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By Greg Stemm In the nextyear Ihopetocontinue Student Trustee toreporttoyouthroughthe"Tanand
Cardinal", but I'd also like to hear
ToallincomingFreshmen Iextend from you. My thoughts on the issues a heartywelcomeandtoallreturning around campus can be seen in this upperclassmen it's good to see you columh nearly every week-if you again!' agree or disagree with my ideas, let
Forallyoufreshmenwhoarewonme know-it will help me represent deringwhojustgreetedyou,myname you better. is Greg Stemm and as of spring last year I'm your faithful (or faithless as Fortunately, being a sophomore thecasemay be) Student Trustee.
But seriously, a student trustee is someonewhoiselectedbythestudent
when I was elected means that I will behereoncampusfortwoofmythree yearsasatrusteeinsteadofthenormal one year. That means the decisions I make on the boardwill affectmejust bodyandsitsontheBoardofTrustees withfullvotingrights. as muchastheyaffect you.
With that in mind I'd like to keep the linesofcommunicationopen with you throughouttheyear. Neverthink that your ideas 9on't matter. This is your school and you have every right to have an equalvoiceinthewayitis run It'smyresponsibilitytomakesure that your voice is heard.
HEAD RESIDENTS
King - Becky Fickle Smith
Scott. Garst, Engle Mary Pembroke
Davis, Davis Annex Dick Schafer
Mayne Doug Payne T
Hanby Barb Thoburn
Clements - Chris Fleischer
In the past couple of weeks I've
seen a group of hard working individual freshmen football players wea,·c themsevlcs into a tight-knit team withtheupperclassmen, ranked as third in the preseason. In the past few days I've seen a group of freshmenhornplayers.drillteammembers. andflagtwirlersformamarchingband with pride. If either of these arc examples ofthe rest of the freshmen class then Otterbeinhas a lot to look forward to inthenext four years!
Ilookforwardtogettingtoknowall of you in thecoming year!
By Greg Stemm
Forgoodorforbadlifedoesgoon
- The "mushroom patch" (format Otterbein during the summer erly known as the carpet in the basemonths. FromJunetoSeptemberisa mentof Da,is Annex)hasbeentaken long time to fill-in so we'll skip the outand newcarpetisscheduledtobe defails, but tobring youup to date: installed.
-Towers Hallhas anew interiore
- Thefirstshipmentofnewtablese look which will hopefully save youa and chairs for the Campus Center fewstepsthisyear. Altthirdfloorclass Dining HallarrivedinlateAugust. All rooms have been moved to the first oftheoldwoodentablesandchairsarc floor; first floor offices have been scheduled to be replaced. moved tothethird floor. A new food service. Custom
At press timethe new offcam Catering, began serving in late July. pus phone system has not yet been Custom replaces the Hallmark fo�d fully connected. The planned ystem servicewhichhadbeenatOtterbeinfor will provide for off-campus dialing overtenyears. from the telephone in each students' ,oom.
- The 1981summertheatrehad a
- Renovationofthebathroomsine successful season despite the lack of Davis Hallisnearingcompletion. The airconditioningintheCampusCenter new look will include fresh paint and through 111uch of the first few pro new sinks and toilets. ductions. Comedy, romance, a musi
-Ifyouarea Hanby Hallresidente cal, and a mystery highlighted the then feel more secure. New deadbolt summertroupe'sperformances. locks were installed overthe summer - Garst Hallwashomeforseverale monthsoneachdoor. summer school students. The other
- The KappaPhiOmegaSororitye dormswereusedforsuchconferences housereceivedlargescalerenovations as Basketball Camps, Christian totaling $10,000 including: a new
n,aint ne�" porch a new roof fr c.h ararn'spouts, anewwaterheater, ano
Church in Ohio. Moffit Clinic. and - Otterbein. in conjunction withe ·enew back steps.e the After sweltering Westervi)Jp Are::i Chamber of Commerce sponsored the Westcrviile in the midsummer heatforseveralweekstheaire conditioning in Towers. the Library,e and the Campus Center was repairede inmid-July.e
- Altman Housewillbehomefore a group of international students thise year. This will provide housing fore those studentswhocan'treturnhomee Arts and Crafts Festivalinmid-June. Hundreds of crafts and paints were both on display and on sale on the lawn ofTowers Hall.
- Thesamesongshavebeenplaying on theTowerschimes, every hour every summerandwinterbreak.e on the hour, allsummer long.
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By Dave Grahame was picked fourth, followed by Kenyon and Marietta, respectively.
To no one's surprise, the mediae and coaches overwhelmingly chosee The coaches' poll mirrored thee defending division winners Baldwin media pollinthe RedDivisionexcepte WallaceandWittenbergtomeetinthee for the fifth and sixth place teams,e Ohio Athletic,Conference champion which switched places.e ship game withWittenbergtakingthee Eleven coaches gave BaldwinOAC crown back to Springfield.e Wallace the first place nod with two September I0, I
votes going to Mt. Union:e
81 Championship Nod
lowed by Denison, Muskingum ande game.e .· OhioWesleyal).e
Defensively, the Tigersareledbyae
In the championship game, thee pair ofall OAC performers inSafetye mediagaveWittenberg18votestowine Bill Beach and b-8 Dwight Porter.e
Even though t�epreseasonexpertse it all. Ohio Northern and Baldwin-.e Wallace recei-vedfour voteseach.e hav� chosen the perennial favoritese The. coaches gave Wittenberg thee (Baldwin-Wallace and Wittenberg),e nod ith six votes. Baldwin-Wallacee the OAC will boast a more balancede
The pressandcoachesconversedin Columbus onAugust 11togetapeeke gottwo,andCapitalandOhioNortherne leaguethan in recentyears.e got one apiece.
