Students Join Effort to Close ‘School of Assassins’ Do with OWU Joins Thousands at Fort Benning to Remember Those Killed by Graduates of a U.S

a true college newspaper TranscripTHE t since 1867 Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 Volume 147, No. 11 What to Students join effort to close ‘school of assassins’ do with OWU joins thousands at Fort Benning to remember those killed by graduates of a U.S. government-funded institution Welch? By Katie Tuttle Transcript Reporter

The renovations to the Welch dining facility may soon see another upgrade, but only with student approval. Over the summer and into the beginning of the semester, Welch Dining Hall was renovated to make a new, fresh atmosphere for students to dine. Now that the food area has been remodeled, it is time for the dining area to see some changes as well. However, it has been determined these changes will not be put into effect without approval by the students on campus. Sophomore Benjamin Photo courtesy of DeLaine Mayer Andrews is a legacy intern at the OWU Health Center and Ohio Wesleyan students and Daniel Montoly of Housekeeping pose with signs and slogans in Columbus, Ga., at the SOA Vigil. The vigil is a gathering to re- currently putting together member those killed at the hands of graduates of the School of Americas, an institution funded by the United States government. a survey for the students on campus. This survey By Michelle Rotuno-Johnson which a listing of the names of those disappeared or will be used to determine Transcript Reporter killed at the hands of SOA graduates was read. how students feel about the Condit said the vigil stands out the most to him in proposed renovations and Thirty-three students and one faculty member part because it can go on for several hours. what renovations should be drove to Columbus, Ga., over break and participated “It takes so long to read the names,” he said. done. in a vigil to close a school that has trained some of “There are just hours and hours of names of those “The [proposed] the most notorious killers in Latin America. killed.” renovations would This is the fourth year Ohio Wesleyan students Condit said his favorite part is seeing the wide essentially turn the cafeteria have gone to the School of the Americas (SOA) Vigil variety of people at the vigil. area into a fitness area or at Fort Benning, almost 700 miles from Delaware. “There are Catholic high schools and universities, an entertainment area,” Funded by the United States Department of but there are also middle-aged and older people Andrews said. “It would be Defense, SOA was renamed the Western Hemisphere there,” he said. “There weren’t as many as in a more central fitness option Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) in previous years because it rained all weekend, but on the residential side of 2001 but remains commonly known as the SOA. there were still a couple thousand.” Above: People gathered at the vigil hold crosses Its goal is to train Latin American soldiers to keep DelPropost said the different events have campus.” with the names and ages of victims of SOA gradu- He said it could also be the peace in their own countries, but many of its different impacts on her, but all are meaningful. ates as names are read off. It took several hours to graduates are responsible for murdering civilians “I gain a lot of knowledge from the speakers,” used to hold entertainment read through the names of those who have disap- events for students. and public figures. she said. “The vigil is more emotional. It reinforces peared or been killed. The vigil is timed to coincide Junior Emma Hilliard Junior Will Condit, who attended the vigil in the fact that you’re there for the right reasons, for with the anniversary of the November 1989 mur- said she liked the idea of a high school as well as at OWU, said he hopes the people. Things have got to change.” ders of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her fitness center but thought students who went learned what can be done to Sophomore Rachel Ramey attended the vigil for that changing the area into daughter in El Salvador. close the SOA. the first time this year. She said she had heard about more of a study lounge “We need to educate ourselves on this and other the SOA and wanted to go learn more. might be a better idea. Below: Junior Katie Kristensen and sophomores human rights issues,” Condit said. “But it’s also “The vigil was the most powerful,” she said. “All “We have study rooms, Eric Gildenberg, Jeff Brauning and Celeste Taylor important to hold vigil and remember those killed the names and ages are just astounding. It’s important but they’re not very hold up their crosses in solemn remembrance at with our tax money.” to honor the people who have been victimized.” comfortable,” Hilliard said. the vigil. Senior Annamarie DelPropost, who helped DelPropost said her role at the vigil was different “I’d like a place that’s more Photos courtesy of DeLaine Mayer organize the vigil with Condit and another student, as one of the organizers but was still rewarding. comfortable and like the said this was her fourth year attending. She said “I wasn’t just there for personal reasons,” she library where you can go for her older sister Sarah (‘07) told her about the vigil said. “I had to make sure everyone had a good a group study.” freshman year, and she wanted to see what it was experience. I still had an emotional reaction, and it Hilliard said she does not about. was rewarding to see others have that experience.” think many students would “I was enraged that my government is a part of Ramey said she is glad she went and would go be upset by a change to the this in any way,” she said. “We can’t sit back and in the future but is unsure if she will ever take her dining area. say this is fine. It’s not. It’s right to question our experience to the next level. “The only negative thing government and what they’re doing and supporting. She said some people protest during the event, I could see it being is people This is wrong.” and she doesn’t know if she would ever protest or losing a place to eat, but Condit said the weekend was full of events. The cross onto the base. not many people I hang out thousands of people who attended heard from SOA Condit said several hundred people broke through with use it for that purpose personnel, viewed documentaries, heard speakers the police barrier, and four crossed onto the base as anyway,” she said. on Latin America, attended a benefit concert and an act of civil disobedience and were arrested. None Andrews said students participated in the actual procession and vigil, during were OWU students. would be positively affected by the renovations. “[Students would get] increased health, more University takes over frat house management fitness options, potentially By Mary Slebodnik fraternities that do not have an effective system in place. However, he said he Transcript Reporter doesn’t want Alpha Sig to have to give up the chef they employ independently of See WELCH, page 4 Chartwells. Fraternity house management will be more like residence hall management Bressler said the university is striking a balance with food service. If fraternities after May 2010. Residential Life, Greek Life and Student Affairs officials are still can provide their own food service, they will be allowed to do so. deciding what this means for fraternity brothers. “If the fraternity house corporation chooses not to operate the kitchen, the In this issue Allison Bressler, assistant director of student involvement for fraternity and chapter will work with OWU Dining Services to establish a plan of action,” she Page 2: sorority life, said the current arrangement is similar to a tenant and landlord said. Burritos agreement. University management could also change rules about summer storage. Ohio Wesleyan owns all of the houses, but each fraternity is actually managed Currently, fraternity residents can store personal items in rooms or a designated by its own corporation under the Real Estate Management Agreement. Fraternity space in the house during summer. After May, fraternity members might have to Page 3: members have to abide by both OWU and RMA policies, and they pay the store personal items elsewhere. Veggie Thanksgiving housing corporations room and board money for management, house upkeep and Alpha Sig members usually rent storage units, regardless. Their Alumni food service. Housing Corporation pays for the transportation of the items and the rent for the In May, the RMA will change, and OWU will manage houses directly, the unit. However, Barbara said the changes in May might make fraternity brothers Page 4: same way it manages residence halls. The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life responsible for the storage process. Recycling currently oversees the RMA, but this authority will switch over to ResLife when “The Alumni Housing Corporation] won’t exist like it does now,” he said. management changes. “They definitely won’t be as powerful. They lose control of helping outthe Page 5: Bressler said many aspects of life in the houses will remain the same. She said fraternity directly.” fraternity finances will not be affected, and chapter houses will keep fraternity Barbara said Alpha Sig members plan to factor to cost of a U-Haul truck and What Not to Wear house advisors. storage units into their dues and take over organizing the process. He said it will “The chapter houses, for the most part, currently model how our [residence be a challenge. Page 6: halls] are run and will continue as such,” she said. “That takes a lot of responsibility and a lot of maturity,” he said. Wish List However, Bressler said the houses will have to make adjustments to be even Bressler said the details of rules like these are still being worked out at meetings more like residence halls in one respect. They will have to adhere to an occupancy that include fraternity house corporations; chapter representatives; ResLife and requirement. ResLife will set a minimum number of students the houses have to Student Affairs representatives, including herself; Vice President of Student Page 7: accommodate to avoid having lots of empty rooms. Affairs Craig Ullom; Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Director of Residential Mistress OWU Senior Zachary Barbara, Alpha Sigma Phi member, said he didn’t want the Life Wendy Piper; Director of Student Involvement Debbie Lamp; and Dean university to change the way his house’s management because it already operates Students Kimberlie Goldsberry, also attend. smoothly. “We plan to have another meeting with the same people mentioned above to Page 8: “We really don’t rely on the university very much,” he said. “We’re pretty take those comments, concerns and what has already been drafted to view a more Soccer Analysis much autonomous.” concrete, updated agreement,” she said. “There will be again a time to provide Barbara said changes in house operations, such as dining, might benefit feedback at this next meeting.” Page 2 The Transcript Dec. 3, 2009 Burritos for Burma Sound-off OWU: What did you do over Thanksgiving Break?

