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Students’ $10 for printing redirected to Wi-Fi BW to

By SAGE VERDI Associate Editor

After hearing numerous student complaints in recent years, Baldwin Wallace administration and student leaders decided that it would be in students’ best interest if they took steps to update campus Wi-Fi. To accomplish this, the decision was made to elimi-

nate the $10 in printing funds distributed to each student at the beginning of the academic year and instead use that money in order to improve campus Wi-Fi. The move was made after consultation between Baldwin Wallace’s Information Technology Department, President Robert Helmer, and student body president Kevin Kaufhold and vice president Olivia Murphy.

Craig Kitko, director of digital infrastructure at BW, said IT hired an outside vendor, Optio Data, to survey buildings on campus and check for what needs to be fixed. With that information in hand, Kitko worked the last two weeks on optimizing roaming capabilities and the coverage each access point handles, which will ultimately give students a better “migratory experience” as they walk through campus.

According to Kaufhold though, many of the Wi-Fi issues are a result of a common misconception among students living in residence halls – one that can’t be fixed by the increase in funding.

“A large number of students are using their personal notebook or tablet on the guest or game network,” said Kaufhold.

“This won’t give students the best experience.”

The Baldwin Wallace net-

work should be used by students to connect their laptops, tablets, Apple TVs and other devices. Only gaming systems like Xbox and PlayStation should be connected to the game network, he said.

Students having trouble connecting to the Wi-Fi should go to setupmywifi. bw.edu to get connected to the right network, he said. While SEE FUNDS >> PAGE 6

CO N S E R VATO R Y S T U D E N T S, FAC U LT Y S E E K I N G TO TAC K L E...

The problem of performance-related pain Conservatory students, like athletes, susceptible to repetitive stress injuries

By EMMA SELMON Managing Editor It all started with a feeling of tightness and fatigue in his left arm.

In that moment of his freshman year at the BW Conservatory, cello performance major Jake Muratore, more concerned with preparing his etude than with the pain in his arm, ignored his discomfort and pushed through his practice session.

What began as a bothersome pain quickly developed into a fullfledged performance injury, eventually diagnosed as tendinitis and an ulnar nerve entrapment.

Beginning in his first Members of Baldwin Wallace semester at BW and Symphony Orchestra who continuing into his reported experiencing some senior year, Mura- degree of performancetore’s injury has been related pain a constant hinderance to his instrumental studies.

“It’s limited my ability to practice as much as I want, as much as my teachers Members of BW Symphony want,” said Muratore. Orchestra who reported pain “In order to be suc- indicated it either somewhat cessful in the ways or greatly impeded their that I know I’m capa- ability to keep up with their ble, I have to practice instrumental studies more than I am able to.”

Repetitive stress injuries like Muratore’s are common among musicians. For music majors at the Conservatory, these injuries can also pose a serious

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Colin Henley, sophomore viola performance major, wears a brace on his left wrist.

Performance majors, like all musicians with ample time spent on practice and performances, may be susceptible to repetitive-stress injuries. threat to not only their current studies, but also to their future careers.

Musicians are susceptible to injury in much the same way athletes are in that playing a musical instrument involves repeatedly positioning the body in certain ways for extended periods of time, causing stress, often daily, to the same tissues, according to Claire Such, a physical therapist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s department of sports medicine.

“Without variety of movement, periodic changes in position, strength and conditioning of the body as a whole, or rest, these stresses [can] cause wear and tear on the involved tissues, limit joint mobility, and cause dysfunctional or inefficient patterns of movement over time,” said Such. “This can, in turn, lead to extra wear and tear on joints and muscles required to play a musical instrument.”

The issue of performance pain and injury pervades both the professional and collegiate musical world.

A 2012 study of professional orchestras in Australia revealed that 84 percent of those musicians had experienced a performance injury at some point in their careers.

Likewise, a survey of members of the BW Symphony Orchestra found 86 percent of the 64 respondents experienced some degree of performance-related pain. Of these, 69 percent said that their pain has either somewhat or greatly impeded their ability to keep up with their instrumental studies.

Dr. Charles Rochester-Young, associate dean of the Conservatory, said he was surprised by the results of this poll. He said that as a relatively new Conservatory administration member, this issue had not been brought to his attention.

“This is the first conversation [that] I’ve had a student come talk to me about student wellness issues,” said Rochester-Young. “If there’s a huge number of SEE PAIN >> PAGE 3

NEW UNION ON WAY

STRIKER SETS RECORD

With Halloween approaching and the dorm slated for eventual demolition, tales of the ‘Kohler Ghost’ are still alive.

The ongoing capital campaign seeks funds for major campus projects, including a new $50 million student union.

Sophomore Danny Ruple is bright spot for men’s soccer as he sets Baldwin Wallace record with 17th goal of the season.

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KOHLER GHOST STORIES

wait on Title IX changes

By REBECCA GACKLER Staff Writer While the Federal Department of Education announced last month it was scrapping Obamaera rules concerning sexual assault on college campuses, Baldwin Wallace University has no plans to alter their approach to investigations of such accusations, officials said.

An interim policy, announced by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Sept. 22, replaces Title IX guidelines for how universities and colleges handle sexual assault that had been intended to better protect victims.

A new finalized rule, which DeVos has said will be more balanced between the accused and the accuser, is not expected for at least several months.

In the interim, Baldwin Wallace intends to continue using existing standard in handling sexual misconduct cases until required to do otherwise by the federal government, according to C.J. Harkness, BW’s chief diversity officer and Title IX administrator.

“In the meantime, I think it’s important for students – and faculty and staff as well – to know that we are not making any changes to our policy at this time and have no intention to make any significant changes to any of the things that we do unless the federal government dictates that we do so,” SEE TITLE IX >> PAGE 3

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New student union, relocation of MACS in works

Plan is to renovate Strosacker, construct two new buildings

By DREW BOXLER Executive Editor The construction of the new University Market is only the first phase of Baldwin Wallace’s second major capital campaign within the past two decades.

Currently, BW is working with Toledo-based architectural company The Collaborative Inc. to bring three major projected changes to the campus’ physical plant, said Senior Vice President Dick Fletcher.

The first of these is the construction of a new $50 million student union in the place of the current parking lot next to the Lou Higgins Recreational

Center. Once the construction of that building were to be complete, a projected $25 million would be used to renovate the entire interior of Strosacker Hall, which would then be used as the center for the growing Health Sciences department, Fletcher said.

The third major project included in the current capital campaign is the relocation of Math and Computer Sciences (MACS), which is currently located on Tressel Street in one of BW’s oldest academic buildings.

The new plan calls for the construction of a new $20 million building at the corner of Front Street and Fifth Street, just behind the Center for Innovation and Growth,

(CIG). BW already owns the land and the houses beyond the CIG, so construction is only a matter of acquiring the appropriate funds.

As for the area of land that would be opened up between the Carmel dormitories and the Rec Center, Fletcher said that the plan currently sees an opportunity to use that area as a green space — an aspect left over from the previous master plans of the last decade.

The current campaign officially began in 2016 as faculty met with community and city officials to plan out the potential new renovations at the conclusion of the preceding campaign.

In the past decade, BW has conducted two major capital campaigns.

The first of these, according to Fletcher, began in 2000 when BW officials contracted campus designing firm Ayres

English department marks passing of longtime professor

By JULIE SIMMONS Staff Writer

Earlier this month, the Baldwin Wallace University English Department held a memorial service for Professor of English Dr. Catherine R. Lewis, who passed away this past May. Lewis taught at BW for nearly 30 years in the department.

“Because her whole life was given to this school, it seemed appropriate that we have an academic ceremony,” said Professor of English Dr. Michael Dolzani.

The Oct. 4 service was planned by members of the English Department and spearheaded by Administrative Specialist Lee Ann Jindra.

It was held in the Rose Garden outside the LindsayCrossman Chapel and was presided over by University Chaplain John Gordon. The service was comprised of readings by colleagues and a former students. “[Each reader] picked passages from literature that they thought would have been important to Catherine,” said Dr. Denise Kohn, Professor of English and Chair of the English Department.

The memorial service was attended by colleagues, former students, and university’s administration.

“We were happy, as a department, at the turnout,” said Dolzani. “We were gratified that all of those people turned up.”

After the service, a rosebush was planted in the Rose

Garden in Lewis’ memory.