In the Blue Division, Wittenberge received 21 media votesfor first, fol
Ohio Northern and Capital both at what the·OAC race might hav� ine sfore this fall.e
It was not a difficult decision to lowed by Ohio Northern, which got· four votesand Capitalwithone.e lookstrong thisyearintheBlue Divichoos� Wittenbergastheteamtobeate sion. Inthe Red Division, Mt. Union,e Baldwin-Wallace, the 1980 in this year's OAC race. The Tigerse Otterbein, and Heidelberg each havee have15 of 22 startersreturning(eighte afistfulof talent returning.e
con
Denison�Wooster, OhioWesleyan,e and rounded out the ference champs, were selected totakee the Red Divisioncrown astheYellowe Muskingum onoffense, sevenoil defense). media's opinion of the Blue Division.e
Although replacing the league'se timeforthe oldestathleticc�nferencee ·e
Now that all the tafk is done, it'se
Jackets nailed down· 21 of 26 first - place votes cast by attending media. . • The coaches' selection showed thee Mt, Unioncollectedfourvotesforfirste most efficient passer, Kirby Thomptopthreespots identicaltothemedia,e son, seems to be a big chore, Tigere with Wittenberg getting ten votes,e mentor Dave Maurercanonlyrelyone in the nation to .move into anothere footballseason.eas they weretappedfor second.e ·e Ohio Northern twoand Capitai one.e aveteranrushingattackJedbyJuniore -Andremember,"it'snotovertillit'se over." TB Dana Williams.Williams finishede
Otterbein finished a close third ine ihe balloting. Heiaelberg, which re Theremainderofthecoaches'picks ceived the (emaining first place vote,e Wooster in fourth place, fol- fifth in the OAC with 85.9 yards pere were
R.Unne_rs
By Craig Merze
Op�n
Title Defense saturd:ay
Yet, the Otters can still boast ofe
having Senior Kneice (first), senior
The 1981 cross country team wille Rob Rose (third),junior MarkBurns open the season saturday at Sharone (fourth) and Wenger (reserve chamWoods park (11 a.m.) with a tough .e pion). Also Lehmanhopessenior Hale time tl'-y.ing to match last season'se Hopkins can haveasgoodsuccessine feats.e cross country as he had on the-tracke
All the Otters did in 1980 was toe lastspringwhenhewontheconferencee posta19-0dualmeetrecordandthene steeplechase and qualified for thee runawaywiththeteamandindividuale Nationals in schoolrecordtime.e t1tles at the Ohio Conference cham- Withatopfivepotentiallyasstronge . ·pionship-,-The Otterswontheschool's·e asanyinthe conference,the finaltwoe first cross country title ever with thee varsity become very important. Lehsecor-idlowestpointtotalinthehistorye man feels that ofthefreshmen Scotte oftheconferencechampionship.Thene Burns and Jeff Miller have the beste junior Jeff KneiceandfreshmanBriane shot of making the top seven forthee ·eWenger ·won the varsity and reservee Otters.e races, respectively.e
A group of upperclassmen havee ·e_ . There .e is 'bne way this year's teame excellentchancesofmakingthevarsitye ean surpass last season's team - bye including sophomores J.C. Churche cj-ualifying for the NCAA Nationals.e and Steve Sumlll.ers, junior Stevee TheOttersfinishedaverydisappoint Weeber and seniorCraig Merz. Thee ingfifth,onepointandoneteamplacee potentialisalsothereforsophomores away from thenationals.e Steve Rush, Dave Lowry and Davee
This year·the task could be evene Ritter to make for one of the most
tougher for several reasons. First,e competitive teams Lehman hase Otterbein isgenerally regardedasnote coached. being quite as strong as last year. Ofe course;onlytimewilltellhowaccuratee tbepr�season prognosticators are.e
Secondly, Baldwin-Wallace ande Ohio� Wesleyan look as tough ase Otterbein in the conference. A closee
baJtle fprth� title is expected. Whiche bri,ngs·usto thethirdpoint.e
Unlikepastyears, whenfourteamse won the Regional meet qualified fore the Nationals, whentheteamslineup .at:fri-State(Indiana)onNov.14only three National berths will be given. With the tight competition in thee OAC, it is possible that the conferenc;e champion might not be amonge the top three teams inthe Regionals.
Ot\er head coach Dave Lehmane starts hts 12th season with expectede excitement.e
"We'll have excellent experience and fair depthalong withseveralfine newcomers," Lehmansaid.TheOtters have 12 returnees with four seniors, twoJuniorsandsixsophomores.With fi-eshmen, transfers and others tryinge o_ut for the first time Otterbein wille have one of its largest teams inyearse with about20 runners.e
ThroughgraduationtheOtterslost Rick Miller (fifth jn the conference),e Bob Gold (eighth) and Mike Cooke (17th).e
The 1981 ('ross Country team will he �going for the g uld" again 1his rear.
PHaatts Rathskeller