathan Cain Cain Benefits will be used for scholarships. joined the band earlier this ·year after last year over $300 was earned for the departure of Greg Rolle. Cain, who scholarships. came to Journey from the now defunct Three sorority co-eds are planned Babys, co-wrote along with Steve for this month. Kappa Phi Omega will Perry and Schou all of the material on be holding their co-ed at Kathy Ham"Escape." mett's house tomorrow night. EKT
The basic Journey sound remains will hold its co-ed at the Shadows intact with the addition of Cain. How apartments on October 16 TEM and ever, he seems to have brought a fresh Sigma Alpha Tau will hold a Counness to the band that has been needed try and Western co-ed on Oct. 17.
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'Shining' author King returns to familiar form
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By Douglas Gray
King, Danse Macabre
(Everest House, 400 pp., 1981).
Let's get something straight about Stephen King: he's a fairly decent novelist, the author of one superb horror story ( The Shining) and a number of overlong, overwrought turkeys (The Stand, Dead Zone). His "master of terror" status was something dreamed up by his publishers., however, and like most advertising claims, the title has little bearing on facts. Within the horror genre, there are a number of less prolific, less highlypublicized writers who far outshine him in the creation of gut-twisting, hackling tales-such as Harfan Ellison, Anne Rivers Siddons and Robert Holdstock. On the other hand, among them all King is unique, and it is this difference · between him and the others that is the reason for his partially undeserved fame. What sets King apart is not his stories, but the personality of the story-teller. King is infectiously good-humored about the hideous events he narrates, pleasantly ghoulish and boyishly eager to show the reader a good time. His best work frightens without worrying or aliena ting his audience, rather like a lowbudget Hammer film with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing He only fails when he becomes serious about what he's doing , which is precisely the problem with most of his recent novels.
bit too often. His analysis mostly fails on that account. The best critical sections of the book are the ones that he devotes to the comic book tradition of horror and to old radio programs, the influences that King himself grew up with and knows from the inside-out, without benefit of theoretical considerations. But King the adult novelist seems, ironically, far less certain of himself when he tries to speak about books. His mind becomes clouded with abstractions as he goes about applying vague rules of what he believes ought to work and ignores the testimony of his native tastes. One of his sillier ideas is that the modern horror story only becomes frightening if the human protagonist narcissistically recognizes a reflection of himself in the monster. The theory is pure bunk, and King -should know better
than to espouse it. That same kind of uncertainty is apparent m his survey of movies and television senals. There are some excellent moments in these chapters, such as his thoroughly convincing explication of/ Was A Teenage Werewolf; but overall, he seems off the mark, content to substitute nostalgia for explanations.
In the end, then, one comes away from this analysis knowing very little about horror but a great deal about Stephen King himself. Perhaps that is not wholly inappropriate because the most enjoyable 'parts of Danse Macabre are the autobiographical ones. King frequently apologizes for going into his hfe s histpry, but he shouldn't. It is here that Kmg does what he has always done bestevoking the mood of acertain time and
place, fleshing out anecdotes until they acquire really satisfying depth and complexity, presenting unsentimentalized portraits of childhood and adolescence. In his novels, his finest characters have always been children and teenagers such as Carrie White ( Carrie) or Mark Petrie (Salem's Lot) or little Danny Terrence (The Shining). In this book, King writes about himself in such a way that he makes his place among those characters. Earlier in this review I called him "boyish," and that is the key to understanding what he is up to. At his best, King is a kind of demented Peter Pan, facing down monsters with childlike fortitude and craftiness. He does not work so well as an adult; Danse Macabre, unfortunately, is largerly the product of his adult personality.
And that point brings me to Danse Macabre, King's critical analysis of horror. The man tries valiantly to keep a light touch throughouf, but I fear that he lapses into high seriousness a
starts Friday, Oct. 9th
Cross Country
Otters keep streak alive, beat Wittenberg, OWU
By Craig Merz
What a difference a week makes.
The Otterbein Cross Country team, coming off one of its poorest performances in recent memory at Malone and Wooster the previous week, put together a strong team effort Saturday and kept its long dual-meet winning streak alive.