It w i l l soon be joined by a memorial plaque and a group of small stones with Lewis quotes and memories relating to Lewis, said Kohn.

“I remember how much she loved the outdoors,” said Kohn.

“She would find stones outside and bring them back in and show them to people.”

Lewis’ love of nature tied in closely with the literary eras she was passionate about.

“She had that same keen sense of appreciation of nature,” said Kohn.

Lewis first came to BW as a professor in 1988. She taught at the university for 29 years and focused on teaching Romantic and Victorian literature, said Dolzani.

Lewis served on BW’s Curriculum Committee and spent several years as its chair, allowing her to play a role in shaping the university’s curricula.

“She also was one of the people earliest on to create courses where gender was a focus,” Dolzani said, referring to her establishment of English classes focusing on gender studies in literature.

Lewis is remembered by colleagues and students alike for her intelligence and for her sense of humor.

In a collection of statements

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from Lewis’ former students gathered over e-mail and Facebook and compiled by Kohn, one student wrote, “I absolutely adored her dry sense of humor, and she consistently made me laugh.”

“Her love of her students was matched by her wit and intelligence,” another student wrote.

“She was very quick-witted,” said Dolzani. “She could crack up colleagues and classes just with a turn of a phrase.”

When asked to describe Lewis in a few words, Kohn said, “Wit. Wisdom. Principled. Dedicated.”

Her sheer love for the Romantic and Victorian literature she taught was also evident, said Kohn. Many of the readings at the memorial service were drawn from some of her favorite works from these eras.

Stacey Clemence, a former student of Lewis’, read the last paragraph of the novel “Middlemarch” by George Eliot during the service, one of the novels Lewis was known for teaching.

Another student whose remarks were included on Kohn’s list of student memories about Lewis recalled how she had a positive impact on many years’ worth of students.

“I will always remember Dr. Lewis for her warmth and encouragement,” wrote the student. “When I learned I had Dr. Lewis for introductory English, my older sister was delighted. She had Dr. Lewis a few years prior and told me story after story about what a gem she was. Dr. Lewis proved to be just that to me.”

Lewis was deeply devoted to education and placed her classes and her teaching at the core of her life.

“The real center of her life was teaching,” said Dolzani.

“That’s what gave her life meaning. And she was extremely good at it.”

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That plan included campus renovations that Fletcher said dramatically changed the look and shape of the BW campus over the course of the past 20 years.

One of the major campus elements that spawned as a result of that campaign is the cobblestone walkway between Strosacker Hall, Carmel dormitories, and the Welcome Center on South Campus.

Originally, that area of land was occupied by Grand Street, but was then closed to make room for the walkway that connected previously separate areas of campus.

At the moment, Fletcher said, the campaign to fund these new projects is still in it’s quiet phase.

“There are two phases [to a capital campaign]”, Fletcher said, “the ‘quiet phase’, in which you hope to secure

about 80% of the funds needed to achieve the goal; and the public phase… the wrap-up.”

For projects like a capital campaign, most of the funding comes from private funders.

Fletcher said that these funders are typically comprised of alumni, corporate connections, and foundations.

“The general concept is you do an inside-out camping...”

Fletcher said. “Wealthy people closest to the institution that are likely to be large donors.

And [fundraisers] are having some success.”

BW officials are still working to acquire the necessary funds to begin either of the predicted projects, but Fletcher explained that either of the projects may be initiated at any time depending on when the appropriate funds are acquired.

Speech Pathology Master’s program sees ‘huge growth’

By JULIE SIMMONS Staff Writer

During a time of decreasing enrollment for universities across America, Baldwin Wallace’s Speech-Language Pathology Master’s program has defied the trend.

According to Dr. Colleen Visconti, Dean of the School of Health Sciences and Program Director of the Speech Language Pathology Program, the program has experienced “huge growth” since its establishment in 2015.

Its first graduating class was comprised of 15 students. The class entering the program this year is comprised of 22.

The program was created to fill a need for speech-language pathologists and of speechlanguage pathology master’s programs in the area, said Dr. Christie Needham, department chair for communication sciences and disorders and director of clinical education.

Since 2015, enrollment in the program has grown by about 47 percent.

“It’s grown faster than we ever expected,” said Visconti.

Much of the program’s growth can be attributed to the high demand for programs that prepare students for entry into the growing profession of speech-language pathology. A master’s degree is necessary in order to become a practicing speech-language pathologist.

“Speech-Language Pathology is a profession that is continuing to grow,” said Needham, “and it has been a profession traditionally in Ohio where there has been a need for Speech-Language Pathologists and not enough people to fill them.”

Cher yl Lee, admission counselor for adult, transfer, military, and graduate programs, said that the program is also unique in that it gives well-rounded students a chance to pursue a career in

speech-language pathology even if they do not have perfect GPAs. “[GPA and test scores] are important,” Lee said, “but [the program] like[s] to see would this person be a great speech-language pathologist even though they’re not a 3.98 GPA person. Many of the other state schools base their admission totally on scores and GPA.” As well as filling an important academic and occupational need, the Speech-Language Pathology Master’s at BW has a special focus on service.

“As part of our program, we take our students to Zambia, Africa. It’s built into the program,” said Visconti. “They’re really trying to develop services and things like that. They don’t have speech therapy in their country.”

The trip to Zambia allows students to obtain international experience while learning how to serve others “in a culturally appropriate way,” said Needham. Eighteen out of 20 students participated in the first trip last year. All 22 of this year’s students have signed up to participate in the second trip this May. “We do a lot of service work while we’re there,” said Needham, “working with individuals in the country who are developing skills in working with individuals who have communication disorders. That tends to be something very different than other programs.”

The program’s focus on service also applies at home. Students in the program serve 180 to 200 patients each week in a free speech clinic on the BW campus, according to Visconti and Needham, and about another 500 at community partner locations.

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Job, grad school fairs aim to aid students Pain: Musicians face

By CORINNE BALTZ Staff Writer

During the first week of October, BW hosted two events, a graduate school fair, and a criminal justice job fair, to help current students determine their path after BW. The criminal justice fair, known formally as “Northeast Ohio Public Safety and Criminal Justice Career Fair,” gave students the chance to interact with representatives from major employers, such as the FBI and multiple police departments, as well as veteran Jessica Newbacher, The Exponent and emergency services.

Senior Justin Herrin meets with a representative from the Case Western Reserve The fair was attended by over 200 people, including University at the annual Graduate School Fair in the Center for Innovation and Growth. some from outside of BW. This is the first year that BW has for potential employers to be- the FBI’s Evidence Response programs; for instance, Case hosted the career fair, and the come familiar with BW and Vehicle, which not only served Western Reserve University, administration is pleased with our students, as well as giving to educate the public, but also whose table included Weaththe turnout. our students an opportunity provided an “iconic” way of erhead Management, Mandel Dr. Theron Quist, the chair for professional development.” directing people to the fair’s Social Sciences, and Law. of the Sociology Department, The program director, Dr. location.

BW intentionally attempts felt as though the fair allowed Carol Gregory, was also exJust a day later was BW’s to host a wide variety of profor great student contact op- cited about the event. annual Graduate School Fair, grams, to suit the needs of evportunities.

“Both BW and the FBI have which welcomed 44 graduate ery student, said Judy Mey, an “[The career fair] connects common missions of serving schools, all representing dif- advisor with Career Services. organizations who serve our the community,” she said. ferent programs, to the Center The two most popular majors communities in various ways The event, which was free for Innovation and Growth. at the fair this year were Health with our students,” he said. “It for both the employers and the Many schools had recruitalso provides an opportunity attendees, was marked with ers who represented specific SEE FAIRS >> PAGE 7

Title IX: BW sexual assault policy not changing Continued from Page 1

he said. “I want it to be very, very clear for students that nothing is changing.”

The rescinding of Obama era rules means several aspects of how universities operate under Title IX, Harkness said. Under the Obama administration, a “preponderance of evidence” was the acceptable level of evidence that a university needed to determine in a sexual misconduct case, meaning that the evidence had to show that it is more likely than not that an accused perpetrator committed sexual misconduct. Other changes are expected, including, for example, the time period cases must be investigated.

While changes are being worked out at the federal level, BW will operate under the existing Title IX rules in place prior to the additional rules added by the Obama administration, Harkness said. The school intends to continue to use a preponderance of evidence standard and continue to handle cases promptly and thoroughly, he said.