“I went on the school trip to New York. We went to the Rock on top of Rockefeller Cen- ter, we watched Mem- phis on Broadway, and we went to the Federal Reserve.”

-- Pratyush Agarwal ’11

“I went on the SOA trip. It was my second time going, and it’s a very eye-opening experience. It feels very American to be able to express your beliefs that way.”

-- Stacey Venzel ’10

“I got attacked by the fiercest 12-pound chocolate lab. It was a puppy without teeth. Luckily, I survived.”

-- Tyler Laws ’10

“I went to Arizona where I got to see the Grand Canyon and Se- dona. It was beautiful.”

-- Noemi Keszler ’11

Photos by Sara Mays Members of STAND and Amnesty International held a burrito bar on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Peace and Justice house to raise money to stop genocide and human rights atrocities in Burma, Sudan and Congo.

“I went to Boston to David Gatz: Rhodes Scholar semifinalist visit a friend, and then I went to New Jersey to By Kate Miller Wesleyan students who have competed All-American swimmer interned at the Transcript Reporter for the honor. The university boasts four Scripps Research Institute in California. be with my family for Rhodes Scholars: Edwin Russell Lloyd, He has also volunteered at an emergency Thanksgiving.” David Gatz can add a new ‘05; Edmund Earl Lincoln, ‘09; Robert room, which he said is one of his favorite accomplishment to his already impressive Aura Smith, ‘20; and Bill McCulloh, ‘53. areas of medicine. -- Tim Carney ’12 resume: the Ohio Wesleyan senior from At OWU, Gatz said he has developed “I like the ER, but I also like working Delaware was recently selected as a an excitement for learning. with kids, and I’m interested in research semifinalist for the prestigious Rhodes “He has always had an inquisitiveness as well,” Gatz said. “It’s such a variety. Scholarship. The nationally recognized about him, and he’s very eager to learn,” I’m just looking for a chance to make a swimmer competed in Indianapolis as Hawes said. difference in more than one way.” one of 12 candidates in the district that Gatz’s enthusiasm and positivity were Gatz’s teammates attest to his includes Ohio. apparent as he prepared for his trip to dedication and positive attitude. Although Gatz did not receive Indianapolis with two-hour-long practice “I’m not surprised by David’s Rhodes the scholarship, his achievements interviews. Scholar status, and I don’t think anyone “I went back home to exemplify the four criteria required “The interview went much better who spends time around him on a daily D.C. It was hectic be- of a Rhodes Scholar, which include than I expected,” Gatz said. “Everyone basis would be either,” said sophomore cause there was a lot academic achievement; use of talent to was very friendly, and most [candidates] Reed Fogel. “The way David attacks of preparing to do, but the fullest; dedication to truth, kindness, were quite impressive.” practice and his schoolwork, sometimes and courage; and leadership and moral Among these impressive candidates at the same time, is contagious. He is a it was a lot of fun. The character. were students who learned about politics great leader for our swim team.” hardest part was de- “David is a well-rounded individual,” by working for Dick Cheney or the Gatz said the experience was ciding whose house we said swimming coach Dick Hawes. Obama administration. One had even enjoyable, even if he didn’t receive the should have Thanks- “With him, there’s no tunnel vision. He’s worked at GQ magazine. scholarship. involved in Circle K, tutoring kids and Gatz’s experience is certainly “None of it would have been possible giving dinner at.” teaching swim lessons in addition to comparable. This summer, the without the help of the OWU community, other swim team activities.” biochemistry and pre-professional and I was proud to have represented the -- Brittany Katz ’13 Gatz is among a handful of Ohio medicine double major and two-time university,” Gatz said.

