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TT RANSCRIPT Ohio Wesleyan University The Oldest Independent Student Newspaper in the Nation Delaware, OH Thursday, October 19, 2006 Volume 144 No. 6 Homecoming: New twist on old tradition By Lainey Cullen attracted to free things, but the hill is cen- Staff Reporter trally located that students can easily come from the soccer game to the fi re.” Homecoming weekend is here and As a student organization, SHO’s bud- campus will be bustling with activities. get comes directly from WCSA’s general A sampling of tomorrow’s homecom- allocation fund. Although the total cost of ing events include: Ross Art Museum Ex- SHO’s “Homecoming on the Hill” event is hibits “Lost and Found” and “Acts of Un- not yet fi nalized, Rymut said she expects remarkable Bravery” at 10a.m.; a “Munch the event to be in the range of $5000 to and Mingle” offering students career net- $7000. She said now that the President’s working opportunities with OWU alumni Club no longer exists; SHO is able to use at noon in the Benes Room; and the Dis- money previously earmarked to that orga- tinguished Alumna Artist exhibit at 3p.m. nization because both clubs share a similar followed by an Artist reception at 4p.m. purpose. The festivities tomorrow night include After Homecoming, SHO will disband men’s soccer against Earlham at 7:30p.m. and will not start up again until next se- followed by “Homecoming on the Hill”, a mester when the organization will begin new event hosted by the Student Home- planning for Homecoming 2007, Rymut coming Organization (SHO) at 9p.m. said. Theta Alpha Phi will present the Red and SHO has not yet determined an evalua- Black Revenue, a variety show featuring tion process allowing students to offer con- current students, at 9p.m. in Chappelear structive criticism. But Rymut said SHO Drama Center. may look into doing an e-mail survey. Senior Marie Rymut, president of “As we prepare to plan for next year, I WCSA, said SHO was implemented at the would also encourage students to be pro- beginning of the academic year by WCSA active and come and join the SHO plan- in an effort to make Homecoming more ning committee in the spring,” she said. student-oriented. “As president, it was my goal to make 5K run Saturday Homecoming an event for students,” she Saturday’s highlights include the early said. “At the WCSA summer retreat, all morning Homecoming/Delaware Pump- the class offi cers and executive members kin Run 5k at 8:30a.m., book signings by were disappointed in OWU’s past Home- Michael Flamm, professor of history and comings, so we decided to get involved. Sean Kay, professor of politics and govern- More importantly, we wanted all the di- ment, at 11a.m. in the Bookstore and a Mu- verse groups on campus to unite for one sic Faculty Gala at 8p.m. in Grey Chapel. weekend and share the one thing that we Roughly 1,000 alumni are expected to Photo by Ryan Kim all have in common: Ohio Wesleyan.” attend at least one homecoming event this SHO includes members of WCSA, weekend, said Brenda DeWitt, assistant Junior Dan Freed-Pastor takes a hit in a rugby match against Kenyon Satur- SUBA, Horizons International, PanHel, director of alumni relations. day. The team gave up a 12-0 half-time lead to take the loss 24-17. IFC, CMF, Sisters United, and Rafi ki Wa According to a connect2OWU article, Africa, she said. DeWitt said the Homecoming 5K Pumpkin Run has joined with the City of Delaware’s Bonfi re tomorrow night Pumpkin Run. SHO will kick off the weekend with “I think the race is going to be huge be- Mild winter balances budget a bonfi re on the hill tomorrow night af- cause it will involve the traditional home- with a $1.65 million defi cit. This defi cit ter the soccer game. In addition to the coming runners but also the traditional By Phil Salisbury was dealt with by a $2 million withdrawl bonfi re, the Homecoming court will be city runners and people from the central Staff Reporter from the quasi-endowment fund, as re- announced and there will be a band, Ohio community,” DeWitt said. “So we’ll President Mark Huddleston announced ported in the Nov. 10, 2004 edition of The free food, and free Homecoming 2006 t- get a lot of new people on campus for that the budget for Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Transcript. shirts, Rymut said. homecoming this year that would normal- was “essentially in balance”. At the October 2005 Trustee meeting, “This [bonfi re] will just be a time ly come up for the race and then take off George Elsbeck, vice president for Busi- the Board approved to remove $900,000 where students will be able to get to- afterwards.” ness Affairs, said Ohio Wesleyan ended FY05- from the quasi-endowment for rising en- gether and enjoy OWU,” Rymut said. “We The traditional pre-game barbeque will 06 with a balanced budget. ergy costs. [SHO] came up with these ideas basically occur on the lawn beside the Sulfur spring “For the 2005-06 year, the University Elsbeck the University’s balanced bud- by brainstorming events that we had en- at 11:30a.m. prior to the football game ended the year with budget results of positive get was two-fold: more revenues than ex- joyed in the past, both at OWU and in against Wittenberg in Selby Stadium at $6,462,” he said. “On a budget of over $52 pected and less expenditures than antici- high school. We then narrowed the events 1p.m. During halftime, nine alumni million, this is ‘essentially balanced’.” pated. down to the bonfi re idea which was both will be inducted into the Ohio Wesleyan In the Thursday, Oct. 6 edition of The “The major contributing factors were practical and fun. We choose events that Athletic Hall of Fame and honored with Transcript, University offi cials said they were net tuition revenue and room and board all students could relate to such as free the University’s highest athletic award. projecting a $1.3 million defi cit for FY 05-06. fees,” Elsbeck said. “The actual student food and music. Not only are students See Homecoming, page 2 For FY 04-05, the University ended the year See Budget, page 2 OWU ranks in top 100 liberal arts schools in the country thy of their consideration given of a decision because, as a college, Walkuski said what really able and who had the best pro- By Miranda Simmons that they have chosen the guide to you want to stay in the student’s caught his eye was the Wesleyan grams,” she said. “The only rank- Staff Reporter help them cull through options.” consideration set as long as pos- in Washington program. Knowing ings I paid attention to were the The numbers are in and Ohio Drugovich said she thinks sible, so that the student and the before he came to school that he top 25 usually, but I didn’t really Wesleyan has been ranked 95 on rankings help students thin their family can become more familiar wanted to study politics, Walkuski care. It wasn’t something I con- the U.S. News and World Report pool of schools, but don’t neces- with what you have to offer, and said he was free to consider all the sidered. But when it comes to law “America’s Best Colleges 2007.” sarily heavily weigh on their fi nal truly assess whether you are a options universities were offering school, that’s what’s going to mat- “Being ranked within the top decision. ‘good fi t,’” she said. him. ter because that’s what employers 100 liberal arts colleges in the “Surveys tend to show that stu- Senior Ben Walkuski said the “By far the greatest thing Ohio will look at.” country is an important distinc- dents use ratings guides early in process he went through in choos- Wesleyan gave me was studying Four other schools from Ohio tion, and one we certainly deserve the process to help narrow their ing OWU was much like the one off campus…Four years later, has were included on the top 100 given the quality of the education- consideration set,” she said. “Lat- Drugovich described. Ohio Wesleyan gotten you con- list. They were Denison Uni- al experience OWU provides,” said er they spend lots of time online “I did use rankings, but rank- nections? It’s gotten me connec- versity (48), College of Wooster Margaret Drugovich, vice presi- researching specifi c schools, and ings were only a part of what I tions. It’s gotten me a job after (67), Oberlin University (22) and dent of Strategic Communica- then move to the now ubiquitous looked at,” he said. “Going to graduation.” Kenyon College (32). Of the fi ve, tions and University Enrollment, college campus visit. campus and sitting and classes Sophomore Amanda Thomp- OWU placed last on the USNWR in an e-mail. “Being one of the top “In practice, this tendency is and doing overnights were more son said she didn’t really consider ranking. Drugovich mentioned, 100 schools telegraphs a message consistent with my experience. important. I knew Ohio Wesleyan college ranking in her search for though that in other rankings, to students who are scrutinizing So, at the front door of the pro- was ranked a lot higher than a lot schools. OWU is placed higher than many these guides that we are deserving cess, ratings guides can have an of other schools. And reputation “What was more important to of the mentioned schools. of the company we keep, and wor- impact on the ultimate outcome matters, so it’s important.” me was where I felt most comfort- See Rankings, page 2 Inside This Program brings news- Homecoming schedule Profi les of Hall of Rice among elite Divi- Week’s Issue: papers to campus of events Fame Inductees son 3 running backs Page 3 Page 8 Page 13-14 Page 16 Page 2 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 3 Homecoming (from page 1) Henry Street News A special dedication of “Branch Rickey Way” will end the halftime ceremony in which a portion of Briefs Henry Street will be renamed as dedication Branch Rickey Way. “Art of Science” The Athletic Hall of Fame In- Colloquium lecture duction will begin with a formal Saturday tonight reception at 5:30p.m. and dinner at 6:30p.m. in the Benes Room. Christopher Impey, as- The crowning of the Home- tronomy professor at the coming King and Queen will take place at the football game. On-line University of Arizona and voting for Homecoming King and a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Queen will be open until Friday, Scholar will give his pre- Oct. 20 at noon using J/CX Stu- sentation entitled “Art of Science” as part of the Sa- gan National Colloquium Budget tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the (from page 1) Benes Room. Impey will fi nancial aid utilized was lower also present “Cosmic Evolu- than budgeted resulting in net tion” at 4:10 p.m. in CWSC tuition exceeding budget. Room 163. Refreshments will be and board exceeding budget was served at 4 p.m. driven by higher than budgeted occupancy in University hous- ing.” Munch and Mingle The University begins its fi scal with alumni year on July 1 and ends on June 30. Speak with OWU alumni Elsbeck said all expenses fell Submitted photo and learn more about a vari- below their projected amounts. weather.com ety of careers and career net- “Energy costs were materially As part of Ohio Wesleyan University homecoming below budget,” he said. “The price festivities, the City of Delaware will dedicate Henry working. The event will be of natural gas moderated during Street between William and Olentangy Streets as hosted by the Alumni Board the year from highs in the fall and Branch Rickey Way in honor of Ohio Wesleyan Univer- with Alumni Relations and the winters was very mild. [In ad- sity alumnus Branch Rickey, ’04. The dedication will Career Services. The event dition” take place during halftime ceremonies at the homecom- will be held tomorrow from However, the budget surplus ing football game. The game will be held on Saturday, Read may be short lived, as Elsbeck said October 21, at 1:00 p.m. in Selby Field on the Ohio Wes- noon to 1p.m. in the Benes FY 06-07 has a budgeted defi cit of leyan campus, with halftime expected to begin at ap- The Transcript Room. Dress is casual. $650,000. Elsbeck added FY 07- proximately 2:00 p.m. We’re a family paper 08 will have a balanced budget Branch Rickey, who served as president and general Vote on entering next June. manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, revolutionized the “The budgets will need to bal- game of baseball and race relations in the United States homecoming king ance revenue and expense with by signing Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers. Rickey was and queen realistic estimates for revenues, later named ESPN’s most infl uential sports fi gure of the primarily enrollment driven, and 20th century. Vote online for home- monitoring expenditures during To recognize Branch Rickey achievements and his coming king and queen. The the year to ensure that depart- connection with Ohio Wesleyan University, where he court will be debuted tomor- ments and offi ces stay within also coached baseball, commemorative street signs will row at the student bonfire their budget,” Elsbeck said. be placed on Henry Street at the corners of Olentangy, Elsbeck said that the tuition Wootring, Weiser, Harrison, Wilmer and William on the hill after the soccer discount rate, the percentage of Streets near the university campus. game. There will be a band, an individual’s tuition that is re- Participants in the ceremony will include: Branch free t-shirts and food. turned to the student body in the Rickey’s grand-niece, Jane (Rickey) Minton, and her form of fi nancial aid or scholar- husband Harvey Minton, who is the mayor of Worthing- ships, for FY 05-06 was 49.5 per- ton; Tom Homan, Delaware city manager; Carolyn Rig- Flue vaccines cent. He added that for this Fiscal gle, Vice Mayor of Delaware; and Dr. Mark Huddleston, available in Health Year there is no budgeted de- Ohio Wesleyan University president. crease, and would not comment Three current Jackie Robinson Scholars, Ohio Wes- Center about the rate for FY07-08. leyan students who receive academic scholarships from Vaccinations will be avail- The Jackie Robinson Foundation in partnership with able at the Student Health Ohio Wesleyan University, also will be recognized. They include: freshman Jaime Fuentes, and juniors Center in Stuyvesant Hall Alex Aguilar and Julia Smith. starting Monday. They will Rankings fox.com (from page 1) be available to faculty, staff “If you look at Washington and students by appoint- Monthly’s most recent college Students! Place a classifi ed ad in The Transcript. Only 10 cents per ment (x3160). The cost will rankings exercise you will see that be $20 and can be paid by OWU is ranked above College of word. 