While Harkness said the 60-day timeline had prompted BW to make “administrative changes” to be more efficient and timely in aspects of Title IX investigations, the goal of conclusively determining if a preponderance of evidence exists drove the timing, not an external timing mandate. As such, the removal of the rule will not change any policies at BW. Under the new guidelines, a university could choose to offer mediation as a method of resolution, a process in which, instead of a formal disciplinary process, both parties in the case are brought together with

a mediator to discuss what happened and determine what to do next. This is not a practice that BW had in place, as it was prohibited under the previous rule, and there are no plans for it to be put in place at BW, Harkness said.

“I want to be very, very clear for students that nothing is changing.”

CJ HARKNESS

Baldwin Wallace Title IX Administrator

New Federal guidelines to replace the temporary situation will be put into place at some point in the future, he said, and will likely take 12-18 months, although the process may be accelerated. These guidelines may determine what level of evidence is required, whether a timeline will be enforced and, if so, what this timeline is, and whether a school is allowed to use the mediation process, or they might continue allowing schools to handle Title IX as they see fit.

At this point, the guidelines will be made available to the public for comment, after which it will be edited by the Department of Education and put into place. Until this time, BW is maintaining its original policies, Harkness said.

Harkness said that the biggest change the current administration could make is to the standard of evidence. If this was to be increased to “clear and convincing,” which is a higher requirement than “preponderance of evidence”, the staff would have to be retrained to adjust to the new standard, he said.

Another challenge brought about by the Federal changes

would be communicating to the community that BW still takes sexual misconduct allegations seriously, Harkness said. In an effort to adjust the rules, he said he hoped it would not impede victims of sexual assault from coming forward.

“I hope that the administration does not do anything to further cause people to not want to report,” he said. “Some guidelines could have a chilling effect on people reporting to their campuses.”

Harkness defined chilling effect as an effect in the “atmosphere” of the campus that causes someone to not want to report an assault, such as a friend telling him or her that the campus will not believe them. In fact, Harkness said misconceptions can lead to problems, like a common misconception is that no one will believe the victim. That is simply not true at BW, he said.

“We have a process that’s about determining whether or not there’s a preponderance of evidence that someone has violated the sexual misconduct policy, but this is not about whether or not we think someone is telling us the truth,” he said. “We’re here to make sure you understand your rights and the policy and make sure that we find a way to help you feel safe on campus, to give you the tools that you need to be successful to move forward, but you don’t have to come in here to convince someone that something harmful has happened to you.”

The other most common misconception Harkness has heard is that a university wants to protect itself from the “embarrassment” of sexual misconduct cases being reported on its campus, he said.

“It does us no good as an in-

stitution to deny that one of the problems of society happens on our campus as well, and I don’t pretend like we live in a campus community where sexual misconduct is not a problem… that we need to continuously work to do better at solving,” he said.

“I’m here to protect students or employees who have been victims of sexual misconduct, to stop the behavior, prevent its reoccurrence, and respond to any discriminatory impact it’s had on the victim or survivor.”

If a student or faculty member is a victim of sexual assault and wishes to file a complaint, they have several options for how to do so. They could reach out to Harkness, discrimination investigators, or any other employee at BW. All BW employees who are not counselors are mandated reporters, meaning that they have to file reports when they are informed of a sexual assault.

Counselors and representatives from the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center are confidential advisors, meaning that they do not have to report if a sexual assault is reported to them. According to Harkness, members of the BW community are encouraged to speak with a confidential advisor, as they are often more comfortable to report it afterwards. The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center is housed on campus. Individuals can stop by on Tuesday 1:30-5:30 p.m. or schedule an appointment. There is also an online report form, available through My BW. For more information on how to report online or people to get in touch with, go to My BW > Campus Life > Your Campus > Diversity Initiatives > Sexual Misconduct Information and Complaint Resolution (Title IX and VAWA).

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students out there [who are concerned] about things and they feel like we’re not listening, it’s simply because I’m not hearing it. …The issues that we know about, we’re trying to address, but there may be issues out there that if we don’t know about them, we can’t address them.”

For his part, Muratore said that there are several reasons why a student might be hesitant to discuss performance injuries with Conservatory administration.

“It seems like there are a lot of hoops to jump through in order to affect change,” said Muratore. “It can be really daunting, and people might not know where to start.”

Performance injuries develop in part from — and are often exacerbated by — the amount of time students spend playing their instruments, said Dr. Tiffany Chang, interim director of orchestral studies. Conservatory instrumentalists must juggle lessons, studio classes, small ensemble rehearsals, large ensemble rehearsals, recitals, concerts, and several hours of personal practice. This amounts to hours of playing every day, she said.

“It’s a lot of playing that students have to do, and all of that playing, combined together, can be very strenuous for a student,” said Chang.

While the Conservatory is always a busy place for its students, Spring 2017 presented particular opportunities and challenges for the orchestra, said Mary Dobrea-Grindahl, chair of the Conservatory keyboard department and professor of piano.

The ensemble tackled a number of major repertoire pieces that were difficult, long, and large in instrumentation. Students gave multiple performances of these works, including those on a tour that happened during much of their spring break, and were frequently called to supplementary rehearsals outside of their scheduled class time.

These additional commitments were difficult for some students to handle, said Dobrea-Grindahl. She noticed a number of orchestra members struggling with pain and injury last semester.

“It was a perfect storm,” she said.

A storm, she said, that compelled the Conservatory to reexamine the demands that it places on its students.

According to RochesterYoung, the Conservatory administration is actively working to ease the strain on their students.

“We’re having conversations about [the student workload] in department chairs and faculty on an ongoing basis,” he said.

“We’re trying to minimize commitments that go beyond academic scheduled times.”

The Conservatory is also exploring other ways help its stu-

dents cope with their inevitably busy schedules, said RochesterYoung.

Meditation and Mindfulness for Musicians programming, which includes workshops and an elective class, in part aims to help students address the emotional factors that may contribute to their physical pain symptoms.

Students like Muratore, however, feel that these attempts fall short of truly addressing the issue of performance injury. Muratore said that there is a lack of practical resources for injury prevention and management on campus; since his freshman year, he has had to spend thousands of dollars out-of-pocket to seek help for his injury outside of BW.

“It’s a lot of playing that students have to do, and all of that playing, combined together, can be very strenuous for a student.”

DR. TIFFANY CHANG

Interim Director of Orchestral Studies

Muratore said that he thinks the school needs to take more responsibility in assisting its students struggling with injury.

“I know that it’s unacceptable for a school with a performance program to not have resources for performance-related injuries or resources to educate students about their body,” said Muratore. “The fact that we don’t even offer, as part of the major curriculum here, any kind of body awareness…is unfortunate and it’s a detriment to the students here.”

While Dobrea-Grindahl fully believes in the benefits of the Meditation and Mindfulness programming, she said there is a need for more injury prevention and management resources on campus. To help fill this need, she is in the beginning stages of planning an interdisciplinary HPE Wellness course that would provide extensive education and training in performance injury prevention.

Dobrea-Grindahl wants this course to include visits from physical therapists who specialize in musicians’ health as well as specialists in the Feldenkrais Method and the Alexander Technique, two different approaches used by musicians to prevent injury.

Ideally, she said she wants this class to be required of all Conservatory freshman, who, like Muratore, are particularly “vulnerable” to developing injuries.

In the end, however, the question of how to handle performance injuries in a conservatory setting is a complex one, said Dobrea-Grindahl, but there are members of the Conservatory community who are working to find a solution.

“I think it’s important for students to know that we recognize that things should change,” she said.

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Misfits seeks to shift comedic focus

Show aims to move away from gendered focus

By CAYLEIGH STEWART Staff Writer

On Saturday Oct. 28, at 10 p.m., BWU Prism will be putting on their fifth year of Misfits.

A student-run event, Misfits gives all Baldwin Wallace students a chance to come together and create an unconventional comedic performance.

The team who is organizing Misfits this year includes artistic directors Caroline Prescott and Alec Irion and producer Jared Mathis.

Created in only three weeks, the Misfits experience began with auditions and will end with an hour and a half of different songs and performances filled with wit and parody.

This year, Prescott and Irion have decided to take a different route in creating Misfits.

In previous years, Misfits was centered on gender-bending performances where, for ex-

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Students only have three weeks to prepare an hour and a half of different songs and performances . After previous years heavily focused on gender-bending performances, producers are seeking to alter the focus this year . ample, a female would sing a song from a male’s role and vice versa.