The Otters squared off against six other squads on Wittenberg's home course. The stiffest challenge was expected to come from Ohio Wesleyan. At the Malone Invitational the Bishops defeated the Otters by over 40 points.
Psychologically, the the change in one week was like night and day. Coach Dave Lehman credited a better mental outlook as the key to the Otters 27-39 triumph over runner-up Wesleyan.
"The difference was strictly attitude," Lehman said. "We went after them and wanted to beat them bad. We had the same people but a better attitude and we were better rested, too."
Senior Jeff Kneice paced a strong pack of Otters as he finished fourth (26:20). Freshman Scott Burns was sixth (26:41); sophomore Brian Wenger took seventh (26:45) and senior Bob Rose completed the scoring with his ninth-place finish (26:48). Freshman Mike Ginn (28: 16) and sophomore Steve Rush (28:45) rounded out the top seven on the team.
the opm10n of the runners after the wins was that their was a lot of pride at stake.
Another challenge confronts the Otters this weekend as they travel to Tri-State University (Angola, Ind.) for an invitational. It is a big meet for several reasons.
"We have six runners who are capable of running with anyone," Lehman said. "We're strong but not deep. But, our depth will get better."
However, it was not the same squad for the Otters at the starting line Saturday that had run at Malone. Technically, two of the seven varsity runners for the Otters did not run. Senior Hal Hopkins was still nursing a hamstring injury and junior Steve Weeber had a fever.
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Lehman commented that nearly everyone ran well He was especially pleased that some of the runners who normally don't receive any recognition had excellent races. Senior John McKenzie, freshman Gab Kirshner and sophomore Keith Froggett all had personal bests for the tough five-mile course.
Junior Mark Burns led all runners across the finish with a 25:44. He beat Wesleyan's John Timmons by one second and Timmons' teammate Glen McCasli n b.y three seconds.
Lehman said the meet was very important in reestablishing Otterbein as a conference power. He added that a loss "could've , made this a long season."
The victories extended the Otters' dual-meet record to 34 in a row dating back to Oct. 6, 1979.
"The meet was a sign of a mature squad," said Lehman. The Otters knew it was going to be a big meet and
First, the course is the same course on which the regionals will be held in November. Unfamiliarity in the regional course last year in Michigan contributed to the Otters' poor showing.
Second, some of the best competition in the region will be at the meet including Hope (Mich.) CoHege. Baldwin-Wallace and Ohio Wesleyan.
"Hope is probably the strongest in the region," Lehman said. "We want to stay close to BW and do much better than we did against them last time (at Malone). This will be an excellent indication as to where we stand in the regionals and in the conference against Baldwin-WaHace."
Spikers looking for momentum against tough foes
By Craig Merz
In a sport such as volleyball where momentum. is vitally important the Otterbein Cardinals hope two recent victories will provide a charge as they head into a week of tough competition.
Tuesday night, the Cards played ungracious hosts as they won two matches. Otterbein defeated Marietta 15-5, 15-10 and rolled over Kenyon 15-4, 15-9. The victories give the Cards a 3-5 season record.
The Tuesday victories salvaged what had been a one win, three loss week. Thursday, the Cards fell to Walsh (5-15, 12-15) and Wilmington (2-15, 10-15).
"We played poorly against Walsh," said Hazucha. "We beat ourselves." In the first game the Cards blew a 5-l lead.
play quite a few players in the Bluffton match. She said she has more confidence in the bench than in past years and feels "comfortable using the bench." In Tuesday's matches Hazucha stressed to the team the importance of playing with intensity the entire
match and generating their own momentum. As the season progresses Hazucha said she is stressing the mental aspect of the game-namely, keeping concentration throughout the match.
Tonight, Otterbein travels to Ohio Dominican for a tri-match with the Panthers and Muskingum. ODC was fourth in the state last year and Muskingum second. _
"Everything has to be on Thursday. We have to be at our absolute best," said coach Terri Hazucha. She views Saturday's home quad-match as important as well. Baldwin-Wallace, Denison and Muskingum will invade the Rike Center for an 11 a.m. match.
At Bluffton Saturday the Cards opened with a three set (15-11, 7-15, 15-4) victory over Malone. Hazucha said the team went into the match with specific goals in mind.