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Kitchen Open 11am-11pm Page 2 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 3 Super-student thrives in Extra extra: National sciences and research newspapers coming According the Ryu, she doesn’t “It’s not really a burden on me. By Raza Naqvi I get through things and I usually Staff Reporter get much free time. to a stand near you “I don’t have time to do a lot of enjoy doing them. My friends don’t Senior Claire Ryu doesn’t sleep other things on campus that I see even think much of it anymore. By Aarti Jitender location fee and President Mark much. She has four majors. kids are participating in,” she said. ‘Oh it’s just Claire,’ they’ll say.” Guest Reporter Huddleston, who is personally “It’s really not that hard,” she “A lot of people also tell me that I Trees said he has known Ryu providing half the money to make said. have no time.” for three years, and taught her in the program happen. “She truly is an amazing stu- Ryu said that anyone can do three courses. Monday marked the beginning “Students really are going to dent,” said Brad Trees, “She is always very hard work- of a pilot program aimed at giving appreciate this program and to professor of physics ing and participates in every class students access to three national get the support of the President and astronomy. fully,” Trees said. “Clearly, her newspapers free of charge. behind this is amazing,” Rymut “She’s no different work ethic is very strong, but she The Collegiate Readership Pro- said. from anyone else,” is also very intelligent. gram (CPR), brought to campus Huddleston said he hopes stu- said sophomore Segy “It seems to me that anyone by USA Today, will give students dents will take part in the pro- Shimellis, a friend. who has four majors in not only an opportunity to receive The gram. Ryu is majoring in hard working but intelligent as New York Times, USA Today and “I offered to help defray the chemistry, bio-phys- well, because just to keep up with The Columbus Dispatch. costs of the pilot program because ics, genetics and mi- and understand all the technical Carla Nicolosi, regional mar- I believe strongly in the value of crobiology. She said material involved in so many sci- keting manager for USA Today, reading newspapers; generally I she enjoyed each sub- ence courses requires a mind that said the program would help stu- get four or five a day myself,” he ject and could not de- can quickly grasp concepts.” dents be informed, civic-minded said. “I very much hope that our cide between them. Along with her majors, Ryu is and help them apply what they are students will take part in the pro- “I came in to Ohio also actively involved in research, learning in class to the real world. gram.” Wesleyan as a genet- said Trees. Nicolosi said CRP will first con- Rymut said while she’s confi- ics student,” Ryu said. “Not only is she currently work- duct a four-week pilot program in dent the program will be incor- “But I wasn’t exactly ing hard on her senior research Smith Hall to judge demand and porated for at least one semester, sure still. I took intro project in bio-physics (a study of student sentiment towards the WCSA needs to figure out a per- to microbio, physics protein folding mechanisms) but program. manent funding source to main- and a few other class- she is also attending three scien- Senior Marie Rymut, WCSA tain the program in the long run. es and decided that I tific conferences this fall to pres- president, said if the results are “We have the option of rais- loved them all.” ent the results of her summer re- positive, the program will con- ing the student activity fees by Ryu said she won’t search on unstable large nuclei,” tinue through the spring semester $3 or $4 which is hardly going to be doing too many he said. “In fact, she was awarded with pick-up bins in Ham-Will, be noticeable, or fund it through more courses than a travel grant by the American the Library Café and Smith. student government which would other students be- Physical Society to present her Nicolosi said the pilot program require no increase or through cause there is a lot poster at their national conference will be completely free, but if the another source all together like on Nuclear Physics in Memphis of over lap in her re- Photo from physics.owu.edu program is incorporated for the the administration,” she said. quirements and she later this month.” spring semester the total cost of Rymut said some classes, had a few credits com- Claire Ryu and Dr. Bob Kaye at Argonne Ryu said with all this on her the program would depend on the like one of her politics classes, ing into college. National Lab. plate, she spends her free time re- number of papers students con- relies heavily on The New York However, she said laxing. sume each day. Times and the professor expects bio-physics, a major not techni- what she is doing if they just put “I watch a lot of TV” she said. Rymut said having newspa- students to subscribe to it. This cally offered at Ohio Wesleyan, in the effort. “I usually don’t go out much. I en- pers accessible makes it possible program will, therefore, prevent was a bit of a challenge. “I guess I sleep less,” she said. joy talking to my professors and for people to read them when students from having to incur ad- “Yeah bio-physics is a self-de- “If you have to do something, you my parents. And of course, sleep. I they are on the go or while having ditional costs. signed major,” she said. “It isn’t will do it. People always ask me slept twenty-four hours on Friday! lunch and talking to friends. She said the program is also really a separate program at OWU, how I can do four majors at a time. Six in the evening to six the next “The presence of a paper will trying to attract students who so I worked with the professor and I tell them it’s not because I’m re- evening!” increase the amount that students don’t want to make an extra effort came up with my own major.” ally smart or because I’m crazy. are going to pick it up, look at it to go online and search for news. and at least know one thing that “There’s a reason why campus- goes on in the world that day,” wide emails don’t work as much she said. “Even with the Internet as signs do or going door to door,” and watching the news, I don’t she said. think anything really beats having Senior Kashfia Firdous said a hardcopy of a paper in front of she was looking forward to the you and leafing through it.” program beginning because she Rymut said the choice of pa- prefers newspapers to online pers finally chosen will also affect sources and would read more the total cost and WCSA is still news if papers were accessible. confirming prices on the three Senior Trailokya Bhattarai said papers it’s considering. If WCSA he would make use of the program ultimately picks different papers and thinks it’ll be beneficial be- the cost could go up or down, she cause it will educate students and said. give them a better understanding She said WCSA is open to sug- of what’s going on in the world. gestions if students want other “When you go online to cnn. option. com you see the headlines, you If the program is incorporated just browse it once and that’s it, in the spring semester students whereas if you have the physi- won’t have to bear the costs for cal copy in front of you, you’ll go Photo by Ryan Kim that semester, Rymut said. It will through a lot more material,” he Wilbur Bills Fire station hosted an open house Saturday and featured a mock car crash. be covered by WCSA’s general al- said. Webcast broadens OWU viewing audience for sports and lectures

By Matt Patrick said Baird. “We are hiring a new events since he started. ing. “Some teachers require es- Guest Reporter staff member who will oversee the “I enjoy film work immensely, “It’s a lot of fun and its good says on National Colloquium lec- program as a part of their respon- and this is certainly an extension practice for me because I want to tures,” said Zeko. “If I can’t make Webcasting has begun at OWU sibilities and it will become more of that,” he said. “For me, it’s less get involved in sports broadcast- the speech that night it would be this year and the technologies organized as it develops and this about what I’m filming and more ing after college,” he said. “It’s very helpful to watch an archived department has started stream- staff person is in place.” about getting the good shots so also cool to be part of the first webcast online. I can watch it ing live footage of football games, Baird said the contributions of people at home can see what’s go- group at OWU to be involved in whenever and as many times as I National Colloquium lectures, students and staff members have ing on.” this program.” want.” Woltemade Center speakers and made webcasting possible this Ash said he can see webcasting Baird said the program is fairly Zeko says he thinks webcast- other sporting events. year. or something similar becoming a simple to operate. ing will also be very appealing to Kathy Baird, director of Uni- “Student Chuck Ash is cur- career for him. “It involves a videographer alumni. versity Communications said the rently doing the videography,” she Sophomores Willy Yoder and using a video camera as well as a “This would be a great way for webcasting effort will help in- said . “Also, staff members Jason Drew Lenox have been the sports laptop computer,” said Baird. “Ei- alumni and to watch games for crease communication to alumni LaMar and Chuck Della Lana have play-by-play commentators for ther one or two people have been the rest of their lives,” said Zeko. and prospective students. been vital forces behind develop- football games streamed online. involved in recording and stream- “People can watch activities at “Between sports, speakers and ment of the program.” Yoder said this summer the ing each event.” OWU they never would have been artistic performances, we feel Ash, a senior, said he became school received a new server, al- Baird said they have plans to able to see in the past.” there is much interest in our ac- involved in webcasting when a lowing them to stream video. continue expanding the webcast- Today, the Woltemade Center tivities and we are trying to make friend asked him to cover one of “The school got us headsets ing department throughout the Lecture “Why Retail Differentia- them better available to those in- the women’s volleyball games. and laptops and helped set up ev- year. tion Is Important Now” presented terested,” Baird said. “It appealed to me because I erything making it very easy for “We hope to webcast 15-20 by Mary Brett Whitfield will be She said the webcasting effort enjoy working with cameras and us to do this,” said Yoder. “We’ve events during the fall semester, webcasted at 3:10 p.m. and on was part of the strategic commu- making movies,” said Ash. “On covered all the football games and to develop a schedule in ad- Saturday OWU football versus nications initiative funded by the the job, I met Jason LaMarr, who and plan to cover baseball in the vance for the future,” Baird said. Wittenberg will be streamed live OWU board of trustees in May. asked me to stay on and help with spring.” Sophomore Robert Zeko says from Selby Field at 1 p.m. “The program has been well- other projects.” Yoder said he’s enjoyed being he is excited because this could be For more information on the received so far and should be- Ash said he has filmed and a part of webcasting at OWU and very helpful for different academic live webcast, visit stream.owu. come more developed over time,” webcasted a handful of sporting values the experience he’s gain- activities. edu. Page 4 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 5

WSJ.com OCTOBER 23, 2006 s 2006 Dow Jones & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved. What’s News— Wal-Mart Fashion Falls Flat In Business and Finance Bid to Upgrade Style 7 7 7 In Apparel Aisle Web-Ad Boom Moving Online Meets Hang-Ups Fuels Start-Ups U.S. online advertising revenue

Hundreds of Internet start-ups BY GARY MCWILLIAMS $4 billion targeting a wide range of markets al-Mart Stores has are now relying on Web advertising 3 been trying hard to fund their new business con- in recent years to cepts. Online ads, which have be- 2 raise its fashion come more sophisticated and tar- quotient, signing geted, are now for many companies 1 up high-visibility an “instant business model,” as Wdesigners, hiring New York trend one San Francisco investor put it. 0 spotters to reel in the latest looks Web sites that are using or plan 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q and even sending Wal-Mart to use online ads for revenue in- 2004 ’05 ’06 clothes down the catwalk at Fash- Sources: PricewaterhouseCoopers; clude social-networking sites like Interactive Advertising Bureau ion Week. TagWorld, online photo and video It’s all part of the effort to get Wal-Mart fashions at New York’s Fashion Week last month. sites like Photobucket, as well as can use the apparel sponsorship to Jennifer Gildea to shop in Wal- Web instant-messaging company get a bigger share of the more lucra- Mart stores for more than just sales were a big reason why. Cloth- Meanwhile, Target continues to Meebo. Online video company You- tive basketball sneaker market. tank tops, T-shirts and socks. Like ing sales last month “failed to bolster its reputation for cheap Tube, which agreed to be bought The company has a lot of catch- other fashion-conscious shoppers, meet our expectations,” the com- chic by showcasing different by Google for $1.65 billion, also re- ing up to do. Nike and its subsid- Ms. Gildea, a 20-year-old Pennsyl- pany conceded in a statement. Wal- young designers every few ceives revenue from online ads. iary brands command 81.8% of the vania college student, says she Mart doesn’t break out sales fig- months. Starting Nov. 1, an inex- These sites and others, many of U.S.’s $2.6 billion basketball likes some of what she has seen of ures for apparel. pensive collection from designer which aren’t based on any com- sneaker market so far this year, Wal-Mart’s apparel, but she The company’s lackluster ap- Behnaz Sarafpour will start a plex technology, are furiously try- up from 