Changing perceptions of gender have caused this year’s

team to move away from this type of humor.

“We are at a point, culturally, where it is no longer funny that a guy is acting like a girl,”

Prescott said.

The gender binary is no longer the source of humor, but humor is still central to the production, according to Irion.

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Still spooky: ‘Kohler Ghost’ continues ‘Threepenny’ has surprises on in imagination of campus community in store for BW audience

By CORINNE BALTZ Staff Writer

By MAYA JOHNSON Staff Writer

As construction of the newest residence hall, University Market, has begun, students are beginning to wonder about the history of the oldest residence hall, as well as the fate of its most famous inhabitant: the supposed “Kohler Ghost.”

Kohler is slated to be torn down after a long history of serving many different roles.

The lots were purchased from the Berea Seminary for $100 in March 1852, and historians date the building as being constructed around 1853. The property changed hands several times before becoming a part of the German Methodist Orphan Asylum in 1862, which provided a home for children who had lost their fathers in the Civil War. Finally, the building was purchased in the 1860s or 70s

by German Wallace College, where it then became a residence hall. Although there are rumors that the building also served as a veteran’s hospital, there is no evidence to support that, according to campus archivist, professor, and historian Kieth Peppers.

According to Peppers, a building with this kind of history will inevitably have ghost

When a student imagines a BW Conservatory opera production, they might recall Mozart, Handel and Poulenc.

In these refined works, vocal performance students perform soaring arias and sweeping vocal runs while dressed in flowing, historical gowns.

The upcoming show, Threepenny Opera, is anything but that.

The 1928 opera is a departure from the buttoned-up, classical style that are in regular productions in university programs, but not without the same challenges to the performers as well as the audience.

Straight from the Joplin era, Threepenny Opera is full of upbeat, jazzy tunes interspersed with murder ballads in English.

With spoken dialogue, Threepenny Opera likens itself to contemporary musical theater, said Ethan Burck, junior vocal performance major who will play Mack the Knife in the production.

Filled with foul-mouthed characters, killing sprees and staged sex, audiences may think twice about inviting children to see the production. The game of mischief on the stage has dire consequences and the actors

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The Baldwin Wallace archives contain many clippings and photographs of Kohler Hall, which has been used in a variety of roles over the years . stories surrounding it.

“It’s very old, it’s very creaky — stories start to evolve over time,” Peppers said. “There have been stories for a very long time about ghosts in Kohler.”

M a ny s t u d e n t s w e r e “creeped out” by the tunnel in Kohler’s basement, according to Peppers. The tunnel, which was sealed up several decades ago, used to lead from the maintenance area of the building to the chapel morgue, an area that many students don’t

even realize exists.

And the use of “creeped out” is quite justified — the basement of Kohler is cool and windowless, with the tunnel area totally devoid of electricity or heating. Three small cinderblock rooms make up the area, with dirt-covered floors strewn with garbage, including old beer cans, newspaper clippings, and even a forgotten bicycle. In the back of the third room, a still-new-looking wall SEE KOHLER >> PAGE 6

compel the audience to stir in their seats with pointed stares, shattering the fourth wall.

“It’s meant to make you want to get up and do something,” said Sabina Balsamo, senior vocal performance major who will play Polly in the show. “[The opera wants to] show you what’s wrong with the world and make you mad about it.”

This opera is an example of Brechtian theater, also known as epic theater. This style of theater was pioneered by Berthold Brecht, the early 20th century German playwright who wrote Threepenny Opera. Brechtian theater will make the audience question what they are seeing.

“It doesn’t take sides,” said Scott Skiba, director of opera studies. “It’s going to offend everyone at some point.”

To add to the surreal nature of the performance, the production is set in the recent past of the 1970s with colorful costuming and rolling scaffolding set pieces, which provides a new challenge for the students.

“It gets the singers really into their bodies,” said Skiba, “It kind of gets everybody out of their head.”

In collaboration with the Cleveland Opera Theater, the performance will take place at the Maltz Performing Arts Center Oct. 27 and 29. Tickets are free for students.

Allies, the LGBTQ+ organization on campus, will be hosting their annual Halloween dance on Thursday, Oct. 26 from 9 p.m. to midnight.

According to the co-president of Allies, Jake Knowlton, Allies’ goal is to not exist anymore. He said the club supports allies and LGBTQ+ people through regular meetings, office hours for people to stop in and chat, and educational books and DVD’s students can check out from the club’s library.

“Having a support group for LGBT people is good now,” he said, “but one day we hope to get to a point where we are no longer needed.”

Until that day comes, the goal is to continue supporting the LGBTQ+ community said Vex Cassius, the other copresident of Allies.

“The goal is to create a community where everyone can feel safe,” Vex said. “It may focus on LGBTQ+, but it is for everyone.”

Besides having regular meetings and providing people with resources, the club also sponsor two large dances each year. According to Knowlton, the dances are the Allies Halloween Dance, and Pride Prom, which occurs during the spring semester.

Knowlton said the dance will be “80’s horror movie themed.”

According to both Knowlton and Cassius, the event will be a collaboration between Allies, Midnight Madness (MNM), and RESlife.

They said Allies will run a “Rocky Horror Picture themed lounge” in the top floor of the SAC. RESlife will run Carnival games around the perimeter of the dance floor, and MNM will run a haunted house in the basement.

“All of us are working together to run this,” Cassius said. “We are renting out all the SAC for the event.”

In addition to these events, there will be a DJ, a Snapchat filter, and photo booth as well.

Before the dance, Allies will put on an event to create decorations for the event, Cassius said. She said attendees will create cut-out bat and pumpkin decorations, as well as working with some of the lighting.

The event runs Wednesday Oct. 25 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday Oct. 26. from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Accomplished pianist to perform with orchestra With indie folk concert, CIG highlights ‘another side of entrepreneurship’

By HANNAH STATER Staff Writer

After a flashy and contemporary season opener, the second Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra concert of the year will be of a very different style.

Dr. Tiffany Chang, interim director of orchestral studies, said that while this concert may be Classical in style, it promises to be no less exciting or unexpected than the last.

The BWSO’s next concert on Saturday, Oct. 28 will feature Nikita Mndoyants, the first prize winner of the 2016 Cleveland International Piano Competition.

Mndoyants will be performing Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major” with the Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra.

The students in orchestra will be able to experience working with a world-class visiting soloist, which is common practice for many professional symphony orchestras as they frequently feature guest artists with which to collaborate, said Chang.

The Conservatory has enjoyed a close collaboration with the Cleveland International Piano Competition, said Susan Van Vorst, dean of the Conservatory. This relationship flourished during the All-Steinway piano campaign, which made the BW Conservatory one of only sixteen music schools in the world to have all Steinway pianos. In 2015, BW also hosted the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists.

BW was able to host Nikita Mndoyants’ during his performance tour of the United States because of this close relationship with the Cleveland International Piano Competition.

Van Vorst said she is excited

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The second Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra performance, set for Oct. 28, will feature award-winning pianist Nikita Mndoyants. to see what students will glean from working with such an accomplished musician.

As the music directors at the Conservatory have been increasingly zealous to include guest soloists and composers, Van Vorst hopes to continue to facilitate relationships for further collaboration.

“Personally, I think it’s a phenomenal opportunity in all ways,” said Van Vorst. “I think it allows students to become familiar with some concerto repertoire that they would not otherwise have the opportunity to experience.”

Nikita Mndoyants will also be featured in a Conservatory convocation recital on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 3:10 p.m. and a solo recital on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m, which will feature classic piano repertoire as well as his own original compositions. All performances will take place in Gamble Auditorium.

To accompany Mndoyants’ choice of the Beethoven concerto, Chang selected works by

Beethoven’s contemporaries to express a sense of continuity throughout the Classical era of music. Unlike the BWSO season opener, which featured works of famous 20th and 21st century composers, this upcoming concert will focus on major composers of the 18th and 19th centuries: Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven.

Chang said that as part of their undergraduate education, students need to gain experience playing universal repertoire that is ubiquitous in the professional world.

“As I was programming for the year, I made sure that there was representation from all eras,” said Chang. “I made sure that there was representation from all the major composers that anyone who is a student should play.”

Although at first, one might not think of an all-classical program as diverse, these unique works will challenge and surprise the ears of performers and audiences alike,

said Chang.