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Contact (614) 989-9463 or [email protected] Dec. 3, 2009 The Transcript Page 3 Season offers many opportunities to give By Susan Ward staff members responds chance to help other during the partner or to be donated across Transcript Correspondent to needs in the local (and holidays. the globe. global) community by making “I’m sure that it is the hope • Students can volunteer at The holiday season is a time donations,” said Susan Paster, of many of our community a homeless shelter. Extra help for people to be thankful for director of community service agency partners, such as is needed to pass out food, what they have, and it is also learning. People In Need, Andrews clean up the shelter and keep a time when many give back Some students are giving House, the Salvation Army the families company. to their families and those less back to their families. and the Common Ground Free • Many people have some fortunate in the community. “I’m giving back to my Store, to help provide a bit of clothes in their closet or food Charities are low on nephew,” freshman Katelynn cheer and a meal to those who in their pantry. It may not donations. While this is Ellis said. are in need,” Paster said. always occur to pass these not new information, it is “I’m going to spend all of • Students can volunteer at along to others, but many especially bleak during the break hanging out with him a soup kitchen. Volunteers are people all over the country holiday seasons. because he has missed me, and always needed to help cook depend on these donations. Soup kitchens and food he needs someone good in his meals and serve them. • Nursing homes are filled pantries depend on donations life.” • They can collect food with many senior citizens, and of supplies and money to be Students are helping out points to buy food and not all of them have families able to provide holiday meals organizations by making toiletries from the Thompson who can visit during the for families in need. individual donations or by Convenience Store to donate holidays. Visiting these senior Fire departments hold collecting items. to community agency partners. citizens may seem really holiday toy drives, like Toys “Sometimes, for the • They can volunteer to simple, but, for them, it can for Tots. Salvation Army, [my family work at the PIN Holiday make the holidays all the more Without people donating and I] will sit outside stores Clearing House. The schedule enjoyable. toys, many children do not and collect money,” freshmen and contact information in the To find more information receive presents. Rachael Martin said. November/December issue of about the community service Clubs and organizations The recently published “Opportunity Knocks”. options available in Delaware, on campus are working to November/December issue • Groups of students can students can visit the give back to Delaware, their of “Opportunity Knocks” pool their money together to community service learning Photo by Susan Ward hometowns and their families. lists several holiday-related buy supplies to be donated office in Hamilton-William Students can give back to their community through volun- “Each of the chaplain’s projects offering students the to any community agency Campus Center room 407. teering at a soup kitchen like this one. Veggie style Thanksgiving brings Students watch for meteor shower The Nov. 17 meteor shower provided excitment for students awareness to healthy alternatives By Graham Weiner and Americas and as many as 200 more, but it was too cold and By Rachel Ramey not know about, and I became options and alternatives to Mary Shinnick to 300 over Asia,” said Bill late to stay out any longer.” Transcript Correspondent interested in this project to the traditional meal.” Transcript Correspondents Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid But Hill said the night wasn’t help educate people.” Francis said she would Environment Office at the a complete disappointment. On Nov. 19, students Bargar said veggie meal like to attend future veggie On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the Marshall Space Flight Center. “I’ve never seen so many were invited to partake in the nights are cooked by house meal nights and Veggie mood was anxious, quiet with Sky gazers can spot the kids gathered together for annual Veggie Thanksgiving members and open to the Thanksgivings. excitement and anticipation. shower because it looks to be something that wasn’t like with members of the Tree entire campus. He said Sophomore Josephine It’s not every night a large coming from the constellation school sponsored,” she said. House to experience a non- regular veggie meal nights, Koltek said she wanted to eat crowd of students gathers Leo, which can then be used as “People just all happened to traditional Thanksgiving usually held bi-weekly, have a healthy meal. near the JAYWalk on the hill a reference. This year was said come to this spot to watch the meal that left out the turkey. about 30 people attend. “I think this project and grassy knolls next to the to be a particularly good year meteor shower. It was pretty Students were asked to “We had over 40 people brings awareness to campus Hamilton Williams Student for viewing the comet and the special.” bring their own plates and attend Veggie Thanksgiving that there are healthier, Center at one in the morning, shower because Mars happened Junior Tony D’Abarno said forks, in accordance with the this year,” Bargar said. “That more humane options for but they waited in the cold to to be passing by during the he was frustrated because the tradition. Butternut squash, is so great. We love seeing lots Thanksgiving besides catch a glimpse of this year’s night of Leonid. Also, the sky became cloudy when it stuffed mushrooms, mashed of people come to our meal turkey,” Koltek said. Leonid meteor shower. new moon was out and barely was time for the meteors to potatoes, cranberry sauce and nights, especially new faces.” Koltek said it is good to The Leonid meteor shower visible, providing darker skies arrive. rolls were some of the dishes. Senior Shannon Sedgwick offer a weekly vegetarian is an annual meteor shower and better visibility for viewing “I’m really pissed I only Junior Matt Bargar, a first said she attended Veggie meal and a Veggie which occurs when bits of meteors. saw three meteors,” D’Abarno year resident of Tree House, Thanksgiving to support the Thanksgiving because it debris from Comet Tempel- Senior Allison Hill said she said. “I mean, they were said Veggie Thanksgiving is SLU community. gives options to people that Tuttle become visible from the was only able to see a small awesome when they did come, held as part of veggie meal “Vegetarian options cannot always find them earth. The meteors, also known number of meteors, not 20 to but only three? Come on. What nights. Bargar said Virginia on campus are often elsewhere on campus. as Leonids, are composed of 30. bothers me is how the weather Jaquish, Sylvie Hundley and overlooked,” Sedgwick said. Bargar said he was pleased bits of debris left behind by “Me and my friends were was supposed to be clear.” Joyce Garside were house “One of the main focuses of at the turnout for the event. the constant passages made out there from one in the Freshman Meredith members leading this project. Thanksgiving is the turkey, “We usually get a lot of through the inner solar system morning when we heard the Wholley said the meteor show Bargar, a vegetarian, said so it was interesting to see SLU people,” Bargar said. by the comet, according to meteors were supposed to was pretty to watch.. each member of this year’s what things vegetarians “The same vegetarian or space.com. start coming and three in the “It really put in perspective meal squad participated appreciate eating on this vegetarian-friendly people “We’re predicting 20 to morning,” Hill said. “We only how small you are compared in the project for different meat-eating holiday.” usually show up to our events 30 meteors per hour over the saw three and wanted to see to the universe,” she said. reasons. Sophomore Lauren so it was great to see new “I feel that a lot of people Francis said she went to people. 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Where do trash and recycling go after they leave Ohio Wesleyan? Dennis Wall, Buildings and Grounds’ (B&G) Skilled Trades foreman, organized a trip several weeks ago to SIMS Brothers Recycling in Marion and Price-Barns Organics composting facility in Delaware for several students interested in the recycling process. Wall said trash and recyclables on campus are managed by four different companies: Price-Barns, SIMS, Waste Management Inc. and Abitibi. He said all recyclables get sorted when they leave OWU. Junior Veronica Malencia, an environmental studies major, visited the facilities with Wall, Laurel Anderson of the botany- microbiology department and six other students. She said the purpose of the trip was to gain insight into how the entire recycling process works. “There have been concerns among students about whether everything they put in the blue bins actually gets recycled,” Malencia said. Malencia said she believes most people understand the basic concept of recycling, but the steps involved in the process at a large institution like OWU remain relatively unknown. “The goal of this trip, then, is to go to these places and learn what happens and then bring that information back to faculty, staff and students here at Ohio Wesleyan,” Malencia said. “I believe that if people understand this whole process, they will also understand the importance of their role in recycling.” Wall said B&G is responsible for taking the biodegradable yard waste from campus and taking it to Price-Barns Organics. He said B&G also purchases mulch and soil from Price-Barns. Malencia said Price-Barns composts almost anything. “They take coffee grounds from Nestle, animal waste from the zoo and yard trimmings from all of Delaware, among other things,” she said. “We discussed the possibility of bringing some of OWU’s food waste to Price-Barns in the future.” Wall said B&G composted 205,240 pounds of yard waste last year. He said the cost of composting was over $30,000 because Price-Barns charges B&G per ton of yard waste, and outside companies were called in to transport the waste. Wall said B&G also has to contact outside contractors to dispose of recyclable materials in computers, monitors and Photo by Michelle Rotuno-Johnson fluorescent bulbs. He said it cost $8,000 last year to dispose of Students gather around a mountain of recyclables at SIMS Brothers Recycling in Marion. 117,830 pounds of heavy metal consumables. materials are,” Wall said. “A lot of our recycling gets shipped are green and yellow bins for recycling paper and cardboard. “There’s a lot going on behind the scenes that people don’t overseas to countries that are big on industry.” They are managed by Abitibi, the world’s largest paper recycler. see,” he said. Walls said the individual recycling bins on campus in Wall said the majority of the paper Abitibi recycles is turned into Wall said SIMS Recycling manages the tip dumpsters at residence halls and academic buildings are picked up by a B&G newspaper. He said they pay a modest fee for paper collected, residence halls and fraternities. The trash is picked up and taken employee. The employee sorts through the bins and takes the which goes into a fund for the environmental studies group. to the plant, where it is sorted on a conveyor belt by hand. Bags recyclables to the Delaware branch of SIMS Recycling, where Wall said last year, Abitibi took 23,687 pounds of paper from are busted open, and the recyclables are separated. they are sorted and sent to the Marion facility. the OWU collection bins, saving 36.97 cubic yards from going “They sort metal, plastic, paper, glass and corrugated Wall said Waste Management, Inc., which is located in Canal into landfills. $161.78 was returned to the environmental studies cardboard,” Wall said. “Plastic is melted and turned into pellets, Winchester, has a contract with the academic side of campus. group. which can be reused. The paper is chopped up and turned into Malencia said the group did not go to Waste Management Wall said the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio pulp, which is used for newspaper. The metal is melted down.” because a tour could not be fit into the schedule. She said the (SWACO) said 40% of their landfill space is comprised of paper Wall said much of the recycled material doesn’t stay in the facility operates in a manner similar to SIMS, only on a larger that could be recycled by companies like Abitibi. United States. scale. Malencia said she hopes to put together a presentation about “One student asked who the big-end users of recycled In the Smith parking lot and the parking lot by the powerhouse what the group learned to show to the campus next semester. Having a Rockin’ good time