72.8% last year, according doesn’t buy it. Crowded display parel gains come despite a major three-month run in Target stores. ing to collect thousands of “eye- to market-research firm Sports racks and minimally private dress- push starting a year ago to im- Target rang up a 6.7% same-store balls,” or viewers, which they One Source. Adidas’s share is ing rooms in the center of the sales prove its apparel, including the sales gain in September. hope will catch the attention of ad- growing but has only reached 10%, floor make the Wal-Mart she visits opening of a New York trend-spot- Merchandising in Wal-Mart’s vertisers. That will theoretically al- or 14% including Reebok, which “hard to shop,” she says. She buys ting office and layering on more 3,800 U.S. stores has been inconsis- low these companies to emulate Adidas bought earlier this year. most of her clothing at Express, quality control. tent. The company’s first designer the success of firms like Google, instead. Wal-Mart declined to comment label, called George, is largely an which makes the bulk of its money Markets in Chicago Four years after launching the for this article. It has attributed unknown in the U.S., although in from targeted Web ads. first of several designer labels, some of its recent sales lethargy to Britain it is well-regarded and sold But for every Google and You- To Form a Colossus Wal-Mart has yet to convert many higher energy prices. Higher gaso- in stand-alone George stores. “To Tube, there are likely to be hun- What can you make from corn, of its socks-and-denim shoppers line prices do take some discretion- this day, I don’t think anyone dreds of Web sites that won’t at- eggs and butter? In Chicago, you into fans of its more fashionable— ary spending power out of consum- knows who George is,” says tract enough advertising to sur- can make the world’s largest finan- and more profitable—apparel offer- ers’ hands. But gas prices dropped Wendy Liebmann, president of the vive. The top 10 online-ad sellers cial market—one that will dwarf ings. Sales at Wal-Mart stores sharply in September, and Wal- consulting firm WSL Strategic Re- currently control 71% of the online the New York Stock Exchange. open at least a year rose a paltry Mart didn’t get a noticeable tail. (The label is named after the ad market, according to research Chicago Mercantile Exchange 1.3% in September, and apparel bounce. PleasePlease Turn Turn to Page to Next <$$U7>, Page Col- by the Interactive Advertising Bu- Holdings agreed to purchase the umn <$$PC> reau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Chicago Board of Trade in a deal Tiny start-ups will have to com- valued at $8 billion. The deal be- pete fiercely for the remainder of tween two markets with origins the online-ad pie. largely in trading commodities and agricultural contracts reflects Adidas Campaign the rapid growth of the investment industry’s hottest sector: deriva- Sticks It to Nike tives, or contracts whose value is For decades the individual has derived from the movements in been the key to selling basketball other financial instruments such shoes. And no one has done that as stocks and bonds. better than Nike, riding the prow- The deal also shows the acceler- ess of icons like Michael Jordan ating pace at which financial ex- and LeBron James to a point changes globally are consolidating where it now makes eight out of to lift profits by cutting costs. Ex- every 10 pairs of basketball shoes changes have morphed from mem- sold in the U.S. ber-owned clubs into profit-hungry As a new season dawns, publicly traded companies. This though, Adidas is preaching the gives them an incentive to make beauty of teamwork in a new mar- acquisitions and a currency, their keting campaign aimed directly at stock, with which to do so. Nike. In its biggest-ever basketball push, Adidas also is trying to capi- CourtTV Tinkers talize on a new 11-year deal to be the National Basketball Associa- With Its Identity tion’s main provider of uniforms Until recently, someone turning and clothing. on CourtTV could be confident of While the clothing deal leaves what they’d find—a trial during the players free to wear any shoes they day, and at night, a program about choose on the court, Adidas hopes it PleasePlease Turn Turn to Page to Next <$$U7>, Page Col- umn <$$PC>

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BY BETSY MCKAY new drink with the question, “Mir- don’t need to lose weight. What’s News— AND CHAD TERHUNE acle Beverage: Can Coke drink Coca-Cola stands by its study. soft drink that burns burn calories?” Rhona Applebaum, its chief scien- In Business and Finance calories? Coke has just But Enviga—which will make tist, agrees the drink is not a diet 7 7 7 introduced one. But its first appearance on U.S. store pill. “This is not a magic bullet,” don’t throw away your shelves in parts of the Northeast she says. Enviga “gently invigo- ContinuedContinued from From Previous Page <$$U7> Page the iPod doesn’t have, such as an Weight Watchers plan. next month, hits stores nationwide rates your metabolism. It gives how a dastardly crime was solved. ability to upload music directly from The beverage giant in February and then may expand your body this extra boost.” But since the channel became a compact-disc player and a noise Ahas unveiled plans to launch En- to Latin America, Europe and Asia But assuming the calorie-burn- fully owned by Time Warner in canceler so users can better hear viga, a sparkling green tea-based later next year—is no quick fix for ing effect is real, Enviga raises an- May, a CourtTV viewer might now their music. The devices will be soft drink infused with a tantaliz- a bulging belly. other question: Is it worth the come across an action-packed launched in Japan this month, and ing claim: Consume three 12-ounce The science behind Coke’s $1.29 to $1.49 price of a 12-ounce movie like “Bad Boys” or a reality in the U.S. and Europe by year end. cans of Enviga over a 24-hour pe- claims—a study funded by the can? Assuming a 60-calorie loss show featuring car chases and Sony, which pioneered the porta- riod, and a healthy person of nor- Coke-Nestlé partnership and led from three cans, a person would other lurid crimes, “Most Shock- ble-music-player market with its mal weight can burn anywhere by a researcher at the University have to drink more than five cans ing.” More new series are on the Walkman cassette players 27 years from 60 to 100 additional calories. of Lausanne, near Nestlé’s Swiss a day, at a cost of $6.45 or more, to drawing board. ago, has been struggling to regain Coke developed the drink in part- headquarters—depends partly on burn the number of calories found After several years of strong share since it missed the transition nership with Nestlé. research that hasn’t been publicly in two Oreos. A brisk 15-minute growth, CourtTV’s average audi- in the early 2000s to digital music. The prospect of a drink that released or formally reviewed by walk would do the same trick. To ence fell slightly last year while the But Sony faces an uphill battle. could actually melt pounds away other scientists. The study also in- erase the effects of a McDonald’s rate of ad growth weakened Microsoft, Samsung and a partner- set off a mini media frenzy. In a cluded only healthy, normal- Big Mac, a person would need to sharply. Time Warner hopes a ship between RealNetworks and five-minute segment, NBC’s “To- weight men and women from 18 to drink about 28 cans of Enviga, at a broader program mix and promo- SanDisk all plan to release music day” show led its report on the 35—people who, by definition, cost of $36 or more. tions on its other channels, like players in the near future. CNN, can draw younger viewers. Other cable channels have Odds & Ends stumbled trying to redefine them- Viacom announced a deal to dis- Wal-Mart’s Fashion Faux Pas selves. Viacom, for instance, tried tribute music videos and television to convert its Nashville Network shows through the Web site of Chi- ContinuedContinued from From Previous Page <$$U7> Page Wal-Mart and other discounters men designed by G-III Apparel music channel into a general-enter- nese Internet-search company British designer George Davis.) used to represent, says Richard Group, and George ME knit cloth- tainment outlet under the TNN Baidu.com, China’s most popular Rivals are presenting stiff com- Hastings, retail analyst with ing for women from the designer name, before rejiggering it into search engine. ... Wendy’s will sell petition to Wal-Mart’s clothing credit-rating agency Bernard Mark Eisen. Wal-Mart is taking the male-oriented channel Spike. its Baja Fresh chain for $31 million business, too. Deep discounters Sands. These strip malls “left steps to address mixed merchan- Media buyers say that while to an investment consortium that and dollar stores are starting to them vulnerable to competition dising messages. This year, it be- they want CourtTV to bring in is affiliated with the Denny’s and sell more jeans, sports jerseys and from specialty retailers,” he says. gan adding faux-wood floors in the younger viewers, they don’t want Cinnabon brands. Wendy’s bought underwear—apparel categories And part of the problem may be women’s departments, part of an Time Warner to blur the channel’s the chain in 2002 for $275 million. Wal-Mart has counted as reliably that Wal-Mart isn’t fully support- effort to reduce clutter and make identity. That could make it indistin- By Jay Hershey strong. Off-price chains, like Dress ing the new clothes lines it brings shopping there more appealing. guishable from numerous other ca- Barn, Marshalls and T.J.Maxx, out. Advertising is often sporadic. Wal-Mart also is trying to avoid ble channels offering a similar mix are emerging as price-conscious Wal-Mart began an ad campaign clearance aisle clutter. Starting of crime shows and movies. How to contact us: shoppers’ favored apparel stores, for its clothes in Vogue magazine with its women’s department, Wal- [email protected] offering convenient locations and last year, but its TV commercials Mart plans to implement “price-opti- Sony Unveils the thrill of the treasure hunt. don’t emphasize fashion. The com- mization” software, which uses Wal-Mart may remain many pany also recently pulled the plug mathematical models to recom- New Walkmans AT COLLEGEJOURNAL.COM shoppers’ first choice for paper on the Hub, a social networking mend when to take markdowns, tak- Sony revealed a new lineup of § Camp and the corporate job. towels or cosmetics. But the resur- Web site it created three months ing regional sales trends into ac- Walkman portable music players, gence of neighborhood strip malls, ago to showcase teen apparel. count. The goal is to minimize out-of- as it tries again to wrestle share § How to pay off student loans on many of them redeveloped with Wal-Mart has continued to add season leftovers, which are unap- away from Apple’s iPod in an area an entry-level salary. stores in upscale chains, have new fashion brands, including pealing to the fashion-conscious it once dominated. § Inside the secret rite of making blunted the convenience edge that Exsto, a hip-hop line for young shoppers Wal-Mart wants to attract. The new devices have features partner at an investment bank.

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Rafiki Wa Africa’s African Texas Chainsaw Massacre has no style will take place Sat- Someone buy me a ticket to a garbage can, where the infant events involving some bikers, the ing. Don’t get me wrong. I’m no Mini-Fest Hollywood, cuz I really need to is discovered by a freakish hick four kids fi nd themselves at the prude. There are several horror urday at 4:30 p.m. outside slap some people -- especially the named Lude Mae. Leatherface home, where they fi lms that I’ve liked and given “The Cave.” After the show, doofus brigade responsible for That scene alone made me are systematically tortured and high scores; but this fi lm has no mouth watering African and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The want to walk out of the theater, killed in the most sadistic ways class or style to it. Carribean delicacies will be Beginning.” but no. I can’t, because I have to imaginable. served. In case anyone is following watch this garbage so you don’t That’s the movie: One sadis- GRADE: F have to. tic, gory scene after another. Leatherface grows up and gets There’s no suspense, no scares, (c) 2006 King Features Synd., Faculty to hold Critic’s Corner a job at the plant as a meat cutter. just senseless pain and suffer- Inc. The boss tells everyone he’s clos- concert Saturday by DNA Smith ing the plant for good and getting out of town. Leatherface refuses The Department of Mu- to quit his job, so he savagely along, this movie is a PREQUEL murders the boss. sic presents a Faculty Gala. to a REMAKE. Please, Holly- The sheriff goes to Leather- Many OWU professors will wood. Enough with the prequels face’s adoptive parents’ house perform Saturday at 8 p.m. and the remakes and the “rei- (Lude Mae and Charlie, played by in Gray Chapel. The event is maginings.” Howzabout you peo- R. Lee Ermey) to tell them about free and open to the public. ple concentrate more on making the murder. Charlie accompanies Good Movies? the sheriff on the hunt for Leath- “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: erface. They fi nd him walking The Beginning” tells the origin along the side of the road, carry- Musical Review this story of Thomas Hewitt, aka ing a chainsaw. The sheriff goes Leatherface. The opening scene to arrest Leatherface, but Charlie weekend takes place in a meat-cutting fac- murders the sheriff and assumes tory. Leatherface’s mother asks the role of town sheriff. The two A sample of some of the her supervisor to let her take a take the sheriff’s body home to variety of talent at OWU will break so she can give birth to her cook and eat. be on display Saturday and son. He won’t let her. She col- Cut to four young people who Sunday at 9 p.m. in the Chap- lapses to the fl oor as her water drive into town and stop at a con- Photo from King Features Synd, Inc. (c) 2006 breaks, and the supervisor takes venience store where Lude Mae R. Lee Erney as Charlie, the man who took Leatherface in pelear Drama Center. Admis- the newborn and tosses it into is working. After a grisly turn of as family in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. sion is $3.