One element of this concert that is particularly different is the selection of Haydn’s “Symphony No. 100,” nicknamed the “Military Symphony”. Franz Joseph Haydn wrote a little over a hundred symphonies in his lifetime—a feat few composers have accomplished. Chang chose this particular symphony of Haydn’s because of its uniqueness.

According to Chang, audiences and students of today need to understand that this piece is quite strange because it was so unconventional for its time. She said that Haydn was innovative with the use of unexpected elements in instrumentation, harmony, and form to provoke an unsettled reactions from his audience.

While students studying music theory may think they know the music of Haydn and his contemporaries, Chang wants to challenge students to approach this music as if it were new.

Concerto Competition finalists prepare for final round

By GREG WATSON Staff Writer

Energy among students and faculty at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music is running high as preparations for the anticipated Concerto Competition begin.

The Concerto Competition is an annual event where student musicians vie for the chance to perform as a soloist with the BW Symphony Orchestra in the Spring 2018 season.

Any current student who has completed one year as a full-time student at BW and is in good academic standing with the university is eligible to compete. Students who choose to compete must select a work for solo instrument or voice and large ensemble, which they spend months preparing and memorizing for the competition in the Fall.

This past Sunday, Oct. 15, the preliminary round of the Concerto Competition was held with a panel of judges selected from outside universities to weigh in on the stu-

dent performances. Students chosen to advance will perform in the final round of the competition where a winning soloist will be named. This year, 5 seniors and one junior were selected to continue in the competition.

The seniors include vocalist Sabina Balsamo, percussionist Michael Ciniglia, pianist Greta Pasztor, violinist Kavita Shankar, and flutist Jonah Vicente; the junior is violinist Chloe Wehner.

The final round of the Concerto Competition will take place on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. in Gamble Auditorium, inside the Kulas Musical Arts Building.

Unlike the preliminary round, the finals will be open to the public.

“I’m speechless right now just thinking about it,” said Susan Van Vorst, dean of the BW Conservatory of Music, in regard to the upcoming performances.

“It’s overwhelming to me the amount of talent we have here,” said Van Vorst. “[The Concerto Competition] is a profound moment of celebra-

tion. You can feel the electricity in the air.”

Van Vorst serves as the official tiebreaker of the Concerto Competition – a position, she explained, she is happy to have never used at present, despite a few close calls.

Going back further than any student or faculty member can recall, the Concerto Competition has provided many students the opportunity to show off their musical prowess, as well as gain experience auditioning.

With the exception of the winner of the concerto competition, students who have competed in previous years’ competitions are eligible to participate again.

Some students, like senior flute finalist Jonah Vicente, have chosen to compete multiple times.

“Each time I’ve [competed],” said Vicente, a flute performance and mathematics double major, “I have felt… more…in control. Sophomore year I was definitely more nervous than I am now.”

This will be Vicente’s third and final Concerto Competi-

tion. Both last year and this year, Vicente advanced to the final round, and hopes to win over the judges this year with his performance of Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto transcribed for flute.

Vicente described his experiences in these competitions as positive, and often found himself “bonding over shared tribulations” with fellow competitors and friends.

Van Vorst continually expresses her wish to fill Gamble Auditorium in support of these student musicians.

“To realize how much work goes into each one of the performance,” she said, “it’s really emotional. The moment when the winner is announced is gut-wrenching; it’s not always really clear.”

With the countless hours that have been poured into each piece by the performers, the competition will be unimaginably tough, said Van Vorst.

Nonetheless, the experience each of these performers earns by competing remains worthwhile, no matter the outcome of the final round.

This past week featured an intriguing opportunity in the form of a young indie folk duo named Barnaby Bright.

Configured and hosted by the Center for Innovation and Growth (CIG) the concert and conversation took place Oct. 17 on the Gamble stage.

The concert featured the husband/wife duo of Nathan and Rebecca Bliss and was free to all students.

They discussed their unconventional road they have taken to success in between performing their music, which was something that made the presentation appealing to bring to BW, said Lacey Kogelnik, director of the Center for Innovation and Growth.

In fact, a concert may not be what most associate with the Center for Innovation and Growth, which was the point of the event, said Hannah Schlueter, the LaunchNET Program Manager of the Center for Innovation and Growth. “[The concert] is showcasing another side of entrepreneurship, a lot of people think you have to have a brick and mortar to be an entrepreneur, but it’s just showing it in a different light and the opportunities that come with that,” said Schlueter. “Entrepreneurship has many different sides and many different faces and this is just one of them.”

This unique CIG Innova-

tion Experience sparked excitement among the faculty and staff of the CIG, including Kogelnik.

“The opportunity to bring both talented musicians and entrepreneurs to campus to help students of all majors see what’s possible if they pursue passion is very inspiring to us,” Kogelnik said.

Though indie folk may not be someone’s first pick on their playlist, the opportunity, in comparison to a typical seminar, along with many others offered by the CIG, opened doors to students for them to see how the CIG and entrepreneurship can positively affect their futures through an entertaining medium, according to Shannon Fee, the Growth Practice Manager of the Center for Innovation and Growth.

“I think it’s relatable for a lot of our students, we try with all of our programs to get relatable speakers that the students will look up to and be interested in coming into see on their own accord not because a professor told them to do it,” said Fee. It is important to the faculty and staff of the CIG to not only use this unique opportunity to connect with students of all majors, but to use all their innovation experiences to establish and keep said connections, said Schlueter.

“We want to reach students wherever they are,” said Schlueter. “We want to especially help them get engaged with the CIG through an easier, less structured format.”

New ID cards offer savings, better service

By LAUREN STOCKER Staff Writer

This summer, Baldwin Wallace undertook the task of overhauling the campus ID cards, which are used by students and faculty, as well as others on campus.

Director of the Campus ID Office Thomas Bobek said the main change is that “we went from slide swipe card to contactless cards and readers.”

The design of the cards was also changed, “as it gives them a more modern look.”

“We had to re-card everyone on campus,” said Bobek, “which is about 4,000 cards to faculty, staff, students, police department and the fire department.”

The cards had to be reissued because the ID office was able to reduce cost by switching to another company as there was “wear and tear on the cards and the readers,” said Bobek.

For the past 37 years, the company Blackboard has provided BW’s card readers and

software system, but were no longer going to support the slide swipes.

“We started looking for other companies, this opened up new opportunities for us to switch,” said Bobek.

They found another company, CBORD, offered more advanced software and a cost savings. The benefit of the change is that “the contactless readers have had an effect as they are more convenient for students,” said Bobek.

There were about 20 buildings that had to switch readers.

“Many places that had the older card readers were replaced all over campus,” Bobek said.

The change has “definitely made campus more modern” said Bobek. The change was not without hiccups, however.

“The biggest problem was that we didn’t have the equipment on campus until July 4,” said Bobek. “CBORD said we would be up and running by August 1. We were still installing readers after school started.”

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Read-a-Thon event Sport Management Club preps for ‘Super’ trip offers students a trip back in time

By MEGHAN KISTEMAKER Contributing Writer

By PETER RIBAR Contributing Writer

When prompted with having to read a novel, most college students might opt to head to a library, find a quiet corner, and delve into whatever world they’ve chosen.

This hasn’t always been the way things were done, and on Oct. 17 in Strosacker Hall and Marting Hall, students received an opportunity to experience of what it would’ve been like to read in Henry David Thoreau’s time — and read his work too.

Denise Kohn, Chair of the English Department and Professor, put on the first known Read-A-Thon at Baldwin Wallace University, where students can come and go as they please, and read Thoreau’s “Walden; or, Life in the Woods.”

Kohn created the event to help bring focus back to the importance of literature in daily life, and create a place where students can forget to be busy and enjoy a story with other people. The importance of books and literature is present in daily life, Kohn said, but recognizes that outside of the English classroom “we don’t often have an opportunity to get together, talk together, and share the power of literature in our lives.”

For most, reading silently is what’s been taught over the years and is known as the most effective way to read. But according to Megan Garriga, Developmental Reading Director at Ritter Library, says there are other benefits to reading, and listening, to text read aloud.

“When we read text aloud, it slows us down so our brains can keep up, and ponder what the words are actually saying,” Garriga said, “But also just listening to people read aloud can build comprehension.”