Photo by Sara Mays President Rock Jones and his wife, Melissa, act as the grand marshals in Delaware’s Christmas parade on Saturday, Nov. 28.

WELCH, continued from Page 1 healthier food option appreciated by the student job done, but it’s not as alongside the machines and body,” she said. effective.” an emphasis on living a “It’s a fantastic Andrews said the surveys healthy lifestyle,” he said. opportunity to bring more should reach students at There would also be health conscious efforts to the beginning of the spring healthier choices in the food campus and improve our semester, if not before selection, something students living through taking care of Christmas break. complained about after the our bodies,” Andrews said. “I am just waiting for a first Welch renovation. Hilliard said she was fine few technicalities to be taken Freshman Liz Andersen with the change in food as care of,” he said. said although she is not long as they did not get rid of Andrews also said the a vegetarian, she thinks the pizza options. results from the surveys will the vegetarian students on “Pizza is a staple of the determine what is done to campus would appreciate college lifestyle,” she said. Welch, if anything. more choices for food. Andersen agreed. “This [survey] should “If they served up more “College without pizza be taken seriously and if vegetarian options besides is like laundry without successful, should be used veggie burgers and salad, detergent,” she said. substantially by the student I think that would be “You’re still getting the population,” he said. Come work with us! Consider joining The Transcript staff. For the 2010 calendar year, we welcome reporters, photojournalists, ad representatives and editors. We’re specifically seeking a talented business manager. For more information, contact adviser Melinda Rhodes, [email protected], ext. 3517. Dec. 3, 2009 The Transcript Page 5

Above, senior Adam Dworetsky of Chi Phi demonstrates how his outfit and gender are all wrong for formal recruitment. What not to wear On Thursday, Nov. 19, Pan- Hellenic Council held a “What Not to Wear” fashion show for unaffiliated women thinking about going through formal recruitment in January. Wom- en from different sororities showed off their outfits. Some dressed in clothes that would either be inappropriate for formal recruitment, such as outfits that were too casual or would not be warm enough. Others wore outfits that would be both appropriate for the dif- fernt days of recruitment and warm enough for the winter weather. Several male models also graced the catwalk as they showed off their own versions of formalwear.

Photos by Sara Mays

Sophomore Haley Hessler struts her stuff down the run way, showing off an example of “busi- Senior Aaron Soltis of Alpha Sigma Phi does not look too happy or comfortable to be ness casual.” wearing a skirt and tights. SUBA cooks for those unable to enjoy Thanksgiving at home By Jae Blackmon of SUBA went all out for to plan for because we already or non-member who gave the on the weak side in terms of relatively small, it was really Transcript Reporter this year’s Thanksgiving knew what we wanted to do,” most food points received the who actually came and pleasant to see how we were feast, which they have been she said. “It was just a matter a prize at the dinner from what was actually done at the able to come and fellowship While many students planning since the beginning of gathering food points and the Office of Multicultural event,” Lee said. together, despite age and class, enjoyed the luxury of going of the year. Food points were getting people to table for the Student Affairs. Lee said although she and still have a good time home for Thanksgiving Break, raised by the cabinet, and full event.” Some full body members had fun, she hopes SUBA overall,” he said. some students who did not get body members bought the While Alston said the said they’d like to see the event will expand the event and Wilson also said he was the pleasures of home received trimmings necessary for a success of the event of was get even better in the future. include games and interactive happy to see non-SUBA the spirit of the holiday from hearty Thanksgiving meal. exciting, she said it was even Junior Justina Alvis said she activities for the guests to members attend as well. the Student Union on Black Junior Brandi Alston, a more exciting to see SUBA wished the food had been participate in the future. “ I think we accomplished Awareness (SUBA). cabinet member, said the members give up their food better, and freshman Toneisha Freshman and cabinet what we set out to do, which SUBA has been bringing the planning was relatively easy points to get food for the Lee thought the overall event member Andrew Wilson was to create a family setting comforts of the Thanksgiving going because the decision event. Cabinet members used could have been perfected. agrees with Lee in terms of the where we could forget about holiday to campus since its to start occurred earlier than the enthusiasm of the members “The concept and idea food but was positive about the stress of school and enjoy inception on Ohio Wesleyan’s usual. and turned it into a surprise behind the event is great, but attendence. each other’s company,” Alston campus. This year, the cabinet “I think the event was easy contest, in which the member the event itself was a little “Although the group was said. Strapped for cash? Work study can beef up your bank account By David Hunter wages as extra spending mon- ing the academic buildings Bucceri said he really en- they needed to do something the school I never would have Transcript Correspondent ey or to pay off debt. It is an- are secure and locked and joys working. to occupy their free time. known. “ other way for students to earn providing “safe walking” stu- “It’s laid back, and I like “I figured I could use some Williams said being a tour Many Ohio Wesleyan stu- some financial aid in school. dents for students back to their the people I work with,” he extra money,” Williams said. guide is not just a job. dents work jobs alongside Sophomore Austin Bucceri residences if they feel worried said. “I don’t necessarily feel She first applied and then “It’s something I love to their academic responsibili- said it was a good idea when about walking alone at night. like I’m going to work but went through an interview do,” she said. “I like talking ties, and the university offers he applied last year for a job “I was broke at this time rather just helping out.” process, but she said it was all to new people on a daily ba- many different forms of em- with the Public Safety (PS) last year, so I figured getting a Sophomore Leanne Wil- worth it. sis and being able to say good ployment around campus. office. Austin is a PS “safe job would only be beneficial, liams said she enjoys her job. “I love meeting prospec- things about where I am get- OWU offers work-study walker.” He works from seven “ Bucceri said. “But now I am Williams is in her second year tive student and families,” ting my college education and programs in which students to midnight two nights each still working because I like as an Admissions tour guide. Williams said. “I feel like it is helping high school students work for the school and are week helping the PS officers. having money to spend while Williams said she and a my way of giving back to the decide if OWU is the right paid by the federal govern- His job entails routine at school and for when I go friend had applied together school. Becoming a tour guide place for them to come here ment. Many students use their checks of the dorms, ensuring- home on break.” last year because they both felt helped me learn things about too.” Page 6 The Transcript Dec. 3, 2009