Two art exhibits Gulla’s The Strand Theatre at Ross this wekeend The Ross Art Museum Hot Dogs Showtimes for will display two galler- Friday, Oct. 20th - Thursday, Oct. 26th ies on Saturday and Sun- 12 W. William St. across day from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. “Lost and Found” features from the Brown Jug Flags Of Our Fathers (R) photographs and photo- grams by Cal Kowal and Anita Gulla Hot Dog Friday: 4:15, 7:00 & 9:30 Open Monday 10-3:00 Saturday: 1:30, 4:30, 7:00 & 9:30 Douthat. “Acts of Unremark- Fries Tues-Fri 10-7:30 Sunday: 1:30, 4:30 & 7:00 able Bravery” features vari- Gulla Fish Sat 10-4:30 Monday-Thursday: 4:30 & 7:00 ous works by distinguished Fries-n-Gravy alumna Jane Terzis (‘72). Open Season (PG) Kraut Dog Friday: 4:15, 6:00 & 8:00 Onion Rings 10% Discount Saturday & Sunday: 1:30, 4:00 & 6:00 Last week’s solution: Slaw Dog Monday: 5:30 & 7:15 if you show Tuesday-Thursday: 5:15 (c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. Cheese Sticks Cheese Dog Student ID Man Of The Year (PG-13) Fried Pickles Friday: 4:30, 7:15 & 9:30 Saturday: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 & 9:30 Sloppy Joe Dog Sunday: 1:30, 4:30 & 7:15 Egg Rolls Accept Visa, Mastercard Monday-Thursday: 5:00 & 7:15 Burgers Cheese Fries All Seats only $4.00 with ANY OWU ID www.gullashotdogs.com Visa/MC Accepted Offering all Pepsi Products Page 6 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 7 Arts & Entertainment Choir to perform gospel concert Friday and uplift Jesus Christ through year to 12 members this year. tion and an overall enthusiasm. of a smaller choir that offers an By Julia Smith vocal ministry. McNary said she attributes the “Yes, I see a change in mem- interactive praise experience. Guest Reporter “The benefit of the concert increase in membership to better bership. I see an overall excite- “I had been in such a big choir is to be able to bring the com- advertisement and more leisure ment about being a member and I found out about this small- Gospel Lyres: Sounds of Black- munity together based upon a time among participants. of gospel choir,” Gunn said. “I er choir,” Partington said. “On ness will join the Kentucky State spiritual base,” McNary said. “We’re starting fresh and we’ve think it’s because of the lead- campus there aren’t a lot of ways Gospel Choir and perform a free “Our goal is to be able to bring gotten our name out there,” Mc- ership. We’re excited about it to praise the Lord other than go- concert in University Hall’s Gray Kentucky State here, which is Nary said. “I think a lot of people which makes other people ex- ing to serves or listening to other Chapel tomorrow at 8 p.m. another gospel choir, to show we were interested before but they cited about. It’s not really about people and I wanted a more in- President of Gospel Lyres, are all united in terms of singing didn’t have the time in previous numbers. We understand what teractive experience.” senior Qiana McNary said she’s for the lord.” years. This year they’ve commit- we need to be doing and who it’s Partington said she is excited excited to be able to bring a posi- Gospel Lyres hosts the con- ted to having that time reserved for, I think that’s what makes it about performing with the Gos- tive program to campus with the cert annually with the Kentucky for Gospel Lyres.” exciting.” pel Lyres on Friday. gospel choir performances. Mc- State Gospel Choir. Senior Thomas Gunn, vice Sophomore Juliet Partington “Yeah, it will be my first per- Nary said the mission behind McNary said the choir has prsident of Gospel Lyres, said he is a new member of Gospel Lyres. formance with Gospel Choir and Gospel Lyres is to be able to sing grown from six members last can see a change in the participa- Partington said she likes the idea my first performance this year.” Thirty Ought Six local finalist in Zippo Hot Tour “We never realized how much Linkin Park, Alice in Chains, all the next completely full of energy. MySpace, including The Blitz DJ they would promote,” Zajac said, our favorite bands. There would Plus they had me laughing with Hannibal, local band champion, Off-Beat “until commercials on the radio be rockers everywhere. We would a comparison of bands to babies who is no stranger to their site. started centering on only us. They play at night, drink and relax on including one from Billet about “I hope Columbus pulled it off by Meghan Hensley played every hour.” the beach during the day.” themselves, “We want to be the for you guys,” Hannibal posted They were all excited to show During the interview, I couldn’t Gerber Baby.” Monday. “Bar none...you were the The last few months have been me the little amp. It was a cool help but be amazed at the way Their aspirations of being the best band to play locally and the a busy time for many unsigned little gift, but not really worth they approached it. I would ask a Gerber Baby of Columbus music best of the top ten. I can’t think of bands across the country that much. question and like kids they would have brought them a long way. anyone that deserves this [Zippo entered the Zippo Hot Tour con- “It’s an expensive paper- talk bouncing from one subject to They have over 18000 friends on Hot Tour] more.” test. Now that the voting is over, weight,” Zajac commented. the waiting begins for ten bands “I’m taking it into the studio that made it to the final round. with me,” Miller added. Representing Columbus, OH, is This will be their last contest so Thirty Ought Six (30ot6), a quar- they can focus more on promotion tet of friends, Brent Billet (vocals), and studio time. It was annoucned Tim Dillard (drums), Sean Miller last night that the band did not (bass) and Derrick Zajac (guitar). win the competition. They will be working on their album, Amazing Formed in 2004, 30ot6 has Attraction For Rebelion. been making their mark in the “Normally, I love recording, Columbus music scene. They are but now it’s like a root canal,” building their business from self Miller spoke of his reaction to the promotion on MySpace to com- current recording process. peting in contests like Zippo’s. Even though they have been This contest has left them with busy with the album and the con- little time to do much else, and I test, they have still found time to am grateful that they allowed me support other bands in the Co- to do this interview. They are try- lumbus area. ing for a December release of their “We try to support every band, first full length album, but would regardless,” Billet said. “We may like to take something with them not like your music, but we will if they win the Hot Tour contest. support what you are doing. Most “We aren’t complaining,” Billet of the time, we are understand- said. “We’re always busy. Some ing.” don’t realize it, but rock is a busi- Bringing up one of my stan- ness. And we’re trying to get this dard questions about the “ulti- off the ground.” mate tour,” Zajac jumped at the Competing in this contest has chance to share his thoughts on its perks. Zippo has put up a lot of the subject. money promoting the finalists in “I’ve been thinking about their hometowns, plus giving out this,” he exclaimed like a small Photo submitted by Thirty Ought Six a small practice amp to the bands kid. “A cruise ship in the Virgin for reaching the finals and a box of Islands with 8 or 9 major bands, Thirty Ought Six pictured left to right is Tim Dillard, Derrick Zajac, Brent Billet and Sean merchendise. 2 or 3 would perform each night, Miller. They can be reached via their myspace page at myspace.com/30ot6.

(c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. Page 8 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 9 Homecoming 2006 Schedule of Events Tomorrow - 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Class Visit Opportunities » The class visitation list will be fi- and learn about a variety of careers! Come in for refreshments and career net- nalized by October 6. Please check back at that time. Also, a list will be available working at this casual event hosted by the Alumni Board with Alumni Relations at the Registration Desk in the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center (HWCC) and Career Services. Atrium. - 3 p.m Distinguished Alumna Artist, Jane Terzis ‘72 will conduct a studio art - 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission Office Open. Admission Interviews and Cam- class, slide presentation, Edgar Hall 121 pus Tours offered every hour, on the hour from 9-4pm. To schedule an ap- - 4 p.m. Artist Reception» Meet Distinguished Alumna Artist, Jane Terzis pointment for your college-bound student (9th grade and above), click here: ‘72, in the Richard M. Ross Art Museum http://admission.owu.edu/visit1_new.php - 5 p.m. Women’s Soccer -v- Allegheny , Roy Rike Field - 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bookstore Open, HWCC Lower Level - 6 p.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion Registration » will take place in Sanborn - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Ceramics Sale! Fine Arts students in the advanced ceramics Hall class will be selling their wares at a fundraising event in the Hamilton-Williams - 6:30 p.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion welcome » will take place in Sanborn Campus Center (HWCC) Atrium. Proceeds from the sale will provide financial Hall, followed by rehearsals. assistance for the students to attend the NCACA annual Clay Conference in - 7 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse Alumni Gathering at The Brown Jug Restaurant. Louisville, KY. - 7:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer -v- Earlham, Roy Rike Field - 9 a. m - 5 p.m. Andrews House Open House (former home of Phi Kappa Psi - 8 p.m. Perkins Observatory Program, free tickets to parents and alumni and Tau Kappa Epsilon) for the Perkins Observatory Program. There are a limited number of tickets - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Homecoming Information Desk Open, HWCC Atrium available. For tickets, contact Tom Burns at [email protected] or by phone at: - 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Ross Art Museum Exhibits » There will be two featured 740-363-1257. Mention that you are an alumnus/a or parent to receive the free art exhibits on campus during Homecoming 2006. “Lost and Found” - pho- tickets. Attendees must arrive at Perkins Observatory before 8:00 p.m., the tographs and photograms by Cal Kowal and Anita Douthat. Both artists are start of the program. known for the creation of poetic works that derive contemporary interpreta- - 9 p.m. The Theatre and Dance Honorary, Theta Alpha Phi Presents the Red tions from aging surfaces and materials. The works in the exhibition will ad- and Black Revue, a variety show featuring current students. Admission is $3.00 dress the fleeting nature of life’s experiences. Chappelear Drama Center “Acts of Unremarkable Bravery” - various works by distinguished alumna - 9 p.m. The Student Homecoming Organization presents “Homecoming artist Jane Terzis ‘72. Ms. Terzis will by speaking to art classes throughout the on The Hill.” A new event for Homecoming 2006. Students, alumni, friends day and a reception will be held in her honor Friday afternoon. Richard M. Ross and family are invited to “The Hill” for free hamburgers, hot dogs, cookies, hot Art Museum (Humphreys Hall) chocolate, and cider. Listen to a great campus band, FREE Homecoming 2006 - Noon - 1 p.m. Student Munch & Mingle Career Networking Event, HWCC T-shirts will be distributed and the Homecoming court will be announced. Benes Room - Students will have the opportunity to speak with OWU alumni Join us for a great time. Saturday - 9:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer Post-Game Social imediately following the game - vilion” located beside Sulphur Spring. Enjoy traditional tailgate food and get v- Earlham in the Faculty-Staff Dining Room in the Hamilton-Williams Campus psyched for the big game! Center; team members, parents and men’s soccer alumni are invited to attend. - 1 p.m. Football vs. Wittenberg University , Selby Stadium - 9:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer Alumni Post-Game Social at The Brown Jug. - Kappa Kappa Gamma Balloon Pop - Recognition of new inductees into the Ohio Wesleyan Athletic Hall of - 8:30 a.m. 2006 Homecoming/Delaware Pumpkin Run 5K Registration Fame - 8:30 a.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion - Coffee and tea available in Sanborn - Special dedication of “Branch Rickey Way” - the Delaware City Council Hall. Rehearsals begin at 9 a.m. in Sanborn Hall recently voted to change the name of a portion of Henry Street, fronting OWU - 8:30 a.m - 2 p.m. Admission Office Open - Campus tours will be available at athletic facilities to “Branch Rickey Way.” Join us as we celebrate the immea- 10 and 11 a.m., Noon and 1 p.m. Contact the Admission Office at 800-922-8953 surable contributions of Branch Rickey, OWU Class of 1904, to intercollegiate to schedule an appointment. and professional athletics. - 9 a.m Field Hockey -v- Denison , Selby Stadium - 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer “B” -v- Columbus State Community College, Roy - 9 a.m. - Noon Homecoming Information Desk Open, HWCC Zook Nook Rike Field - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Bookstore open - 2 - 4 p.m. Austin Manor Inter-Generational Living Complex open house, - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Andrews House Open House (former home of Phi Kappa Psi 95 Elizabeth Street and Tau Kappa Epsilon) - 4:30 p.m. (or immediately following the football game) Men’s Lacrosse - 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae/parent brunch, 126 W. Alumni game, Selby Stadium Winter Street - 4:30 p.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion Performance, Sanborn Hall, Jemi- - 10 a.m. Men’s Lacrosse Red -v- Black intra-squad game, Henry Street prac- son Auditorium - Come and listen to the sweet sounds of the Alumni Glee tice field Club as they “Remember Mr. A.” - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Ceramics Sale! Fine Arts students in the advanced ceramics - 4:30 p.m. African Mini-Fest, sponsored by Rafiki Wa Africa will take class will be selling their wares at a fundraising event in the Hamilton-Williams place outside “The Cave.” The show is scheduled to begin promptly at 4:30, Campus Center (HWCC) Atrium. Proceeds from the sale will provide financial therefore it is requested that all guests are seated before 4:30. After the show, assistance for the students to attend the NCACA annual Clay Conference in Lou- mouth watering African and Carribean delicacies will be served! isville, KY. - 5:30 - 8:30 p.m 46th Annual Alumni “W” Association, Athletic Hall of - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Ross Art Museum Exhibits » Richard M. Ross Art Museum Fame Induction,* HWCC Benes Room Reception begins at 5:30 pm, Dinner (Humphreys Hall), There will be two featured art exhibits on campus during begins at 6:30. Homecoming 2006. - 5:30 - 7:30 pm Alpha Sigma Phi Sig Bust open house/reception (By invi- “Lost and Found” - photographs and photograms by Cal Kowal and Anita tation) Douthat. Both artists are known for the creation of poetic works that derive con- - 6:30 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse 50th Anniversary Celebration,* Conrades- temporary interpretations from aging surfaces and materials. The works in the Wetherell Science Center Atrium exhibition will address the fleeting nature of life’s experiences. - 6:30 p.m. Alumni Glee Club Reunion Dinner,* Welch Hall, Dining Room “Acts of Unremarkable Bravery” - various works by distinguished alumna art- - 7:30 - 9 p.m Alpha Sigma Phi Sig Bust dinner (By invitation), 9 Williams ist Jane Terzis ‘72. Dr. Williams Dr. Followed by a Black Lantern Processional. - 11 a.m. Women’s Soccer Alumni -v- Women’s Soccer “B”, Roy Rike Field. - 8:00 p.m. Perkins Observatory Program, free tickets to parents and alum- Potluck BBQ at field following the game. ni for the Perkins Observatory Program. There are a limited number of tickets - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Book signings - There will be two book signings at the OWU available. For tickets, contact Tom Burns at [email protected] or by phone at: bookstore- HWCC Lower Level during Homecoming. Michael Flamm,OWU 740-363-1257. Mention that you are an alumnus/a or parent to receive the professor of history and Sean Kay, OWU professor of politics and government free tickets. Attendees must arrive at Perkins Observatory before 8:00 p.m., will be signing their recently published books. In his book “Law and Order: the start of the program. Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960’s” Flamm - 8:00 p.m. Music Faculty Gala, University Hall, Gray Chapel - Join the explores the 1960’s, the increased concern for law and order as a national con- OWU Music Faculty for a FREE musical gala. Performances by: Cameron Ben- cern, and the ways in which liberals and conservatives addressed the concern. nett, piano; Brett Burleson, guitar; Anthony Fesmire, guitar; Nancy Gamso, Kay’s “Global Security in the Twenty-First Century: the Quest for Power and clarinet and flute; Larry Griffin, trumpet; Robert Griffith, organ; Jed Hacker, the Search for Peace” offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security horn; Jason Hiester, tenor; Mariko Kaneda, piano; Marilyn Nims, mezzo so- dilemmas, the stuggle for power within an emerging global system, and exam- prano; Daryl Yoder, baritone; with Christine Hiester, soprano and Ron Ken- ines a wide range of concepts for thinking about power and peace in current hot reich, piano. spots in the Middle East. - 9 p.m. The Theatre and Dance Honorary, Theta Alpha Phi Presents the - 11:30 a.m - 1:30 p.m. OWU Pre-Game Bar-B-Q, in the “Homecoming Pa- Red and Black Revue, a variety show featuring current students. Admission is $3.00 Chappelear Drama Center Sunday - 11 a.m Annual Alumni Swim Meet» Pfeiffer Natatorium, Warm-ups begin at 10 a.m., meet at 11 a.m. Pre-registration is required. - 11 a.m Delta Gamma alumnae open house, 148 W. Winter St. - Noon - 2 p.m. Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae/parent brunch, 179 W. Winter St. - Noon - 3 p.m. Delta Delta Delta, “Pansy Brunch,” 120 W. Winter St. - 1 - 5 p.m. Ross Art Museum Exhibits» Richard M. Ross Art Museum (Humphreys Hall), There will be two featured art exhibits on campus dur- ing Homecoming 2006. “Lost and Found” - photographs and photograms by Cal Kowal and Anita Douthat. Both artists are known for the creation of poetic works that derive contemporary interpretations from aging surfaces and materials. The works in the exhibition will address the fleeting nature of life’s experiences. “Acts of Unremarkable Bravery” - various works by distinguished alumna artist Jane Terzis ‘72. Page 8 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 9 FaFa l intointo OWU l

Clockwise from top left: Two students walk under the fall foliage on campus. A squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts for the winter. Fall has arrived on campus with the leaves changing outside the library. Sophmore Andy Boff gets pushed out of bounds by a Wilmington defender during the jayvee scrimmage Monday.