She used the example of a person being intimidated by a complex text: by listening to someone else read the text more proficiently, they might be able to read it on their own and not be concentrated on the decoding the difficult words.

The dynamic of reading has changed since Thoreau’s time, according to Kohn, when reading was an event that would be shared by the community.

It was common that large groups would all gather in one place and people would take turns reading aloud.

Now things are different, when students often work two jobs, have a full course load, and are involved in a plethora of organizations. Kohn said that as a result, reading is now “in many ways a solitary activity”, and the thought a Read-A-Thon “would be a nice way to share that community aspect of reading.”

Historical figures, like Tho-

reau, can be looked at with a sense of disconnect, with the impression life must have been something simpler. According to Kohn, there aren’t so many differences from his life then to a contemporary college student now.

“He graduated from college at a time when the economy was struggling, jobs were hard to find, and he didn’t know what he wanted to do to earn a living, much like many college students,” she said.

And while the way people read from Thoreau’s time is different from how a college student might choose to read, his motives aren’t so misaligned with a common American ideal.

“I think Thoreau was a person who wanted a self-determined life,” said Kohn. “He wanted to lead his own life as much as possible through the ways that made him happy.

And I think he was living in a society that didn’t always value the kind of intellectual and serious thought he valued.”

Most students are trying to lead a self-determined life, and with technology being such an integral part of daily life, it’s hard to not get caught constantly reading email, articles on Facebook, and the amalgam of information on the Internet. While this means students are reading more, it’s not the reading students will grow from.

“All of the disjointed reading we’re doing on our phones makes us superficial readers, and I think we are potentially becoming superficial readers,” Kohn said. “One of the things I hope the Read-A-Thon will do is make us think about reading in depth, and how immersing ourselves in a literary world can help us change who we are.”

Not only is reading a catalyst for change, but is also a way to increase vocabulary skills; according to Garriga, when people read more complex texts they gain access to a deeper vocabulary.

After seeing the same kind of complex words over and over, people begin to “own those words”, and can use them in more in daily life.

While many other benefits follow, she summarized the focus by saying, “Reading can improve your overall thinking.”

For students who have never read Thoreau, let alone in front of a crowd, the idea might be intimidating. But reading is the about the process, and what Kohn hopes students will take away.

“I think it’s really important, as college students, to discover literature and relate to literature so that you can take it with you and continue to grow after college,” Kohn said, “because we want our students to be lifelong learners. And I think the best way to be a lifelong learner is to continue reading.”

For the seventh year in a row, Baldwin Wallace University’s Sport Management Club will provide its students with the opportunity to attend the Super Bowl.

In February 2018, BW students will be working Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

This trip provides students with an experiential learning credit, hands-on experience, and the chance to live what they are learning in the classroom, according to Assistant. Professor of Sport Management and trip leader

Dr. Charles Campisi.

Because this trip is approaching in a few months, fundraising efforts have already begun, Campisi said.

He said the main form of fundraising is selling raffle tickets for $20.

Students attending the trip are required to sell five tickets and the money goes to the Sport Management Club as a whole to fund the trip. This helps supplment other funding, Campisi said.

“Student government allocates money to the fund as well because they see the benefit this trip has for students,” said Campisi.

Among the benefits for students are networking op-

portunities, connections, and experience, he said. When the time comes, students travel to the host city and receive an itinerary of what is expected.

Every year, students’ expectations and duties vary. In the past, they have helped run events leading up to game day and served as directional aids or VIP hosts.

On some trips students have worked the week beforehand at the NFL Fan Experience and not the game itself or vice versa. This year, students will be participating in both.

According to Campisi, when students are not working shifts, they have the opportunity to visit other organizations to make connections.

When the Super Bowl was held in Houston, they were able to tour Texas A&M and attend a Rockets game.

At Texas A&M, Ryan Swingle, junior Sport Management major who has worked the last two Super Bowl trips and plans to go again in February, said students had the chance to tour their facilities and speak with administrators.

When attending the Rockets game, students met with the front office and sales team to speak with people actually in their intended field.

“I made great connections and gained great hands-on experience that has helped me grow my professional network,” said Swingle.

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the decision was made to try to improve the network, students are needed to take an active role by indicating when and where issues arise, Kaufhold said.

“If you’re in a specific location where you’re experiencing trouble with your Wi-Fi, IT needs you to tell them that because that’s the only way they can make it better,” he said. “Simply tweeting it or complaining about it won’t change anything. They need to know where it’s at and what’s

going on.”

Some students have taken issue with the loss of complementary printing funds.

The decision to terminate student printing money was solely so those funds could be used to expand its resources elsewhere, Kaufhold said.

He said there is no truth to rumors that printing funds were terminated due to students not utilizing them.

Since students have been airing their grievances, Kaufhold and Murphy have started an initiative to turn BW into an almost paperless campus.

“This semester, I want to

focus on professors not having students print as much, so [students] don’t feel the difference that they’re losing printing money,” said Kaufhold.

The BW administration is on board with this initiative, he said, but students shouldn’t expect to see changes during Kaufhold’s term, which ends later this academic year. It’s something the next student body president will have to continue in the following years, he said.

In addition to improving the Wi-Fi, BW has sought to improve resources available to students, Kaufhold said.

The school has recently incorporated Virtual Desktop — a program that allows students to access their school account from a laptop, tablet, or phone.

Virtual Desktop enables students to login using their BW username and password and save documents on a BW computer. Students can later login to the program and bring up the documents on their personal devices, Kaufhold said.

“The administration is always working for the students to benefit their experience here at BW,” said Kaufhold.

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as how they can really serve their community in the best ways that they can, whether it’s here or abroad.”

Another unique aspect of the program is the large amount of clinical practice

students do.

“The minimum requirement is 400 clinical hours,” said Visconti, “and [for] our students last year the average number of hours was about 510. But our thought is more is better.

It really prepares them for the work world.”

It is this personal, expe-

rience-driven aspect of the program that has led program faculty to set a cap of 25 students per class, said Needham.

It is thought that cap will be reached as early as next year.

According to Needham and Lee, 72 or more students will be interviewed for the 25 spots.

However, indefinite growth

may not be desirable for the program.

“We don’t want to grow too big too fast,” Visconti said, “so I don’t see us having 30 or 40 students in a program or in a class because that’s not BW. The smaller class size seems to fit better with BW and with our personal touch.”

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of cinderblocks covers the former entrance to the tunnel However, not all students were as frightened by the foreboding basement area, said Linda Short, a former student at BW and current Athletic Archivist. In fact, many students often snuck down to the tunnel to socialize and sneak out, which was part of what led it to be shut down.

Short herself has never seen the ghost, but, apparently, many of the other residents did.

“Supposedly, the ghost was very attracted to that tunnel,” she said. “And that’s how [it] was able to come through.”

Furthermore, according to Short, there was only ever one ghost.

“We remember a single ghost,” said Short. “We didn’t

remember more than one — but there may have been for all that we know. But we remember there was one that people always saw at very late hours.”

Supposedly, Short explained, these ghosts were only visible at night because that’s when the lights were turned off. During the day, they weren’t visible to students — but that didn’t mean they weren’t there, she said.

According to Peppers, many of the rumors may date back to a student suicide that happened in the building.

Although the exact date is unknown, Peppers believes it happened within the past fifty years.

Citing articles as far back as the 1940’s, Peppers said there has been one particular ghost that’s shown up in media quite often, the so-called “Blue Haze Ghost.”

The Blue Haze Ghost has

spent several decades making itself known around campus, he said. In an article published in The Exponent in 1993, a student, Rich Brentar, described his experience with the ghost: “Everything in the room was a darker color,” he said. “I couldn’t sit up, and I got a cold chill. It felt like some weight was on top of me. It stayed there for a little bit. I remember this darkness sort of floating up towards the ceiling, and then I could breathe normally again and sit up.”

The article continues with some of the other eerie experiences students have had: covers being pulled off of beds, people claiming to have been held down, mysterious darkness, and perhaps strangest of them all, an occurrence where multiple students all had an identical dream of a bearded man wearing a red flannel shirt.

Not just the same man, the article goes on to clarify — but the exact same dream.

Sightings of the Blue Haze Ghost persist throughout the years; in 1997, an article ran in which students claimed to have their blankets stolen from them in the middle of the night; one man was so frightened, he fled the dorm at 3 a.m. and stayed the night as his girlfriend’s home.