"We wanted to iron out the difficulties in our offense," she said. Hazucha called the serving "above average" and pointed to that part of the game as they key to victory.
"Denison is in our satellite," Hazucha noted. "It's a key match for seeding in the satellite tournament in Novem'
Against Bluffton the Cards lost a tough opener, 12-15. Hazucha said the game could have gone either way when the score was tied at 12.
"We let down at that point. We knew we had to serve tough, but they had the momentum." The Cards dropped the second game, 4-15. Hazucha was pleased that she was able to
BRADSON'S
Blown PAT seals Cardinal win at Wooster
By Ma rk Holm
T he W oos te r Fi ghting Scots brought out t he bag p ipe corps for their halfti me s h ow, bu t t he Otterbein Cardinal · foo tb a ll t ea m ma d e the finale read Otte rb ei n 14 a nd Wooster 13 last Sa turd ay aft e rnoon at Wooster's Severa nce S t a d ium
T h e Ca rd s held Wooster scoreless in th e fir s t q ua rt e r to run the defense's mastery ove r o pp os ing offences to ten conse cut ive sc or e le ss quarters. The Ca rd s were a lso unable to score in th e fi rs t session.
The Cards were moving the ball well when a costly offensive interference call against split end Dave Torgerson handed the ball back to Wooster with a minute remaining in the half. The half ended at 7-7.
Halftime statistics showed Wooster slightly ahead on rushing yardage 8768, but Otterbein had gained 70 yards through the air compared to only 7 for the Scots. The Cards drew 10 penalties in the first half, while Wooster was penalized 5 times Interceptions by Joe Krumpak and Tom Lucas had stopped Wooster and there were no fumbles by either team during the first half.
T he second qua rter brought about scores b y bo.th tea m s, with Wooster d raw in g fi rs t b lood midway through t he qua rt er. Afte r a 38 yard punt by Ot ter bein's Jo n M as tel, the fighting Scot s put togethe r a ten-play drive starting from their o wn 48 and ending with ta il back Nea l Arcuri's eleven yard jaunt in to th e e nd zone and a 6--0 lead. Tlie PAT b y q uarterback-kicker Ron Wright made the score 7--0 in favor of Wooster.
Arcuri ran every pla y but two for the Scots a nd a critic al 11 yard pass comple t io n from Wright to Paul Sto r m gave the Sco t s the momentum needed to score. A rc uri picked up t h ree firs t downs fo r the Scots in their drive which used 4 minutes and 44 seconds
Coach Rick Seils must have said something i-mportant during the halftime break, because the Cards were set to go in the third quarter.
After the Cards had started a drive to open the third quarter, the Cardinal defense came through on Wooster's subsequent possession to intercept a Scot pass for the third time in the afternoon Joe Krumpak pulled down a Gregg Barney pass at the Wooster 26 and ran it back all the way to the one yard line
Two plays later, option quarterback Brook McDonald snuck over for the TD an Hoyle's second conversion of the day was good.
Otterbein came rig ht back on their next series to allow co unter on a tenplay d r ive that res ulted in a Scott Gas ser four yard ro mp for the score. Jim Hoyle converted th e PAT to even the score at seven all.
Otterbein then intercepted a Wooster pas s with Tom Lucas making the grab at midfiel d
Wooster was stopped on their next set of downs when workhorse Neal Arcuri was stopped short on a fourth and two effort at the Otterbein 30. The quarter ended with Otterbein up 14-7 over the stubborn, physical Wooster team.
Wooster scored at the 14: 13 mark of th e fourth quarter when a short pass to wide receiver Pat Collins from
center
quarterback Ron Wright resulted in a 67 yard romp down the sidelines after the catch for a Scot touchdown.
However, in the play of the game, the Scots' PAT was snuffed by Card defenders after a poor snap from the center, and the Cards held a 14-13 lead with most of the fourth quarter remaining.
Two long drives by the Cardinals and one extended drive by Wooster turned out for naught as the final score was 14-13
NOTE CARDS: In other OAC action last week , Ohio Wesleyan quarterback Mike Wallace set two NCAA All-Division and three OAC records in a 48-34 loss to Denison. Wallace set the national standard for single-game passing attempts and completions when h0- hit 48 out of 79 for 441 yards and two touchdowns His barrage also broke th e OAC yardage record set by Otterbein's Norm Lukey in 1969. The national marks were set by Portland State's Neil Lomax in 1979.