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Send letters to: Phillips Hall 106 or via email at: [email protected]. Give OWU a brand “So many roads. So else? And in contemplating who I many detours. So many hope to be, as Carrie Bradshaw so choices. So many mistakes. eloquently put it above, where I As we drive along this want to go, and what I want to do, road called life, occasion- I am quickly realizing that iden- ally a gal will find herself tity is no small thing. a little…lost. And when Us college seniors, for exam- that happens, I guess she ple, who are only around twenty- has to let go of the coulda’, two years old, have spent nearly shoulda’, woulda’, buckle a generation in school in an at- up, and just keep going. As tempt to build/create/unearth/ we speed along this endless discover/define ourselves. road to a destination called It is no secret on the campus of who we hope to be, I can’t Ohio Wesleyan University that we help but whine, ‘Are we are a school trying to do much of there yet?’’ the same thing. As I see it, OWU -Carrie Bradshaw, “Sex and is a school that has lost its groove. the City” Sure, students still come here, students still graduate from here, I was fortunate enough to and they receive a quality educa- spend mid-semester break in one tion in-between; but where’s the of my favorite cities: Washington, brand? “Brand?” you ask? Yes, D.C. While there, I had time with brand. some of my favorites; current Look around at some of our OWU students, various alumni, competition; consider peer insti- former coworkers, Chinese food, tutions such as Denison, Kenyon, margaritas, the National Portrait and Oberlin. These are schools Gallery, DuPont Circle, Benetton, that—more so than OWU—know H&M, and Urban Outfitters. who they are. Additionally, col- I have long been a believer that leges and universities with a co- there is something for everyone hesive identity are able to market in our country’s big cities ~ cities themselves far better, far more like D.C., Boston, Chicago, L.A., successfully, and with far greater and, of course, New York. These results than a school without a are places with solid character sense of self. and a definite sense of identity; in We should consider ourselves (c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. other words ~ places worth expe- very fortunate; it isn’t terribly of- riencing because they are unlike ten that an institution like OWU anywhere in the world. does the kind of soul-searching Perhaps it is the college senior that is underway right now. By hat I wear that has me think- working with the Columbus-based ing about things like character firm Ologie, and Ohio Wesleyan’s and identity more than usual. Vice President for Strategic Com- Recycle Returning from a dynamic city munications & University En- such as D.C. to this little school rollment, Margaret Drugovich The Transcript in this little town, I can’t help but (e-mail: [email protected]), I wonder what makes people come believe together we can not only here. help OWU in the character and Is it the character or identity of identity department, but maybe this place? Or is Delaware but a even get our school its groove pit stop on the way to somewhere back. Page 10 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 11 Opinion New York City turns into melting pot of fear By Lori Haught in a tense hush, the normal bevy it was an accident; I accepted that citywide case of posttraumatic ing. The whole city was filled with of school children that loiter near fact and went on with my life. I stress. You don’t notice it in Ohio, fear and thoughts going back five It was weird when we started the office was non-existent, and laughed; I made phone calls; I but here the whole city goes on years. getting phone calls. cars were backed up all the main desperately tried to finish a sto- edge at the same time. It’s more then likely akin to all Even though the plane crash roads for miles. ry on deadline. The phone calls News reports seem to make cities where people have lived to was on 72nd St. which is on the I am not a native New Yorker. stopped. But the city didn’t start a big deal about parallels to the tell the tale of attacks and experi- Upper East Side and far out of our I was not in the city on the fateful again. World Trade Center and blow enced the fear of that day, or days, jurisdiction, people who trusted day in 2001 when planes turned By the next day, the world was the level of fear out of the water, or longer. us for their news began calling. into missiles and brought down back to normal; New Yorkers but they really weren’t exaggerat- We are disconnected from all “What happened? Was it ter- two of the most iconic buildings in mourned the loss that, though. The U.S. has only rorists?” the United States. As much as it of Yankee pitch- been attacked twice, discounting Well, we didn’t know. The affected me, I was not physically er, Corey Lidle, the wars fought on our own soil, website where we were getting there. who was in the once was Pearl Harbor and the our information was so swamped It was about 7 p.m. when I re- plane at the time, other was 9/11. We don’t live in with hits that we couldn’t find out alized why everyone in the streets although whether fear; it’s not a part of the American either. was tense and why an eerie hush he was in the pi- mentality. But I wonder if people Lincoln, the associate editor had fallen over the city. Even lot’s chair is still in the Middle East do, or if they’re of The Villager said there was a though reports had confirmed it in question. Ul- as desensitized by the presence of heliport in the area and due to was an accident, happening in timately though, attack as we are by the absence of the rainy and cold weather con- a very dangerous stretch of air the streets were it. Do people in Iraq hear an ex- ditions, perhaps a helicopter had space, not a terrorist act, it was un- filled with laugh- plosion and tense up – do they live lost control. No, it was a plane. avoidably connected in the minds ing school kids in a constant state of fear – or do Authorities were quick to point of New Yorkers. And in a city that and the traffic they ignore it like we ignore po- out that it was not an act of terror- has a shared case of posttraumatic was back to it’s lice sirens and bums asking for ism, but New York still had an air stress disorder, a plain striking a normal conges- change? of fear about it for the rest of the high rise was too much. tion level. What is a healthy balance of day. People walked the streets It didn’t affect me. They said It really is a Graphic by Meghan Hensley fear? Cheers and Jeers [OWU] Read this Column In an effort to promote cam- mer down a simple point.” This harvest, Rowland on global warm- Jeers pus appreciation of the world, an was last an issue roughly three ing, Sachs on poverty, Singer on Cheers unknown entity has littered Ohio years ago with the “Do you agree advanced warfare, and featured SHO: FIU and Miami football Wesleyan with paper globes taped with Adam?” religious campaign movies The Future of Food and It’s great that a student orga- brawl participants: to anything that adheres to tape, in which fliers that asked that An Inconvenient Truth), the enti- nization has taken the inititave That fight was absolutely vis- including trees. While the earth- question were strewn about all ties methods only cancel out their for student events during home- cious and taken to an extreme. friendly campaign has nearly over campus, making it difficult motives. coming. Progress comes in small It’s just a game. doubled the COC (Crap on Cam- for some students to successfully So what is the best way to ad- steps. pus) percentage, the paper globes get to class on time, often getting vertise on campus? The total have contributed to many success- lost in the paper. Mother Nature number of fliers is significantly ful squirrel nests. Ties from this surely didn’t agree with Adam. down this year but that just might Football Team: Political Campaign Ads: campaign have been drawn to a What makes the globe cam- be because, as a senior, my eyes Hopefully you can keep the Enough is enough. They’re on Nebraskan anti-smoking cam- paign different from the Adam no longer see them. And if by momentum and continue win- too much. paign in which members all lit campaign is that it actually is try- some freak chance a flier does ning cigarettes and catch my eye, it’s impossible to at- Construction near Selby: smoked. tend an event that happened two United States: How is that path not com- Thankfully, weeks ago. How about an OWU Our population officially ex- pleted before homecoming? heavy rains Jerome in bulk e-mail? Just the sight of clipsed the 300 million plateau. The weather this year, overall, earlier in the [OWU] causes some to convulse. shouldn’t have caused too many week erased How about the Daily Bulletin? Balancing the Budget: delays. all poorly your home Most students don’t even know Even if it is for one year, its drawn chalk- what that is. nice to know we won’t have to Congress: globes on the by Jerome Stenger Campaigning and event ad- withdraw from the endowment. A new poll found that 74 per- main campus vertising have reached the ceiling cent of Americans think Congress w a l k w a y s , at Ohio Wesleyan. Most fliers, Hall of Fame Inductees: is out of touch with the average which were ing to promote something of ex- e-mails and posts go unnoticed, Congratulations on your ter- American. often confused as eggs, sunny side treme universal importance. But, except by the burdened janito- rific athletic ac up. on a campus, which in the past rial staff. Unfortunately, there’s College Rankings: The globe campaign once again three months has been a hub for too much to advertise. 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(c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. Page 12 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 13 Bishops Sports Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Men still undefeated; Women back on track with wins now ranked fourth Freshman forward Caitlin Lo- Saturday night, the Bishops The Bishops had a few chances Freshman midfi elder Jordan Halloran answered for OWU gan scored the game winning goal defeated Kenyon at Roy Rike fi eld during the second half. Midway Halloran scored twice to lead in the 86th minute, scoring on a with 8:24 remaining in regulation when junior defender Lindsey through the half, Shanna Keown Ohio Wesleyan over Kenyon in diving header off a crossing pass time, lifting Ohio Wesleyan over Macklin scored the eventual game chipped the ball from the right NCAC action on Tuesday after- from senior forward Nick Mar- Hiram in NCAC play last night winner 16 minutes into the game. side toward the Ohio Wesleyan noon in Gambier, Ohio, according kovich. at Hiram, according to OWU On- The Bishops took the early lead goal, but Brake tracked down the to OWU Online. OWU out shot Kenyon, 14-11, line. after a restart from about 35 yards ball near the right post and kicked After a scoreless fi rst half that Dague fi nished with 6 saves in the OWU took a 1-0 lead when away from the Kenyon goal. The the ball away. saw the Bishops outshoot the OWU goal, while Jamie White had sophomore forward Michelle Cor- ball was sent into the box and hit Brake preserved the Bishop Lords, 5-4, OWU took the lead in 5 saves for the lords. bett scored an unassisted goal in away from the goal by a Kenyon lead again in the 85th minute, the 56th minute when senior mid- On Saturday, the Bishops de- the 59th minute. defender. Freshman midfi elder snaring a fl oater off the foot of fi elder Craig Neal crossed a ball feated Wittenberg 2-0. Senior The Terriers evened the contest Megan Goodrich played the ball Kenyon’s Amanda Drummond. that sailed over the keeper and Midfi elder Erik Ciccarelli scored when Kayleigh Sopko fi nished off back toward the Kenyon goal line Kenyon put together a fi nal into the goal. in the second half off a defl ected a pass from Lauren Manfrass with and Macklin fi nished off the op- threat, but Brake intercepted Ste- Halloran gave the Bishops a header by senior back Josh War- 13:50 left in regulation time. portunity to give the Bishops a 1-0 fanie Couchman’s crossing pass 2-0 lead 4 minutes later, taking ren. Logan notched the game-win- lead. in front of the Bishop goal with a pass from senior back Jeff Sul- Three minutes after that goal, ner at the 81:36 mark, with sopho- Kenyon’s best chance of the about 10 seconds to play, sealing livan and driving a shot into the freshman forward Eric Francis more midfi elder Julie Steger cred- fi rst half came in the 28th min- the victory. Lords goal. scored off a cross from sophomore ited with an assist on the play. ute when Amy Kessler took a pass OWU outshot Kenyon, 9-8. Kenyon averted the shutout midfi elder Dan Bryant so seal the OWU out shot Hiram 13-9. Ju- from Katy Spear, eluded an Ohio Gary had 1 save in the fi rst half when David Gold scored a re- Bishops victory. nior Ali Gary had 4 saves during Wesleyan defender and launched and Brake made 2 saves in the bound goal in the 77th minute. The Men are now ranked fourth the fi rst half, while senior Megan a shot at the Bishop goal, but ju- second half. Rosie Davis had 2 Gold collected the ball after a shot in the country and their next home Brake made 1 save during the sec- nior keeper Ali Gary stretched out saves in the Kenyon goal. by Andy Statler and got it past game is Friday against Earlham at ond half. Eileen McIver fi nished and made the save near the right The Bishops play Friday at Roy Bishop keeper Jamison Dague. 