Quote of the Week: “College without pizza is like laundry without detergent.” Opinion -- Liz Anderson, freshman on Welch pizza From the editor: Making a list, checking it twice Dear Santa, Hi! Me again. Since my last four letters to you have gone unanswered -- I addressed them to “The North Pole” and wrote in a cheery, Christmasy red crayon, which means they should have found their way to your mailbox-- I am employing this platform on which to contact you. If you have indeed received my letters but have not responded because I am on your “Naughty” list, allow me to make an appeal. I am writing not on behalf of myself, but on behalf of my illustrious academic institution, Ohio Wesleyan University. Here is my wish list for all of us: Our SLUs are wonderful, but some need renovated very badly. I know you’re giving a few former fraternity houses face-lifts (and nose jobs and calf implants), but maybe you could give the Women’s House a working furnace or the Creative Arts Brick House new windows. You know, you could focus renovation plans on places where people actually live. For Merrick Hall, I am asking for a purpose. I pass it every day on the way on my way to the Tran- script office in Phillips, and it just stands there, an empty vessel of all the education it could be bestow- ing. What’s your deal? Are you haunted, Merrick Hall? I’m calling John Ciochetty. Dorothy needed a home, the Lion needed a heart, the Scarecrow needed a brain and Merrick Hall needs people in it. I know you often want to include residents of By Keegan Adams and Ross McHale Stuyvesant Hall on your Naughty list (the Nice list is boring, in my opinion), but their dorm sorely needs renovating. It needs Extreme Makeover: Dorm Edi- Holiday obligations intruding on real meaning tion, come to think of it. And a pretty little statue on basketball hoop! speech beaten into us? Why we didn’t have to make a big the fountain in front would be nice, too. Word It seemed to me that even do we have to make it such a deal out of certain things in For the Transcript, Santa, I want a fantastic busi- Barack big deal? Why can’t we be that order for people to remember Vomit Could see it from D.C. thankful more often? Why do them. Like Valentine’s ness manager who will replace the chairs in our of- while out on a walk. we have to cook all day and Day and Sweetest Day, for by fice and who can pay for a paper that runs in color. Michelle “RJ” As I struggled to sleep with have a table full of people in example. Actually I’m starting to notice a common theme Rotuno-Johnson the lights shining in, order to bow our heads and say When I was single, they throughout this list: Can you just give us boatloads I knew I’d always be able to grace? just reminded me that I had no find home again. Furthermore, why does it one to share them with. And of cash, Santa? Really, just pack your sleigh with it. ‘Twas the night of take a fat man coming down a now that I’m in a relationship, For our professors, I ask for higher salaries. Do Thanksgiving, There’s a reason I’m not a chimney and bringing us a Wii there’s an unspoken pressure you know how much a Ph.D. costs, Santa? Do you And all through my pad creative writing major. to remind us that Jesus was put on me to acknowledge the Ev’ry stomach was bulging know how dedicated they are to their students? Well, I hope everyone born? Why do I need heart- day and go out of my way to With the dinner we had. had a good break. To me, shaped chocolates and singing do something. Why can’t I just Cough up a dime, Mr. Claus. Three kinds of potatoes there’s nothing better than be romantic when I feel like it? For the student body, I am asking for less apa- And four types of pie celebrating the rape, murder Suck it, Hallmark. I do Why do we have to thy and more action. There is a good proportion of Had settled quite nicely and enslavement of American what I want. On my buns and my thighs. them who take on as much as they can and make the Indians and the long hard make it such a big But the reality is, many of My mom in her apron winters full of tuberculosis deal? Why can’t we us would treat holidays as just campus better for it (you are aware of who you are, And bros in their sweaters and starvation for our Puritan any other day if our consumer- I think), but the rest of you? Were washing the dishes ancestors. be that thankful more driven society didn’t remind Others do more while you do nothing. They chair As my belly got better. And we thought swine flu often? Why do we have us of our “obligations.” And I When down in the committees and form clubs while you major in Beer was bad. to cook all day and have wish it wasn’t like that. basement, But in all seriousness, I But I guess we’ve got to Pong Studies with a minor in Sleeping 14 Hours a I heard a great yell know there’s plenty to be a table full of people in take holidays for what they are Day. They fight the proverbial good fight, and you So I ran to the doorway thankful for. order to bow our heads and for what they mean to us. see injustice and remain on your vomit-stained And called, “what the Every Thanksgiving Without them, we wouldn’t hell?!” and say grace? futons because you can’t be bothered. You know morning, the family goes to get to enjoy family and My dad, with boxes of church and listens to a large friends. Wouldn’t get time off what? Maybe you should all just transfer because trinkets and stuff man in even larger white robes bears from Hallmark to tell my to get things done. Wouldn’t I’m tired of your fecklessness. (Just kidding! If our Had decided that Christmas tell us the “true meaning” of girlfriend I love her? get to enjoy a delicious meal USN&WR ranking gets any lower because of reten- had waited enough Thanksgiving and remind What the hell is Cinco de together. Wouldn’t get to think So he pulled out the boxes, tion rate, I’m going to cry.) us that it’s more than eating Mayo, and why do we use it as about the good things in our the crates and the bags food and seeing family and an excuse to drink ourselves lives. This is small, but there used to be black plastic To keep us from being the friends and watching football nuts? Why do I need a day off So here’s to the holidays cutlery in Ham-Will food court, which were more neighborhood lags. - somehow, Jesus figures into to honor this country’s armed and the good things they effective (and more aesthetically pleasing), that has He stepped into the cold all of this. forces/get a great deal on a bring, no matter why and how. Cinci night been replaced by smaller, not-as-good white cutlery. The “true meaning” of car? They’re something to truly be With thousands of watts of Thanksgiving never changes, And can anyone here tell thankful for. I would like my black forks and knives back, please. those bright colored lights. so I asked Mom if I could me what St. Patrick actually I’m going for some leftover I enjoyed stealing them more. I watched in amazement as just pray in bed with my eyes did, besides come after me pie and turkey before I do Sound good, Santa? See what you can make hap- my place of residence closed this year. She got mad, Lucky Charms and me green more homework. After all, by Became equal to Vegas in pen. I believe in you! and I was in that pew for the beer? the time you read this, we all its luminescence. 19th year in a row. Mazel tov. Holidays are wonderful, will have probably had our -Emily Rose On doorways, on hallways, Of course, giving thanks is they really are, and I’m not fill of Smith and Ham-Will Managing Editor on stairs, on the roof! a big deal. But why do we have saying I’m against any of already and will be looking On the garage and the to have that “true meaning” them. But sometimes, I wish forward to Christmas ham.