In 2005, a student claimed that her radio refused to turn off — she flipped the switch, and even unplugged the cord, but the machine continued to play as though nothing had happened.

All of these stories leave many students questioning what the ghost will do once its home is destroyed—will it move on? Or will it take up new residence in the University Market? For now, students will have to just wait and see.

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Increase in student interest helps expand Sustainability Clinic’s efforts

By HANNA WALKER Associate Editor

Baldwin Wallace’s Sustainability Clinic is seeking to enhance businesses’ conservation methods in the Cleveland area.

The clinic, which has been around for about five years and has received funding from the Cleveland Foundation, recently saw a rise in student involvement, and proved to be a worthwhile learning opportunity for students, according to the clinic’s coordinator Dr. David Krueger,

co-director and professor of the Sustainability Program at Baldwin Wallace.

The sustainability clinic’s initiative is to work with local businesses in the Cleveland area to improve the ways they use energy and produce waste, Krueger said.

The program focuses on three major components: energy conservation, waste reduction, and improving operations and lowering the costs, all while enhancing profits and stimulating growth within the company.

The program is run by BW faculty who have a passion for

sustainable living, along with students themselves, who play a huge role in the process, Krueger said.

Having been involved with the project for years, Krueger said that this year’s group of students participating in the clinic is larger than he’s ever seen.

“There are usually only a couple students a year that partake in the clinic, but this year is bigger,” Kruger said.

“We’ve got five first-semester freshmen currently being trained, which is awesome.”

And the training is impressive in itself. Krueger said

that retired executives from the Energizer Company are training the five students in a style unique in itself, The Treasure Hunt.

The Treasure Hunt involves creating small teams of students, who then go into local businesses and use what they’ve learned about sustainable living to determine what areas of the business could use help, strategizing ways to improve those areas environmentally.

The process is low-tech and, for the most part, observational. Still, the students have “gained valuable insight

Panel explores threat of opioid use

By JESSICA NEWBACHER Photography Editor

An opioid panel discussion conducted by the Cleveland Clinic was held at Baldwin Wallace on Oct. 18.

The panel, “Heroin, Fentanyl, and Carfentanil: The Triple Threat on Our Doorstep,” has been held throughout the region.

Christy Walkuski, director of David & Frances Brain Center for Community Engagement, said that the Cleveland Clinic reached out to her because of BW’s location.

“Berea specifically has had an increase of overdoses and other incidences related to opioids and heroin,” she said.

The event began with a resource fair including several different organizations with different information regarding the opioid problem.

The second part of the evening is when the panel discussion takes place, with Vince Caraffi serving as the moderator of the panel discussion.

“As t h e ch ai r of t h e Cuyahoga County Opiate Task Force on the Board of Health, he has done a lot for the county regarding the epidemic,” Walkuski said.

Rosemary Miles, program manager of government and community relations of the Cleveland Clinic, describes Caraffi’s role as maintaining a broad perspective over the opioid problem.

“He is concerned with what municipal and government agencies are doing,” she said.

Panelist Ann DiFrangia is an addiction medicine specialist at Cleveland Clinic Akron General and medical director at Edwin Shaw Chemical Dependency, which Miles said allows her to make an important

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An opioid panel discussion sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic was held on Baldwin Wallace’s campus on Oct. 18. contribution.

“DeFrangia’s perspective is an important one because she is a drug treatment specialist,” said Miles. “Having a panelist from the medical field is essential for this kind of discussion.”

Pat Greenhill, sergeant of the Berea Police Department, and Stacia Bellini, administrator of judicial operations and community control officer of the Berea Municipal Court, both provide information based on a judicial point of view, Miles said.

“Greenhill and Bellini are valuable resources to have because they know about crimes related to opioid use and what goes on in drug court,” she said.

Miles said the last panelist, Aaron Marks of the Northeast Ohio opiate task force is also a person in recovery of opi-

oid addiction. She said that having this perspective can educate the community from a personal perspective about what an addict goes through physically and mentally.

Miles said that the abuse of opioids has been a rising problem due to several reasons.

“It started when people were prescribed medications to deal with pain,” she said. “Because hospitals were graded and reimbursed based on how much pain their patients experienced after surgery, doctors would overprescribe these medications. It was eventually expected that patients coming out of surgery should be pain-free.”

This led to unintended consequences, she said.

“People would easily get addicted to the painkillers prescribed to them, and then they

turned to the black market to get the medications after their prescriptions ran out,” Miles said.

Since heroin is a cheaper alternative to these medications, she said, people addicted to painkillers often make the switch.

“One of the reasons drug cartels have come to our area and other areas like it is because they know that there is a high rate of people using painkillers, and they are likely to purchase heroin instead,” she said.

Ohio has one of the highest rates of opioid abuse and addiction, Miles said.

“The Cleveland Clinic considers this a major health issue, and we are lucky to have a major hospital system to help spread awareness,” Miles said.

makes it funny,” said Irion.

To accomplish this, the Misfits team took the audition material and created “the typical Misfits cabaret of patchwork quilt acts and conformed them to a theme,” Irion said.

The Misfits’ first theme is about the BW college experience, from freshman year to graduation. “[This theme] is really going to hit home for BW students,” Irion said.

In previous years, Misfits was known as an event primarily aimed towards Con-

servatory students. This year, Prescott and Irion focused on creating a performance that is community oriented which will appeal to the entire BW population. With a theme so relevant to all BW students—the BW College Experience—the entire BW community will be able to enjoy and relate to the humor

of the concert.

During a stressful time of the year, audience members can come to relax and take time to appreciate comedy.

“You can just laugh out all your stress, not think about school for a night and sink into the irony of your life,” Prescott said.

be reimbursed up to $2,000.

Not only does the community benefit from these projects, but they serve as a real value to the students, Krueger said.

“I hope these students really get to experience this hands-on, real world experience,” Krueger said. “It’s unique because it’s outside of the classroom, and I think they’ll really learn the communication and observational skills that employers are looking for. This is something they can put on their resumés, something future employers will really be interested in.”

Student Senate names temporary chief justice to BW Supreme Court

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from these former executives,” Krueger said.

The clinic has been successful in recent years, according to Krueger.

The clinic has already implemented 15 projects, with each one greatly benefitting the clients and providing the students involved with a great learning opportunity as they interact with business owners and develop communication skills.

In addition, the city of Berea offers small grants to Berea-based businesses to use the services provided by Baldwin Wallace, and the cost can

The vacant position of the Baldwin Wallace Supreme Court Chief Justice that has been empty since the Spring semester was recently filled.

The new Chief Justice is Jacob Davis, a junior who was on the Supreme Court last year as well. Davis will not remain Chief Justice for long however, as he will be studying abroad next semester. Davis said this does not mean that he is just a filler.

“I’m going to try, with the eight weeks left, to fill the vacancies we have on the court.”

Davis said. “I’m going to try to get some semblance of an agenda or a mission for the second half of the year, before I leave.”

The main role of the Supreme Court is to charter reviews of student organizations, which has been primarily fulfilled by the Chief Justice.

During the absence of a Chief Justice, the Finance Committee along with the Parliamentarian oversaw the charter review, however now that the position is filled once again, the responsibilities fall back to the Chief Justice.

“You basically just try to find things that [the organization] has left out from the outline,” Davis said, “they either have what the outline has or they don’t and if they don’t have it,

we can’t approve.”

Aside from charter review, the Supreme Court has various other operations, Davis said, “but most of these instances are not very frequent.”

One of the responsibilities of the Supreme Court is to hold a panel to judge rulings on contested violations. Davis explained that if a violation is continually disputed, the student will eventually end up on a panel comprised of the Supreme Court and faculty members who will then arrive at a decision, for or against the ruling. This is a very uncommon occurrence however.

“We don’t hold hearings very often, if at all,” Davis said, “For student code of conduct violations, most of those issues are solved before they get to a panel of peers.”

The Supreme Court does not only fulfill these responsibilities. According to Davis, the Supreme Court also advocates for a subject that they feel needs to be heard on campus, like sexual assault awareness last year.

Davis, however isn’t placing this as the focus of his term as Chief Justice.

“I want to pick up on what we did last year, but I want to empower other students that will apply to the court and equip them with the skills necessary to keep building the court’s involvement on campus,” he said.

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and Physical Education, at 15 programs, and Social Sciences, at 12.