7:30 p.m. at Roy Rike Field. with 9 saves for the Terriers. post. Rike at 5 p.m. against Allegheny. Football gets monkey off back with fi rst win of season Defense makes big plays and offense fi nds its groove as Bishops trounce Denison 35-10 Sophomore fullback Kyle Ad- The Bishops responded with a OWU took advantage by cov- the Denison 6. quarter, Hymes and Raeford con- ams ran for a pair of second-quar- scoring drive and didn’t look back ering 29 yards in 6 running plays. Two plays later, Adams bulled nected on another 35-yard play, ter touchdowns to give Ohio Wes- from there. Adams picked up 6 Adams capped off the drive with into the end zone from 1 yard moving the ball to the Denison leyan a 21-3 lead and the Bishops yards for a fi rst down at the Deni- a two yard touchdown run at the away and the Bishops took a 21-3 26-yard line. After Riley ran for 9 pulled away with second-half son 46, then sophomore halfback start of the second quarter. lead with 9:11 left in the fi rst half. yards, Rice was brought down just scores by sophomore halfback Zach Rojek gained another fi rst Denison threatened to take the The Big Red closed to within short of the goal line for a fi rst- Joey Riley and senior halfback down, getting 3 yards on third- lead, moving the ball down to the 21-10 on Herbe’s 27-yard touch- and-goal at the Denison 1. After a Nick Rice on the way to an NCAC and-2 from the Denison 38. OWU 12-yard line, but on third- down pass to Kevin Laidlaw with penalty moved the ball back to the win over Denison Saturday, ac- Two plays later, junior quar- and-8 at the Bishop 10, senior 2:28 left in the half. Big Red 6, freshman fullback Kyle cording to OWU Online. terback Steve Hymes found soph- defensive end Owen Case sacked Riley increased the Ohio Wes- Green got the ball back to the 1. This was the Bishops fi rst win omore tight end Terrance Raeford Herbe and forced a fumble which leyan lead to 28-10 with a 32-yard The Bishops went for a touch- of the season after suffering sev- for a 35-yard scoring play making sophomore linebacker Tommy scoring run late in the third quar- down on fourth and goal and Rice eral last minute defeats. the score 7-3. Saunders recovered and returned ter, capping a drive of 80 yards in pounded the ball in. After the ex- Denison took a 3-0 lead in the Senior defensive back Kyle to the OWU 37. 8 plays. Riley had picked up a fi rst tra point the Bishops took a 35-10 fi rst quarter on a 27-yard fi eld Sherman gave the Bishops excel- Rice ripped off a gain of 21 down with a 10-yard gain earlier lead and preserved that score for goal by Steve Flatley, moving 33 lent fi eld position by picking off a yards to put the ball into Denison in the possession, and Rice got the the remainder of the game. yards in 7 plays after the Big Red Brian Herbe pass at midfi eld and territory. Hymes then connected ball into Denison territory with a The Bishops host Wittenberg recovered a Bishop fumble on the returning it to the Big Red 29- with junior split end Zach Dennis 24-yard run. this Saturday at 1 p.m. for home- OWU 41 yard line. yard line. for 44 yards and a fi rst down at Midway through the fourth coming weekend. Welcome back alumni, parents and friends of Ohio Wesleyan! The Transcript hopes you have a great time in Delaware during Homecoming Weekend. 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Page 12 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 13 Bishops Sports Eight Bishops to be inducted into Hall of Fame This Saturday at the halftime of the football game against Witten- berg, Ohio Wesleyan will induct eight former Battling Bishops into the OWU Athletic Hall of Fame. Also during the ceremony the Dr. Robert M. Strimer Honor Award Kristin (Griffi n) Steffey (‘96) lot since she graduated. will be awarded to Gary Schall (‘63). ily recruited by their coach and at By Andy Hoffman “There are more girls partici- The Strimer Honor award honors OWU alumni who have made out- the last minute decided to come to Guest Reporter pating in youth soccer, and more standing, widely recognized and sustained contributions to the fi eld of OWU,” Steffey said. “We played colleges and universities with var- athletics. Strimer coached football, baseball, and track as a student at During her time as a women’s them at home, ended up winning sity programs,” she said. OWU before joining the Navy for three years. He returned to OWU and soccer player at As for OWU’s wom- was named head basketball coach in 1946. In 1955, he stepped in as Ohio Wesleyan, en soccer, Steffey said athletic director. He retired in 1977 but remained active in athletic, Kristin (Griffi n) she is proud of what the alumni and development affairs for over two decades. Steffey was named team has achieved. Schaal is past president of the Pro Golfers Association (PGA) and to the All-NCAC, “It is great to see the has been a PGA member since 1976. In 1985 he was named PGA pro of All-Ohio, All-Re- success Bob Barnes [the the year and was inducted into the OWU Hall of Fame in 1993. gion and All-Ameri- can teams. Griffi n’s current women’s soccer 43 career goals coach] has had bringing Erin Foley (‘94) ranks her third on in quality athletes and the OWU career list, students, and the com- Erin Foley (‘94) was a four In her junior year, Foley re- while her 98 career mitment the school has time all-NCAC selection and a peated as fi rst team all-NCAC, points ranks her to the program.” three time All-American for Ohio all-region, and second team All fourth. Griffi n also After Steffey soc- Wesleyan in fi eld hockey. -American fi nishing the season had 12 total assists cer career ended, she In her freshman year, Foley with 10 goals and 1 assist. in her four years at immediately received was a starting midfi elder, and In Foley’s senior year, she had OWU. a coaching job as the ranked third on the team and fi fth 9 goals and 1 assist, was fi rst team Steffey said in an head coach at Geneva in the NCAC for scoring with 12 all-NCAC, an all-region pick, and interview that her College from 1996- goals and 2 assists. She was an a third team All American.. biggest accomplish- 2000 and then, with the honorable mention all NCAC pick In Foley’s career, she fi nished ment on the soc- birth of the fi rst of her in her fi rst year. with 50 goals and 105 points, cer fi eld was being three children, decided As a sophomore, Foley’s num- which are both NCAC and OWU named to the All- on coaching high school bers improved. She fi nished the records. While she played, OWU’s American team her soccer. season with 19 goals and 1 assist, record was 58-15-5 and 39-4-5 in senior year, but her Steffey is now the leading the team and ranking sec- the NCAC. The fi eld hockey team greatest achieve- head girl’s soccer coach ond in the NCAC. She was also also won four straight NCAC titles ment at OWU came at Quaker Valley High named to the NCAC fi rst team, and advanced to the playoffs ev- off the soccer fi eld. School in Pennsylvania. as well as an all-region pick and ery year she was there. Off the fi eld, Apart from coaching was selected as a second team All- Contact information for Foley her greatest ac- high school soccer, she American. was unavailable. complishment was also runs the Pittsburgh “graduating in four Premier Girls Soccer years, with decent Camp. Erin Foley (‘94) will grades, good friends “So much of who I be inducted into the and a renewed am as an individual and Athletic Hall of Fame sense of faith and Photo submitted by Sports Information as a coach I got from my Kristin (Griffi n) Steffey (‘96) will be inducted into time at OWU both on and Saturday. Foley was purpose,” she said. the OWU Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday for her off the fi eld,” Steffey said. a four-time all-NCAC Steffey said that achievements on the women’s soccer team. Grif- “It was such a valuable selection as well as a her most memo- fi n had 43 career goals and 98 career points. four years of my life.” three-time All-Ameri- rable moment as “I wish we lived a lit- can pick for the field a soccer player came in her fi rst 3-2 and I scored two goals”. tle closer to campus so I could connect more often with old hockey team. She NCAC game against Wooster her Steffey noted that women’s soc- freshman year. “I had been heav- cer outside of OWU has changed a friends and teammates,” she said. had 50 goals and 105 points in her career. Steven Mitchell (‘92) By Dante Santino team lead in wins, and fi nished the game record. During one stretch season ranked fi fth in the NCAC his senior season, Mitchell threw Wally Cross (‘52) Guest Reporter in strikeouts. 8 consecutive complete games. By Leah Johnson “I was very honored to receive Steven Mitchell (‘92) was an In his senior season, Mitchell Mitchell said his experience at this award, and it has been one of all-region and two-time All-NCAC hit .326 with 11 home runs and OWU had a great effect on prepar- Guest Reporter the most rewarding memories of selection in baseball, as well as 43 runs batted in, ranking second ing him for his career. As a three-year letterman, my football career at Ohio Wesley- being named NCAC pitcher of the in the NCAC in home runs. On “Out of everything I learned Cross’ talents were utilized all an,” Cross shared in an interview. year his senior season. the mound, he was named NCAC in college, sports had the biggest over the fi eld. During his sopho- In addition to his contributions Mitchell moved to Dela- impact on preparing me for life,” more season he lettered playing on the fi eld, Cross exemplifi ed the ware from Cincinnati when he he said. “College teaches you how halfback; he moved on to playing student athlete. He was awarded was three years old. He and his to live on your own, and playing a quarterback his junior year, aid- both Phi Beta Kappa and Omi- four siblings were raised by in- sport teaches you how to be part ing the Bishops cron Delta credibly hard working parents, of a team. In baseball, it takes nine in a second- Kappa hon- Mitchell said in an interview. people to do their job for you to be place fi nish in ors during His mother Jean was a successful. Through learning that the Ohio Ath- his career homemaker while his father form of teamwork, baseball pre- letic Conference at OWU. Eli was a UPS Driver and later pared me for life after college.” (OAC). OWU “My time at a traffi c manager. Through his During a tournament in Mari- compiled an OWU was parents, Mitchell inherited a etta at the end of his senior sea- overall 5-3-1 re- four of the strong work ethic and received son, which caused the team to cord that season, best years his greatest inspiration. miss graduation, Mitchell said and a 4-0-1 fi n- because of “No matter what was going he realized how great it was to be ish in the OAC. the friends on, no matter how busy they part of the team. Cross and the and the were, they always found a way “For four years that was my team reached education,” to make it to my games. They family. I made some of the best their peak dur- Cross re- were my biggest fans” Mitchell friends I’ll ever have,” he said. ing their senior called. said. Despite his athletic success, year. Cross Mitchell feels honored Mitchell considers earning his During the joined the that he will be inducted into bachelor’s degree in biology 1951 season, fi rst ROTC the Hall of Fame. “It’s such a his greatest accomplishment at Cross played program at tremendous honor to be go- OWU. both offensive OWU as a ing into the Hall of Fame. The “My greatest accomplishments tackle and de- junior. Af- awesome part is that people re- in college were meeting my beau- fensive halfback ter gradu- member the type of player you tiful wife and graduating,” he said. Photo submitted by Sports Information for the Bish- ating with were and not just your statis- Photo submitted by Sports Information “Graduating was an especially ops. This same Wally Cross (‘52) will be inducted a degree in tics.” Mitchell said. Steven Mitchell (‘92) was a two time All rewarding accomplishment con- year, Cross was into the Hall of Fame for his excep- fi nance and In his sophomore year, NCAC selection and was NCAC pitcher of sidering I was the fi rst one in my named to the tional play on the football team. accounting, Mitchell fi nished 3-3 with a the year his senior season. family to do it.” All-Ohio Con- he served two 3.58 earned run average, rank- Mitchell has lived in Delaware ference fi rst team and the Associ- years with the U.S. Air Force dur- ing ninth in the NCAC. pitcher of the year. He went 5-4 for 33 years. He is the director of ated Press All-Ohio second team. ing the Korean War as a second In his junior season, he re- with a 3.38 earned run average, operations for Amstan Logistics, That year, the football team won lieutenant based out of New Jer- ceived second-team All-NCAC ranking third in the NCAC in both which is a division of The Ameri- the OAC championship with a 6-0 sey. honors as both a pitcher and a earned run average and strike- can Standard Company. He has record and achieved an 8-1 season After the military, Cross worked designated hitter. He hit .287 and outs. been married for 15 years, and has record. At the end of the season, 34 years at Central Hudson Gas & led the Bishops with 10 home runs Mitchell fi nished his career four children: Alecia,15, Brice,13, Cross was elected by his peers to Electric Corp. in Poughkeepsie, and 46 runs batted in, ranking with 21 home runs, tied for third Chloe,5, and Delanie,3. He is also be honorary captain of the 1951 NY, eventually becoming execu- third and fi fth respectively in the on the Bishops all-time list. He the girl’s varsity soccer coach at Ohio Conference Championship tive vice president and chief fi nan- NCAC. On the mound, he com- also hit three home runs in a game Rutherford B. Hayes High School (OCC) team. cial offi cer before retiring in 1991. piled a 5-4 record and tied for the against Wooster, tying the single in Delaware. Page 14 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 15 Bishops Sports 2006 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees Brian Burby (‘75) By Nelson Mandrell fl ected most on the relationships Burby is still in touch with the he developed with teammates and nine senior teammates he gradu- Cindy Geiss (‘94) Guest Reporter mentors. “I was able to make tre- ated with. They include Chip Vis- In Geiss’ senior year, she placed When Brian Burby (’75) looks mendous friendships with peers ci, Tom Yingling, Jim Baron, Ken Geiss was a two time national ninth at the NCAA regional meet back at his time at OWU, he does and professors and coaches, most Brater, Tom Stevens, Tom Pac- qualifi er in cross country and was to advance to the NCAA champi- not see a career as a defensive of which continue to this