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OH 43015 and accountable in providing our audience with accurate and Wesleyan University. (740) 368-2911 Dec. 3, 2009 The Transcript Page 7 Arts E ntertainment WSLN provides& open music forum for students By Jessy Keppler Dockter picks certain stories Transcript Correspondent for a purpose, such as “Bear Feels Sick” when she and Anyone tuning in to 98.7 Weber were feeling under the FM WSLN Friday nights can weather. This past Halloween, enjoy the songs and voices she also invited some guests of the Vowel Sounds as they into the studio to read ghost Mistress for ease their listeners into the stories for a whole hour. Other weekend. times, however, she just reads Christmas: From 10 p.m. to 12 a.m., whatever jumps out at her in Abby Dockter, Emily Neldon the Delaware library. and Amadea Weber play Last year, Weber hosted Romance and whatever songs they feel The Triple Trouble Radio like over the air. Weber has Show with fellow OWU the holidays a collection of 1,796 tracks students Eric Baker and Sara to play from along with Carr. Due to Carr’s transfer Dear Mistress OWU, Dockter’s 1,038. The show’s from OWU along with Weber So, in between all the playlist ranges from rock and and Baker’s different tastes stress of fi nals, there’s also pop to musical and Disney in music, they decided not to the stress of the holidays, songs. continue the show. specifi cally, the granddaddy “We are the bipolar radio, Although Dockter and Photo by Jessy Keppler of all holidays, Christmas. I just going from one style to Neldon never had their own don’t even like Christmas, another,” Weber said. regular show before, they had Vowel Sounds, Amanda Weber, Abby Dockter and Emily Neldon play songs from all across the musical spectrum, from rock and pop to Disney songs. because I’m broke and in While they don’t usually been on air with Weber on a college and have no money follow any rules about music, previous occasion. One night Dockter worked at a library songs they play while Weber read and check their Facebook to spend, and a few years they do have a tradition of neither Baker nor Carr could where people can come in and monitors the volume with a pages. ago, my dog died on Christ- playing “Delta Dawn” each broadcast so Weber brought read children’s books over the panel of knobs and switches. “I’m glad I’m doing it with mas. And also, I’m Jewish. night. in Dockter and Neldon to help radio. The equipment in the studio these people,” said Weber as So there’s that. A mutual friend played the out. The three enjoyed it so This helped spark Dockter allows them to play music she looked at her partners. But my girlfriend, who is song for them last year, and much that Dockter and Neldon into thinking about different from both their iPods and In addition to a regular Methodist, celebrates, and I while at fi rst they did not like considered doing it again at ideas for the Vowel Sounds to laptops, even allowing music radio, listeners can also stream think she is expecting me to it, it has grown on them. Now some point. do over the radio. When she from Youtube.com and other the show online at wsln.owu. get her something. What are they make sure to end every So while Baker planned to returned in the fall, she was websites to be broadcasted. edu. your gift suggestions? show with it, singing along off start his own show with Bobby completely willing to kick off In between the work, the Currently, Interim Program -- Star of David air. St. Clair, Rock Out with Your a regular show with the other three act like typical friends Director Matt Hill is working on Top of the Tree Another feature of the Poultry Out, Dockter, Neldon two. hanging out on a Friday on adding a programming radio show is Story Time and Weber began thinking “You can be really creative night. They dance and sing schedule to the site along with Dear Star of David, with Abigail when Dockter about making their own show with radio,” said Dockter. along as well as talk about descriptions of every show so O.K., a few things before reads a few children’s stories as well. “There’s so much you can do.” their upcoming weekend or people know when to tune in. we get started. Quit say- on air with commentary from The idea stuck with them Behind the scenes, Neldon their earlier trip together into “All people should listen,” ing you are “stressed out.” Neldon and Weber. Sometimes over them summer. At home, fi lls out paperwork about the Columbus. They even get to said Neldon. I appreciate your tiredness and exhaustion, but no one likes hearing you complain: We all have work to do. Buck up. Take a bubble bath and ‘New Moon’ rises over Ohio Wesleyan drink fl avored coffee, and By Chris Ziska on Nov. 14, “New Moon” had already outsold then call me when you have Transcript Correspondent “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” some real shit stressing you “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and out. (Sorry about your dog, On Nov. 21, girls felt their hearts fl utter, and “The Dark Knight” in Fandango pre-sales. This that’s terrible.) boys felt their wallets lighten. It was that time came as quite a shock to some. And kudos to you for hon- of year again: “Twilight” time. “I (had) a hard time believing the general oring your girlfriend’s tradi- Opening at midnight in thousands of theaters audience (would) pay for this movie,” said tions even if you don’t par- across the nation was Stephenie Meyer’s “New sophomore Paul Gruber. take in them yourself. Moon.” Even those who don’t like the book are I can really only tell you “New Moon” is the second entry in Meyer’s seeing the movie. what not to get her because I “Twilight” book series. For those not familiar “I made it 26 pages into ‘Twilight’ and hated don’t know her. with “Twilight,” it is series of books that it, but my friends and I still go see the movies Do not get her bath gel follows a girl named Bella, who falls in love because they are hilarious[ly] stupid,” said from Bath and Body Works. with a vampire, Edward Cullen. It is a story of sophomore Ellen Platt. That’s boring. impossible love. As of Sunday, Nov. 15, the Strand reported Don’t get her a gift card The second fi lm is riding off the surprise having already sold 102 tickets to the midnight to anywhere. That’s lazy. success of “Twilight,” the fi rst book in the series screening and expected a sold-out show. Other Don’t buy her lingerie and the fi rst fi lm, which opened the same exact theaters around the U.S. are experiencing high or sex toys, unless she very weekend last year. ticket sales, causing managers to add more specifi cally asks for them. Many critics have both glorifi ed and screenings to meet the high demand. Otherwise that’s too zealous. criticized the last movie. However, a strong fan “It’s pretty impressive,” said senior Ross Don’t get her a pet with- base has kept the series alive and thriving with Brubaker. “I haven’t read the books, but I have out consulting her fi rst-- it is a strong pulse. friends who did ... It’s not anything revolutionary, not romantic, it is a hassle. “New Moon” frenzy has grabbed the nation, but like the Eragon books [Inheritance series], Don’t get her perfume, and Ohio Wesleyan is not immune to this frenzy it’s a big hit because of its genre.” unless she asks for a certain either. For others, however, “New Moon” has little kind and says “I want per- “I think it’s pretty much a teen-girl craze,” meaning. fume.” said freshman Megan Bachelder. “I want to see “What’s ‘New Moon’?” said Ben Jedziniak, Don’t get her Biggest the movies because I’m curious to see someone a sophomore at OWU. Loser Workout DVDs or else’s view on the characters and compare it to Already anticipating the success of the new Proactiv Solution, even “New Moon” opened Nov. 20. Its opening weekend cash haul what I formed in my mind while reading the movie, Summit Entertainment is in the process though I use and fully en- topped over $140 million. This is the third largest open- books.” of fi lming the third book in the series, “Eclipse,” dorse both. (They’re just not ing weekend after “Spider Man 3” and “The Dark Knight” Comingsoon.net announced that, as of 8 p.m. with a projected June 30, 2010 release date. something you buy as gifts. Obviously.) Don’t buy her stuffed animals. That infantilizes her. AC/DC, songs for rockers and journalists alike And, like, what is she gonna do with it? The same goes By Mark Dubovec not an ode to an earthquake. which refers to the method those hot, relevant stories and interview, have you collected for fl owers, though fl owers News Editor Then again, if it involves a by which reporters should once they fi nd them, tear into all the info you need to write are a nice gift during other “Whole Lotta Rosie”). collect facts: watching, them. Seek out any and all the article and have you parts of the year. I don’t recall who said if it But that doesn’t mean listening, taking in everything, facts, fi gures, angles, parties thought about all the reasons The ideal gift should be bleeds, it leads, but I know “If there isn’t room for further remaining detached. and don’t let them get away. for how you decided to cover something she would never You Want Blood (You Got It).” interpretation. I’ve found The second relates to the Take them down and get them. a story? In an industry of think to buy for herself, but Sometimes newsgathering and that a signifi cant amount of song, “Ball Breaker.” One Reporters must “Shake a Leg,” deadlines, patience is key. that reminds you of her. reporting feels like nothing the band’s catalogue can be thing I took from Professor “Come and Get It” and “Chase “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If I shop a lot, so when I see more than “Dirty Deeds Done applied to the fundamentals Regan’s Journalism History the Ace.” You Wanna Rock N’ Roll),” things that work I tend to Dirt Cheap.” of quality journalism, at least class is be a gadfl y, challenging There are certain qualities and you shouldn’t rush a story get a gut feeling about them. It can be a “Dog Eat based on the titles. and questioning every source, one must posses if he or she before it’s ready. If you’re not like that, buy Dog” business because the News reporting is a offi