This is the ninth year that BW has participated in the program, also called the “Graduate School Fair-a-van,” and the 2017 fair had a turnout of 64 attendees, who ranged from seniors to freshmen. The fair also welcomes alumni,

who are encouraged to attend to speak to current students about their own experiences.

The fair, which allows students to hone their skills and resumes towards furthering their education, Mey said, has been highly beneficial to both students and employers, and the school plans on continuing the program into the future.

“Every year, recruiters comment on the quality of our students,” Mey said.

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Sophomore sets BW marks as team struggles After record Sept. streak, Volleyball .500 in OAC

Ruple breaks record, extends OAC points lead

By JAKE JACKSON Staff Writer

The Baldwin Wallace University men’s soccer team broke their five game winless streak with a victory over conference foe Muskingum — but the real fireworks came from sophomore striker Danny Ruple.

In the game, Ruple set the Baldwin Wallace record for points scored in a single season at 38 and also tied the school record for goals scored in a single season with his 16th marker.

However, Ruple did not stop there. In a high-scoring affair against No. 8 ranked Heidelberg in which BW lost 6-2, Ruple scored his 17th of the season to break the single season record for goals scored at BW, previously held by Carlin Vandendriessche.

That goal also saw Ruple extend his BW single-season and OAC-leading points scored mark to 40.

The win over Muskingum was their first win since Sept.

23 in which the Yellow Jackets defeated Defiance 3-1. Since then, they are 1-4-2 with a conference record of 1-4-1.

While the record may look

By JUSTIN HERRIN Sports Editor Despite their record setting September, Baldwin Wallace volleyball has now dropped three of the six OAC games they have played. The most recent loss came at the hands of Heidelberg, who won three sets to none.

At 25-3 overall and 3-3 in OAC play, there is still plenty of hope for the tournament, however.

Following their loss to the Mount Union Purple Raiders, the Yellow Jackets took down Wilmington in three straight sets, winning the first two by more than 10 points.

BW was led by sophomore Photo courtesy of University Relations outside hitter Allyson Smith Over the course of two games, Danny Ruple set the Baldwin Wallace record for points in who recorded a career-high 17 kills. a single season and broke the record for goals scored in a single season.

The Yellow Jackets appeared dismal, the stretch has been ets battled a nationally ranked per-game, and Ryan Asbury is to have momentum after hard-fought. The ties came team in John Carroll and came not far behind with 2.24 goals- back-to-back victories over from tough games against out with a 1-0 loss. per-game. Both men have been Wilmington and John Carroll.

Grove City College and conBW has struggled to close splitting time throughout the They sent John Carroll back to ference opponent Wilmington games, which might be their season.

University Heights after three while the losses came at the biggest issue. In each of their Senior defender Dave Elsen, hands of conference opponents first three OAC games, they led who has started all 15 games, Marietta, Mount Union, now 2-0 at some point during the picked up his first assist of the No. 9 ranked John Carroll, and match. Yet they were winless season against Muskingum.

No. 24 ranked Heidelberg. in all three games with their The Yellow Jackets wrap Following an overtime loss record at 0-2-1. up the season with upcoming to Mount Union and an intense Goalkeeper Patrick Mehal games at home against Ohio By NICK RIZZO double-overtime draw against has been steady in between Northern on Oct. 25 and Capi- Staff Writer Wilmington, the Yellow Jack- the pipes giving up 1.78 goals- tal on Oct. 28.

Football grabs OAC wins

Women’s soccer looks to build off late-season wins

By CHRISTINA ROSKOPH Staff Writer

After entering the OAC conference, the Baldwin Wallace women’s soccer team has experienced some highly difficult competition. Their record is now 10-5-1 after facing opponents Wilmington, John Carroll and Muskingum.

Unfortunately, the Yellow Jackets fell to Wilmington 2-1 on Oct. 7. The following Tuesday, BW faced John Carroll at George Finnie Stadium. Due to a late goal scored by the Blue Streaks in the second half, the game ended in a 1-0 loss.

Although these games were

tough for the team, Head Coach Jim Wojtkun believes the results were fair and the games were a good learning experience.

“John Carroll was a great game to watch and it was very spirited soccer, we are resilient and the girls work very hard” said Wojtkun.

Hard work paid off for the Yellow Jackets Saturday afternoon when they won 6-1 against Muskingum. Junior Rachel Bender led the game with 3 goals, followed by goals from Marissa Fabrizi, Bess Massad and Olivia Muldoon.

Kori Miller and Kenna Poptic were also very influential in the success the Jackets saw on

Saturday. Having a few days in between the JCU and Muskingum games was beneficial, Wojtkun said, as he believes the team was a lot fresher and focused.

Following the Muskingum win, the Yellow Jackets traveled to Heidelberg to take on the Student Princes and came home with a hard fought 3-2 win. The Jackets survived a late Heidelberg penalty shot that brought the score to 3-2.

Anna Poptic scored two of the three goals, her first two goals of the season after returning from a concussion.

Coming up next, the Jackets will play at home on Oct. 21 against Otterbein, away at

Nine inducted into BW Hall of Fame

By JUSTIN HERRIN Sports Editor

As part of Homecoming festivities on Oct. 6, nine alumni were inducted into the Baldwin Wallace University Athletic Hall of Fame.

Among the inducted were Tori Davis ’08 (men’s basket-

sets, winning two of them by more than 10 points for the second straight week.

Ellen Hawkins led the team in kills with 15 from 23 total attack attempts while Alicia Lorchter had a team high 16 digs.

Following those two commanding victories, Muskingum came to Ursprung Gymnasium and took the match three sets to zero even though BW had 16 more total attack attempts. Muskingum’s several blocks paired with Yellow Jacket errors ultimately brought BW to 3-2 in conference play.

Following the loss, BW traveled to Heidelberg on Oct. 17 and lost three sets to none, bringing their conference record to .500. No Yellow Jacket players got into double digit kills in the match. Lorchter led the team with 10.5 points.

There are three more conference games to be played: Otterbein, Ohio Northern, and Capital.

ball), Joe George ’06 (football), Kim Luthman Jones ’01, ’05 MAEd (women’s basketball), Angie Camp Kalizewski ’07 (volleyball), Bryan Kmetz ’07 (wrestling), Louie Rolko ’07 (men’s soccer), Dave Rozzo ’89 (baseball), Jason Schefft ’02 (men’s basketball) and Andrea Isaac Zak ’08 (women’s tennis).

The event was a culmination

of a lot of behind the scenes work from the newly formed Brown and Gold Athletic Alumni Association, university relations, athletic communications, the alumni office and the athletic archivists at BW. Linda Short, athletic archivist, said the Brown and Gold Club was created through the men’s and women’s letter asso-

Ohio Northern on Oct. 24, and at Capital on Oct. 27.

Wojtkun said the team’s is energy level is good and they are excited as they move toward the end of the season.

The upcoming three-game stretch may well determine if the Jackets have a chance at making the OAC tournament, Wojtkun said.

“We have a chance to have good results these next couple of games, we just have to keep working hard,” he said. “All three teams will be difficult so we have to play at the top of our game. We have to take it one game at a time, because we are good enough to win the conference.”

ciations coming together to form one association.

The club fielded a list of recommendations, which were narrowed to a handful of potential inductees, said Short. While there is no set amount of people that get inducted each year, Short joked that only inducting as many athletes as there are available windows would make her job a little easier.

Over the last two weeks, the Yellow Jacket football team picked up two wins, including a Homecoming victory and the first conference road win.

BW defeated a rebuilding and improved Wilmington as well as Muskingum on the road.

BW kicker Brandon Vollmer was voted OAC Special Teams Player of the Week after he kicked three field goals in the Muskingum game, including the 23-yard game winner with just over two minutes remaining in the game.

With a 4-2 record after six weeks, the Yellow Jackets have quickly surpassed last year’s three wins. Considering the September loss to John Carroll was 24-21, the Yellow Jackets are a field goal short of being 5-1.

The team will now look to build momentum as they continue through conference play.

Baldwin Wallace will finish out October as the favored team in matchups at Otterbein and at home against Capital.

Two wins would ensure a winning season in Coach Jim Hilvert’s first year.

As the schedule continues, the focus becomes on November games. Typically, the postseason for the OAC features the conference champion, likely Mount Union, and the runner up in the conference, which earns an at large bid.

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Brandon Vollmer kicked a last-minute game-winning field goal against Muskingum.