day,” he coni, Mac Fulton, David Almstead a one time national qualifi er in in- onship where she fi nished 55th. end standout. To him the and Mike Herchik. door track . She was also all NCAC in the experience was about the “These are great guys and Geiss also received an astound- indoor 1500 and 3000 meter and lasting friendships and in- it has been a blessing in my ing 16 NCAC selections, earning led OWU to another conference valuable lessons that have life to have friends like this,” three in cross country, six in in- title. shaped who he is today. he said. door track, and seven in outdoor Also, she was all NCAC in the While Burby’s focus “The Wesleyan experi- track. outdoor 3000 and 5000 meter may not be the many dis- ence taught me academi- In her freshman year at the and qualifi ed for the 3000 meter tinctions he earned as a cally, personally and athleti- NCAC championship, Geiss fi n- race at the NCAA championship football player at OWU, cally, when you get knocked ished third in the 3000 meter to meet where she fi nished ninth these personal accom- down, get back up. If it’s help Ohio Wesleyan win a confer- overall. plishments are the reason something that you believe ence championship. Geiss was 1/100 of a second behind his induction into in keep swinging and going As a sophomore, she won the shy of fi nishing in eighth place and the “W” Association Ath- for it because it will always conference title in the 5000 meter receiving All-American honors. letic Hall of Fame. be worth it.” race and as a junior posted all- Geiss did not return messages “You get such an honor After graduating, Burby conference fi nishes in the 5000, from the Transcript seeking com- and all you can think about received a Master’s Degree 3000, and 1500 meter races. ment. are the people who helped in environmental biology you along the way,” Burby from The Ohio State Univer- said in an interview. sity in 1981. Burby’s accomplish- He currently resides in ments culminated during Portland, Ore. and works his senior year when he as the vice president and Geiss received earned the Ohio Athletic national sales manager of 16 NCAC se- Conference‘s (OAC) Hank CH2M Hill, a company in- lections in her Critchfi eld Award as the volved in the design and time at OWU, Defensive Player of the construction of environ- including mental systems. Year as well as the team’s three in cross Most Valuable Player Burby is also involved award. in continuing the growth of country, six in As a junior he was students and athletes. He is indoor track currently a volunteer foot- and seven in named honorable mention Photo submitted by Sports Information ball, basketball and lacrosse outdoor track. All-OAC. During Burby’s Brian Burby (‘75) was an All-Ohio Athletic freshman year, the team coach for students of grades Geiss fi nished became the 1971 OAC Conference pick in his junior and senior two through eight as well as ninth at the champions and a Stagg year. the president of the Wilson NCAA cham- Bowl team. Burby lettered said. Boys Lacrosse Program in pionships her all four years and was an Associ- As a zoology major, Burby said Portland. senior year From 2004 to May 2006 Bur- ated Press Little All-American se- he gained a great deal from his and was 1/100 lection. by served as the athletic director of academic advisor, Ann Fry, pro- of a second “It was a privilege and honor to fessor emeritus of zoology. Burby the Catholic Youth Organization’s be a student-athlete at Wesleyan. Region 5 Boys Football Program. away from also cited defensive coordinator receiving All The ability to receive a great edu- Ray Leach, a graduate of OWU, as He also resided on the board of cation and play the game I con- one of his signifi cant mentors. directors for the Boys and Girls American hon- tinue to love was a tremendous The friendships that Burby Clubs of the Portland metropoli- ors. experience,” Burby said. made with his fellow teammates tan area from 1994 to 1999. While the many on-fi eld ac- continue to be some of the most “Anything good I’ve done in complishments defi ned his foot- meaningful in his life, he said. life was in some way related to my ball career at OWU, Burby re- It has been almost 32 years and OWU experience,” Burby said. Photo submitted by Sports Information Obi Moneme (‘96) By Simon Brown award along with fi rst-team All Guest Reporter America, all-region, all-Ohio and All-NCAC selection. Richard A. Meyer Obi Moneme (‘96) was a three Monome completed a medi- Meyer grew up in Saint Louis, Ohio, and he played basketball for time All-American selection in cal degree in 2006 from The Ohio By Uzma Shafi que Guest Reporter Indiana. Capital University in Columbus. soccer. State University. “After your parents and re- He played for three years un- In his freshman year, he “It was interesting being Coming to Ohio Wesleyan in ligion, basketball was next,” he der his much admired coach, Bill ranked fi fth on the team in scor- around younger kids,” he said. “I 1984 as the fi rst as- Bernlohr, who at the time was ing with 7 goals and 6 assists. He spoke to a few of them and they sistant baseball coach also the athletic director there. led the Bishops in scoring and treated me like a normal class- ,Richard A. Meyer gave He graduated in 1948 with a ranked second in mate.” 19 years of his life in B.A. in history with a minor in the NCAC in scor- He has two helping the Bishop physical education. ing with 21 goals main mentors baseball program start In between his sophomore and 7 assists in in his life: his its uphill battle. and junior year, he joined the Air his sophomore older brother Meyer led the team Force for three years. year. and Dr. Barson, from an 8-23 record in He then started his coaching The 21 goals a pediatrician in 1984 to a school record career in both baseball and bas- tied for fourth Columbus who 17 wins in 1985, break- ketball for 36 years at Radnor and and the 49 points helped infl uence ing the mark of 14 set Buckeye Valley in Delaware. tied for fi fth on him to go to by Branch Rickey’s In all 36 years of coach- the OWU season medical school. team in 1904. ing there, he has only missed lists. He received Monome still In 1986, OWU was one basketball game, due to his second team All- keeps in touch awarded with a confer- grandmother’s death. America and fi rst- with some of ence championship, its Meyer said he sees winning team all-region, his old team- fi rst league title since and losing as something a coach All-Ohio and All- mates and plays 1969. has to accept and get used to. NCAC honors in in some of the A fan of many His toughest loss was while his sophomore men’s leagues sports, he said his fa- coaching for OWU, when the and junior years. Photo submitted by Sports Information with groups in vorite hobby is tuning team lost to Anderson College in In his junior Obi Moneme (‘96) was a three Delaware when into sports games and Indiana, he said. year he scored 21 time All-American NCAC Of- he has free time. events. One of his most traumatic ex- goals with 9 as- “Ohio Wes- fensive Player of the year. At 83, his failing eye Photo submitted by Sports Information periences in coaching was when sists leading the leyan is a college sight might have put while coaching one of the players, Bishops and rank- that teaches you an end to his physical Richard Meyer was the fi rst as- Jimmy Waugh, died right after ing second in the NCAC. The 51 about balance,” he said. involvement in sports, sistant baseball coach at OWU the game just before getting into points tied for third on the OWU His most memorable moment but it hasn’t stopped and helped lead the team to a his car. season lists. in his Ohio Wesleyan career was him from listening to As advice to anyone learning He represented the United making it to the national champi- record breaking 17 win season games on the radio. in 1985 sports, he said “Enjoy, do it all States in the World University onship in 1992. Although this was He said he really you have”. Games as a member of the Under- a losing experience it was still very wishes he could see, “I’ve had a great life, and I’ve 23 squad. memorable, he said. and at the moment he says his said. had a great ride with all the sports In his senior year, he won the “Events like these bring you ambition is to live his life as long Meyer is a member of St. Paul’s moments in my life and I’m really NCAC Offensive Player of the Year closer to people,” he said. as he can, without illness. Lutheran Church in Prospect, thankful for it”, he said. Page 14 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page 15 Bishops Sports Football No shoe required for this kicker Sports know Coach Hollway calls me by By Drew Lenox my fi rst name, but I really can’t Guest Reporter think of anyone else that does.” Briefs Senior Jason Whitcomb said he Freshman Michelle Sturgill fi rst got the idea to kick a football said when she saw Whitcomb kick shoeless when he was young and she thought it was weird. saw a kicker on television kicking “I think it would hurt my toes,” Cross Country barefoot. she said. “It made my foot hurt The Men’s Cross Country “I thought it was amazing and just watching it.” team finished 4 of 17 at the I wanted to try it myself,” Whit- Whitcomb said he is used to comb said. “It stung a little bit so kicking shoeless and it doesn’t Carnegie Mellon Invitational I tried other things and ended up hurt anymore. He also said the Saturday. just wearing a sock.” new fi eld turf has helped him. Senior Matt Kempton lead Assistant Coach Pat Delaney “It gives me one less thing to said he remembers Whitcomb worry about (the condition of the the men, finisishing 15th with asking if it was legal to kick shoe- fi eld) on a kick,” he said. a time of 36.34.20 on the 8000 less and Delaney told him it was. Whitcomb said he is not super- meter course. Delaney said he was not surprised stitious enough to wear the same at the question though. sock every time. He said too many The Women’s Cross Coun- “Kickers are notoriously weird, pairs take up too much space in try team finished 6 of 19 at the so I really wasn’t that shocked his locker so he now wears one Carnegi Mellon Invitational. by his request to kick without a pair for practice and one for the shoe,” he said. games until they wear down. Sophomore Catie Coleman After kicking without a shoe, Delaney said Whitcomb’s finished 12th among individu- Whitcomb said Delaney gave him shoeless kicking has worked well als with a time of 19.14.80 on the nickname Socko and he said for the team. the 5000 meter course. Photo by Ryan Kim the name stuck with him. “I know he’s gone through a lot “It gave me identity and was of socks with the weather and all, Both teams return to action Senior Jason Whitcomb practices his extra points. Whit- easy for everyone to remember but it has been well worth it,” He next Saturday where the teams comb does not wear a shoe to kick in games. Whitcomb’s me by,” Whitcomb said. “I think said. “Socko has been a reliable, longest fi eld goal without a shoe is 35 yards. almost everyone calls me Socko. I consistent performer for us.” will compete in the NCAC Championship at Earlham. Football Hymes to face old teammates Saturday Wittenberg transfer squares off against Tigers in homecoming matchup Field Hockey team or family decide to leave that By Drew Lenox game I want to win. We are able cess here now,” Hollway said. Last Thursday the Bishops can stink,” Hollway said. “I think to win it, we just have to go do it.” “He’s more entrenched as our Guest Reporter their reaction was just a response Senior Nick Rice said the rush- starter and his confi dence level is lost to Wittenberg 2-0 and On Oct. 29, 2005, with chants for Steve trying to fi nd a better ing game will do its best to take up. then lost to Wooster 5-0 yes- of “traitor” coming from the Wit- place for himself.” off some of the pressure Hymes “I assume they [Wittenberg] terday. tenberg sideline, then-sophomore Hymes said he expects some of might be feeling. have moved on and Steve has Steve Hymes lined up in the back- the same behavior from Witten- “I expect them to try and get moved on.” The field hockey team is fi eld awaiting the snap. Steve off of his game Hymes said even though many now 4-7 overall and 3-6 in Hymes transferred from Wit- like they tried last people will look at this game as NCAC play. tenberg after his freshman year, year, but if Witten- being about him, it’s not. He said rolled out for a pass. He threw the berg cannot stop our its homecoming and he is excited The Bishops travel to Ken- ball but it landed incomplete. run, then Steve will but the game is not about him. yon Thursday and play at 4:30 Hymes said as he came off the have an easier time “It’s Ohio Wesleyan versus p.m. fi eld he noticed one of his clos- getting the ball to his Wittenberg,” Hymes said. “It is est friends from Wittenberg and receivers,” Rice said. not about how I play. It’s about glanced in his direction. Hymes Hymes said he our team playing well and beating said the player looked back and thinks Wittenberg Wittenberg.” Golf said, “Don’t look at me, you left will focus on trying to This year, Hymes has 67 com- us.” beat him and he said pletions out of 103 pass attempts, The Golf finished 10 of 12 Despite all the abuse he en- that approach will 5 interceptions and 6 touchdowns. last weekend at the Gordin dured, Hymes, now a junior, said only hurt them. He is averaging 123.6 yards per Collegiate Classic he looks forward to facing his old “I’m sure they use game in the air. teammates again this Saturday at it as a motivation to Hymes is also a threat on the Sophomore Kyle Martin the homecoming game at 1 p.m. at come out and beat ground as well, rushing for 5 had the best score for the Bish- Selby Field. me because I left touchdowns so far this season, ops, finishing eleventh among “Last year their players hit me Photo courtesy of OWU Online them,” he said. “They averaging 3.9 yards per carry and individuals with a 5 over par late and tried to keep me down,” are only showing they has a 51.4 yard average per game. Junior Steve Hymes, who transferred 147. Hymes said. “Under the pile they from Wittenberg his freshman year will have no class. He is also fourth