Fore . caster's picks go down in flames · Intramural football
By Dave Graham
have had night mares about such weekends. As the sco res rolled in Sunday night I started t o sink further in:to my chair and began to wish I was unknown once again.
Texas 24 Oklahoma 20
The Sooners lose another tough one to one of the nation's elite. The Longhorns are my pick to win it all this year.
UCLA 35 Stanford 21
N.Y. Jets 24 New England 21
This game should generate some interest in the northeast , but it won't mean a thing anyplace else
Oakland 17 Kansas City 14
By Bill Daubenmire
Since the begin ning of my forecas t in g I ha d a lways dreaded going u nd er the 500 ma rk Well, it has happe ned, b ut the thing that hurts me the mos t is t hat I was n't even that close.
I'm sure all yo u sadi sts out there are dying t o know m y numbers for the week F or th e 20 games picked, I mi ssed 12.5 o f them, (the DolphinsJets ' t ie count s as half win-half loss), for (gulp) 37 5% Overall I have picked 34.5 out of a total 60 games for 58 percent
The Bruins prove that a great quarterback does not a winner make. Pitt. 17 West Virginia 16
Don't laugh, the Mountaineers have a good tough team, but not tough enough to beat the Panthers.
THE PROS
Cleveland 30 Pittsburgh 27
The Browns even their record with their first win ever at Three Rivers Stadium.
Dallas 27 San Francisco 17
The Raiders get back on the scoreboard. If anyone can remember the last pro team that was shut out twice i n a row, ca11 me.
Miami 23 Buffalo 20
They couldn't have picked a better game for Monday night. The Dolphins have an edge though, barely.
Philadelphia 35 · New Orleans 17
These are the kind of games that will bring me back to respectability.
St. Louis 21 NY Giants 17
The 1981 Intramural Football season gets underway this week, with eight teams competing for the league championship. The league is broken down into two divisions, the Tuesda y League, and the Thursday League.
The Tuesday league teams are: The Ratz, Jonda, Sphinx , and Davis Hall. The Thursday league teams are: Kings , Country Club, Vandels, and Gators Raiders.
The games consist of two eight man teams, playing two 20 minute balves. Each player wears a flag and play is stopped when a defender takes the flag from the ball carrier.
The Cowboys get back on track after their first loss of the year. The 49er's have surprised people, though.
Now, to redeem myself, (if I don't a new byline might appear at the top of this column next week.)The picksOtterbein 9 Baldwin-Wallace 7
Even though both teams are undefeated, and the Cards are my team I would have to name this one as my upset of the week
Capital 20 Muskingham 16
Thi s o ne wasn ' t hard to figure out. Cap is fre sh from an upset over Ohio
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N o r t he rn a nd th e Muskies are recovering , fr o m a n e ncounter with Wittenberg.
Denver 21 Detroit 7
The two teams that shut out the world champs square off in Denver. The Broncos are getting their act together.
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Los Angeles 28 Atlanta 21
The Rams have won two straight and the Falcons have lost two in a row
That means L.A. this week
Cincinnati 24 Baltimore 14
Chicago 28 Washington 17
Green Bay 20 Tampa 17
Houston 28 Seattle 17
There are three regular season games, with a single elimination tournament involving all teams scheduled for after the season.
The intramural field is located behind the Rike Center, north of the Varsity baseball field.
Ohio S ta te 21 Wisconsin 17
T h e Bucks recove r from the Florida State fiasco t o barely dispose of a tough Badger team.
I've been having a hard time telling what the Bengals are doing but this week they should beat the Colts.
San Diego 27 Minnesota 17
The Chargers strike again, this tirr,e the victims are the Vikings.
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Senior Quarterback Scott Gasser prepares to celebrate his touchdown carry with
Monte Simmons, 51, and fullback Ed Schmidt, 35. The Cardinals nipped the Wooster Scots 14-13 Saturday. Photo by Jeff Boehm