cial and witness I come wishes to practice journalism. One song is not so much jewelrey, even though that’s competition to get the story “Live Wire” business. It across. Hound them for facts. Some people get upset by what about journalists as it is about sort of lazy. Whoops, sorry. is intense, and it “Aint No can be hectic, disorienting, Seek the truth. A reporter you report, regardless of how the desire of journalists. It’s I just told you what to get, Fun (Waitin’ Round to be a challenging, demanding and, cannot be passive. There are fair and accurate you were in no secret circulation is down and insulted all the dudes Millionaire),” especially when in this age of blogs and web people that won’t want to talk covering them. They might for most major newspapers, who bought their girlfriends few of us are likely get rich in site streaming, up-to-the- to you. Pressure them until say things that can be hurtful, many are closing down and a bad necklace from Zales this line of work. But I’ll bet minute non-stop. they do. You have to pursue and in those cases, try to keep advertisers are sending that this year. I need a drink. no one expects that the hard You have to get the story the story any way you can. a “Stiff Upper Lip.” revenue elsewhere. The See you at the bar, then rock group AC/DC could be and “Get It Hot.” “Go Down” And it’s not just the people Being a good reporter is Internet and cable news can see you at the clinic. so related to the journalistic to the bottom of things and we report on who we must hard and nerve wracking; be attributed for some of this, XOXO, process. fi nd the truth. take on. We must challenge it takes “Big Balls” “If You but regardless, print media Mistress OWU AC/DC songs usually carry Three songs in particular our readers too. Take on the Dare” to be one. Don’t be is losing money. We’d love an underlying meaning, and describe the roles journalist establishment, rethink your afraid to go up to a potential to get “Back in Black.” Until Editor’s Note: most people just by listening must fi ll while covering the position and “Shake Your female source and ask, “Can I then, indulge in that affl iction Mistress OWU is not can fi gure out what that news. Foundations.” Sit Next to You Girl.” that seems to affect many a certifi ed relationship meaning usually is (Hint: “You “Fly on the Wall” packs a Third, to be a “Heatseeker,” Preparation is important. journalists and “Have a Drink counselor. She can only Shook Me All Night Long” is double meaning. The fi rst of reporters must both search for “Are You Ready” for an on Me.” offer the informed advice of an experienced college Email your end of the semester quandries to Mistress OWU at [email protected] student. Page 8 The Transcript Dec. 9, 2009 Bishops Sports Women’s hoops carve up opposition Opinion during Thanksgiving break By Steph Brill the win, but knew that they passing, were passionate Tis’ the season for sports Transcript Reporter must shore-up their play to throughout the game and By Mike Browning games have become dogmatic a holiday that purists would say have success against more showed amazing team work Sports Editor (the Lions played on most also celebrates the warmth of It was not a typical difficult opponents. throughout the whole game. Thanksgivings since 1934 and friends and family, is difficult Thanksgiving break for the “We played tough all game This is our best game yet,” In a time of hardship and the Cowboys since 1966). for the downtrodden, and has women’s basketball team this but did not jump out of the Carney-DeBord said. “I see uncertainty, the Holiday Despite the Lions being featured the Rose Bowl for year. gate. We need to learn how to a lot of potential in the team. season calls for families and abysmal, no one dares question over 100 years. Instead of heading home play two halves of basketball You can see little sparks from communities to come together their right to play on this sacred It has since added a host for the holidays, they traveled every game,” said junior all the young players. The and blessings to be counted. day, but the newly created of other college football to New York City to Centenary forward Kayla Gordon. team was able to play together However, in a country NFL network has cashed bowl games as their numbers College (NJ) and Hunter They met host Hunter as a team which we will need growing ever more diverse, in on American’s insatiable continue to increase, because College (NY) in the Hunter College in the championship the whole season. There were religion, traditionally a appetite for football by adding these games serve a similar Tip-Off tournament to begin round, and beat the Hawks 77- four freshmen off the bench centerpiece of these Holidays, a late game paralleling any late purpose. a strenuous Thanksgiving 71. and many others stepped up can be divisive. desserts or early refrigerator They usually feature schedule. The win not only secured also.” Instead, sports have raids for leftovers. schools who themselves have “The trip [to New York] was first place in the tournament, The Bishops finished off proven to be the factor that It has become clear that forfeited a featured academic awesome,” said junior guard but gave Coach Nan Carney- their Thanksgiving schedule unites people and provides sport, a largely uncontroversial or religious identity for one of Tyler Cordell. “We played in DeBord her 400th win as a with a loss to division II hope during these difficult institution, has supplanted athletics. a different atmosphere, which college coach. opponent Pit-Johnstown. times, and in every holiday religion in mainstream Notre Dame, the face of many have never been in The Bishop’s success also The Bishops were season, sports seem to be the American culture, not only Catholic institutions in the before. We played competition earned Tyler Cordell the MVP outmatched, but it is unlikely institution that is ever-growing headlining most religiously United States, has been making that we never would play again. of the tournament and an that they will face opponents in importance. un-affiliated holidays, but national news only because of And it does not hurt to leave all-tournament selection for as skilled as the Mountain Cats Like most red-blooded encroaching on sacred the flux at their football head New York without winning the Gordon. in NCAC play. American families, mine had religious ones as well, coaching position. Championship.” The win gave the Bishops “They reminded us of our the TV tuned into football becoming a psuedo-religion in Similarly, many state The team’s first challenger high expectations for the rest last game last year against all day on Thanksgiving, a and of itself. colleges see the number of in the tournament was of the Thanksgiving schedule. Illinois Wesleyan,” Cordell tradition that has become as The NBA has begun applicants fluctuate based Centenary, which they “Playing that far away said. “They showed us how we integral to the holiday as the scheduling the Lakers, a on the success of their major defeated 91-87 in overtime. against those two teams set a had [ been and] need to be. The turkey and stuffing. successful, superstar-laden sports teams. The Bishops lost an early high standard for the team,” sparks and the competitiveness On any other day, the three franchise, to play on Christmas In 2006, legendary tycoon lead due to mistakes, but Carney-DeBord said. of the team showed throughout lopsided games presented day as NBA.com invites T. Boone Pickens recently managed to tie the game up. The team rode the wave of the whole game.” by the NFL would have people to “get some eggnog, donated $165 Million to “They battled many momentum of the tournament Despite being outmatched, little intrigue, especially gather the family, fire up the Oklahoma State’s athletic turnovers throughout the win into their next game Carney DeBord was proud of to the casual fan, but on brand new flat screen and this program, a school not game, but they played really against John Carroll on Nov. her team’s effort. Thanksgiving, any cable great game.” necessarily heralded for its hard and tied up the game,” 24. “The team was tough and malfunctions or technical But even if you didn’t wake academics. said head coach Nan Carney- They won in impressive we lost, but they did a great difficulties would leave my up to find a new flat screen For better or worse, sports DeBord. “The team started off fashion 80-67, displaying job never giving up. The team relatives as confused and under your tree, or anything have filled a void in our society well in the first half and then good team chemistry and stayed positive, strong, skilled, frightened as animals during a at all, sports can provide left vacant by religion. allowed the Cyclones to come cohesiveness. and fast. They showed who solar eclipse. casual entertainment or a vital At a time of year that back to tie the game, which Carney-DeBord was they are as a team. We were On a holiday that distraction from life’s harsh should focus on bringing lead us to over time for the pleased with the way her team very happy we only lost by 12 supposedly transcends religion realities. people together, sports have win.” is meshing early in the season. thanks to Pam Quigney’s three by being about time spent with Not that watching Kobe proven more affective at this The team was happy with “The team had incredible point shot right at the buzzer.” loved ones and the counting of Bryant light up the court can task on a national scale than blessings, football has stolen make up for being alone, ailing religion, which can be highly the spotlight. or financially challenged controversial and abrasive. To the victor go the spoils The underwhelming games around the holidays, but it So this holiday season, had appeal for the same reason may provide a temporary whether your cup runneth over people watch the “Yule log” distraction or give someone or your glass is half-empty, around Christmas -- people get just a little something to invite a friend, family member excited for the tradition. look forward to when there’s or neighbor to watch the Rose The Lions’ and Cowboys’ nothing else. Bowl and enjoy some good claim to the Thanksgiving Likewise, New Year’s Day, company and a good game.