on the team “We do things the for all purpose yards with 360 were punching me and calling me face his old school this Saturday as names I can’t repeat. right way here, win yards and is fi rst for total offense “I knew I wouldn’t get a warm tbe Bishops host Wittenberg at Selby or lose. I feel more 1225 total yards averaging 175 welcome but I didn’t expect my Field at 1 p.m. at home because my yards of total offense per game friends to be doing those things.” berg this year, but that he is ready teammates, coaches and is ranked seventh in the NCAC Coach Mike Hollway said pay- for it. Hymes said last year he let and friends are all here.” for total offense. Calendar ing attention to the actions of the them get inside his head, but this Hollway said the separation in Against Denison last week, in Friday: other team’s players is not part of year he will work harder to focus. time between last year and this which the Bishops won their fi rst OWU’s game preparation but it “I always work hard, but this year will help as he has progressed game of the season, Hymes com- Men’s soccer vs. Earlham did surprise him. week I will do everything in my and improved as a player. pleted 5 of 9 passes for 133 yards at 7:30 at Roy Rike Field “When you have a part of your power to focus,” he said. “It is a “Steve has had signifi cant suc- and had one touchdown pass. Women’s soccer vs. Al- legheny at 5 p.m. at Roy Rike Lacrosse Field. (from page 15) lacrosse was fi rst a club sport therefore, players were looking the support the team could have In the summer of 2006, Selby Volleyball at Allegheny at at OWU in 1956 and that the team for a contact sport in the spring.” asked for. Field had its grass playing sur- 7:30 p.m. played its fi rst game against Ohio Until 1968, most of the play- “That being said, we didn’t face replaced with artifi cial turf Saturday: State University, losing 13-1. ers were “home grown” and had get much support from the ath- to include the proper dimensions Johansen said the success of learned to play the game by taking letic department,” he said. “They needed for lacrosse. The project Football vs. Wittenberg ay the program was due to the tra- Myers’ “Introduction to Lacrosse didn’t realize the impact lacrosse is one part of the Remembering 1 p.m. at Selby Stadium mendous efforts of Myers. 101.” had on the student body or the Rickey Campaign and was fund- Field Hockey vs. Denison “Freddie [Myers] was chief Coulson said during his play- impact it had on admissions. My ed primarily by lacrosse alumni at 9 a.m. at Selby Field. advocate and cheerleader and ing days in the early seventies a junior and senior year we bought Morty Bouchard. continued to grow in his coach- transformation in the approach to our own uniforms, customized Long said the new facilities will Tuesday: ing ability,” he wrote. “He was Lacrosse took place. our helmets and paid for our own be among the best in the nation. Field Hockey at Kenyon at the father of the OWU lacrosse “I know that the coach Myers sticks.” “It will be a huge tool in re- program.” was trying to help build up the During this time, the team cruiting and getting NCAA sanc- 4:30 p.m. In a letter from coach Dick sport by recruiting players from played at Roy Rike Field and even tioned games (i.e. playoff games) Women’s soccer at Witten- Gordon (’60) to lacrosse player Long Island and Baltimore, who though the facility was less than at OWU,” he said. berg at 7 p.m. Pete Lee (’65), Gordon said men’s had high school experience,” he to be desired the team took pride Current Coach Sean Ryan said lacrosse became a varsity sport said. “The team improved during playing on its home turf, Coulson coaching at OWU is a privilege to Wednesday: in 1958 because it had generated my time as we played the likes of said. him and something he is proud to enough interest among students. Hobart and Syracuse [both na- Since its inauguration in 1956 be a part of. Men’s Soccer vs. Wabash at “The majority of lacrosse play- tional powers].” the lacrosse team has had more “It is an absolute honor to be Roy Rike Field, time TBA ers in the early teams were foot- Corrigan said lacrosse games than 70 All-Americans and has part of a group like this and I am ball players,” Gordon wrote. “I be- in the seventies were some of the been consistently ranked among extremely excited to represent Volleyball vs. Wooster at 7 lieve that spring football practice most attended events on campus the top teams in the country in OWU lacrosse for many years to p.m. ceased in ’53 or ’54 school year, and that the student body gave all Division III. come.” Ryan said. Page 16 The Transcript Thursday, October 19, 2006 Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Transcript Page PB

Football Rice ranks top among D-III football players By Rachel Jolly plishments, he has his own cheer- hard to tackle, that’s for sure, and Staff Reporter ing section at every game. watching him makes me want to Rice is the middle child with jump over the fence and go play If senior Nick Rice doesn’t look three younger siblings and three with him, but that’s what the Rice into his own statistics as he said, older and they all attend his games Family Turkey Bowl is for.” he’s the only one not looking. every Saturday. The Turkey Bowl is a family Rice is ranked in the top five in Older brother Shawn said in tradition at the Rice household the nation for all-purpose yards. a phone interview he has missed when, as Shawn described, every- As of two weeks ago he was first one of Nick’s games this year, only one gets a chance to try to play at in the NCAC and second in the because he had tickets to an OSU Nick, Jason, and Taylor’s level. NCAA. Rice has a school record game the same day Ohio Wesley- “Nick could probably run cir- this season of 1373 total all-pur- an played. cles around me now,” Shawn said. pose yards, 552 in rushing with an His family is filled with ath- “He’s in great shape.” average of 196.1 yards per game. letes, Shawn played baseball for Rice said he is looking forward “It’d be better if we were win- the Bishops in 2001 and 2002. to homecoming this Saturday be- ning more games,” Rice said. Shawn set the bar of athletic ex- cause the team is playing Witten- “When the team wins it’s much cellence as a Rice family tradition berg, which is leading the confer- more fun than if we lose and I in 2002 when he was ranked sec- ence. have a good game.” ond in the nation for homeruns. “It’d be a lot of fun to beat them Coach Mike Hollway said the Two of nick’s younger brothers at our homecoming,” Rice said. “I coaching staff has high expecta- also play football, Jason and Tay- just want to show people OWU is tions for the seniors on the team lor. Jason is a recent high school not that bad, we’ve just had bad and Rice has led by example in graduate set to play for Bowling breaks.” both communicating with his Green after his torn ACL heals. Rice said even though the team teammates and inspiring them to Taylor is a junior at Dublin Scioto has suffered a lack-luster season, perform. High School. the squad is still having fun. “He’s [Rice] having a terrific Rice said although it might “Our team chemistry is still re- year and it shows; his versatility seem likely, his family doesn’t buy ally good,” Rice said. “You know and skill as a return specialist, ball into sibling competition. when you come out for Division carrier, and as a receiver,” Hol- “People try to put pressure on III football you should be having lway said. me all the time but it doesn’t both- fun just playing the game. Rice puts the team before him- er me,” he said. “When I go to my “It’s a chance for a bunch of self and although he said he thinks younger brothers’ games people guys to get close and we’re still he has played a “solid year,” he try to tell me they’re better than having fun at practice.” pointed out the team is full of tal- me but I don’t care I’m glad they Shawn said Nick is as great an ented athletes. think they’re good.” athlete as he is a great teammate. “There are a lot of guys who can The tight-knit Rice family takes every play, he plays like he wants put numbers up on the board,” the high road and stands together. to win the game himself,” Shawn Photo by Ryan Kim Rice said. “We just haven’t been Shawn boasted about his younger said. Senior Nick Rice is currently ranked first in the NCAC clicking.” brothers’ athletic abilities. “But he’s always talking about and second in the NCAA for all purpose yards with 1373. Rice said although he may not “I like watching him play, the how great the quarterbacks are or Rice is also averaging 196.1 yards per game. take much notice of his accom- kid is smooth,” Shawn said. “He’s how great the receivers are.” Volleyball Team shows great improvement from last year Turnaround credited to depth and senior leadership By Ted Thode ber one middle hitter [Margala] the NCAC. went down and our number three Holliday said Wooster needs to Staff Reporter middle hitter [sophomore Janna lose one of its remaining confer- The volleyball team has made Dagley] stepped up” ence games and OWU must win a tremendous improvement this Margala said the team goal for the remainder of their conference season, with a record of 19-6, up the rest of the season is to finish games in order to advance. from last season’s 15-16 overall. in the top four in the conference OWU got their wish tuesday- Coach Cynthia Holliday said in order to advance to the NCAC night when Allegheny defeated beating Denison and winning the conference tournament, some- Wooster Bishop Invitational were some of thing the team has not accom- “It would be nice if other teams the highlights of this season. The plished since 2000. beat each other up.” Holliday team had not beaten Denison nor Margala said the next couple said. won the Invitational since 1999. of weeks will be the deciding fac- Holliday said the team needs to Holliday said a year of experi- tor as to whether the team will keep its intensity level up and re- ence and senior leadership has place in the top four. The team is main focused.She also said team helped the team improve. currently in fifth place with a con- needs to control the tempo of the Senior Megan Margala said ference record of 7-5. games and to make teams play to the team really worked hard to According to the NCAC web- their style and level of play. improve mentally and physically site, Denison, Wooster and OWU Junior Stefi Graf said the team over the off-season. are in a tight battle for the third is absolutely determined to earn “We mentally prepared to give and fourth spot while Wittenberg the final NCAC tournament spot. 100% this season.” Margala said. and Hiram are likely to finish in Graf said that even if the team The team has also had to deal the first and second spots respec- does not make the conference with injury problems. On Sept. 27 tively. tournament she would still con- against Kenyon, Margala sprained Holliday said the team has sider the season very successful. her ankle. control over its fate. She said the The thought of not making the Luckily, this year’s team has team needs to beat the teams they tournament is not on her mind. lots of depth and the Bishops were have already beaten [Allegheny “We are just going to take it able to continue winning games. and Oberlin] and they need to one game at a time and play as Photo by Ryan Kim “The biggest thing about this beat Wooster. hard as we can.” Graf said. Junior Stefanie McCoy tries to spike the ball over two team is we are a much deeper Tuesday night the Bishops lost Their last home game is team than we have been in the in four sets to Hiram, but are still Wednesday against Wooster at Manchester College players. The Bishops are now 19-6 past.” Holliday said. “Our num- in contention to place fourth in Branch Rickey Arena at 7 p.m. on the season and fifth in the NCAC. Men’s lacrosse celebrates 50 years of tradition By Ryan Jones the release of an 81 page book the program’s national reputation “I have a bond with some 50 philosophy for coaching lacrosse- on the history of Ohio Wesleyan Guest Reporter means to its future. or so guys that will not be broken that it can be competitive, but fun, lacrosse by the OWU Lacrosse The next 50 years will either be and in fact continues to grow to- and to keep it all in perspective,” The men’s lacrosse team has Alumni Association (OLAA). Sev- a history of national success or it day,” he said. “We still play under Coulson said. fifty reasons to celebrate this sea- eral awards will also be presented will be a tradition squandered by the University banner in lacrosse Michael Long (’03) said he was son. During its 2006-2007 cam- to various alumni for their contri- the administration.” tournaments around the country fortunate to be a part of the la- paign the team will celebrate its butions to the program. Corrigan said the purpose of as the OWU Legends, which is crosse team while in school. 50th anniversary as a way to re- Steve Corrigan (’74) said the the OLAA is to ensure national one of the few University alumni “The bus trips, the games, the member its remarkable develop- future of lacrosse depends largely success for another fifty years. teams in the United States.” fans, the rivalries are all things ment from club sport to national on the University. “We owe that to the 50 years of Jeff Coulson (’71) said playing that I think about each day and powerhouse. “The success of the lacrosse athletes playing under that ban- lacrosse at OWU changed his en- would give anything to be a part This Saturday in the science tradition at OWU has been on the ner, we owe it to ourselves,” he tire view on sports and continues of again,” he said. center at 6:30, the lacrosse alum- backs of a few people during the said. to influence his coaching style to- Lacrosse player Art Johansen ni will host a banquet for the la- past 50 years,” he said. “How- Corrigan said it was one of the day. (’59) wrote in a memoir that crosse team. ever, we must be very careful and greatest privileges of his life to “Coach Fred Myers was instru- Part of the banquet will include the University must decide what play lacrosse at OWU. mental in providing me with a See Lacrosse, page 15