Men’s Soccer Analysis Laudable regular season defines ‘09 Returning players capable of similar 2010 seaon By Ross McHale Despite the notable more a result of bad luck. And Transcript reporter achievements the season although the team dispatched might be remembered as one Hiram 2-0, the win was Photo by Steph Brill and courtesy of OWU Following a dominant of what could have been, as the lethargic and not a good sign Left: Women’s basketball head coach Nan Carney-DeBord. Right: The women’s basket- regular season, nine Ohio Bishops had more than enough of things to come. ball team honored Carney-DeBord’s 400th career win with a signed t-shirt and a Hunter Wesleyan players were named talent to make a serious run at In the N.C.A.C. final Tip-Off tournament championship trophy. Carney-DeBord’s career record now stands at to the all N.C.A.C. team. the national championship. Denison scored a golden goal 400-208 (.658). She has guided the Bishops to five North Coast Athletic Conference Juniors Eric Liapple and Tyler The #1 ranking they to give OWU it’s first lost of championships and four NCAC tournament titles, is a seven-time selection as NCAC Wall, along with sophomore received toward the latter end the season. Coach of the Year and was the NCAA Division III Coach of the Year in 2001. Travis Wall, were first team of the season may have been Anyone who was there that selections. more of a curse than a blessing, night knows what a great game Senior’s Matt Giannetti, as it added additional pressure that was, but the wrong team Jordan Halloran, and Kevin while putting a bulls-eye on came out on top. Men’s Basketball confident they can McGowan, along with junior their back for opposing teams. This should have been a Ryan Harmanis, were named That’s not to say that wake-up call to the team that to the second team. they didn’t deserve the lofty the regular season dominance continue success with youthful roster Junior Brian Greene and ranking. Up to that point was now a thing of the past By Steve Ruygrok He said the freshmen show 3, which will be vital in ac- senior Blake Pifer rounded out the team had dominated and that every team was now Transcript Reporter a lot of potential and talent that complishing the Bishop’s goal the list by receiving honorable practically every game of the gunning for them. will be valuable this season. of winning the conference. mention accolades. season. However in the next game The Ohio Wesleyan men’s “Their skill level, intelli- The Bishops fell to national The announcement comes However, in the last the team looked more or the basketball team has tipped off gence and overall work ethic powerhouse Washington Uni- days after the Bishops were three games of the season, less the same as it did against its regular season, one the team have given many of them a versity (Mo.) in the first game stunned 1-0 in the second round against Hiram, Denison, and Hiram, only this time the other has been eagerly anticipating good chance to see significant of the Illinois Wesleyan Titan of the N.C.A.A. tournament by Transylvania, respectively, the team scored and OWU was after pre-season success. playing time this year,” said Tipoff Tournament, but Martin Transylvania (Ky.). team seemed to be missing the unable to get back into the The team’s senior class will Gardiner. said facing challenging oppo- The loss spoiled a season spark that had carried them up game. consist of Rob Gardiner and “Andy Winters, Marshall nents early will ultimately help that had been otherwise to that point. The loss of Giannetti, Brent Pleiman, both letter win- Morris, Billy Reilich, Greg the team. dominant. The defense was solid but Halloran, McGowan and other ners of three and two years, White, Vaughn Spaulding, Eric “They are the number one During the course of the team seemed to struggle seniors will be a blow to this respectively. They will lead a Easley and Anjuwon Spence team in the country and have the year the team finished to get anything going in team but it should be able young team with sophomores have all shown the potential to won the national champion- the regular season with an the final third of the field. to bounce back strong next and freshmen comprising over step in and contribute during ship two years in a row, and N.C.A.A. all division record of This wasn’t due to a lack of season behind Tyler Wall, half the roster. the year.” they have the division three only two goals conceded while effort, as the midfielders and Travis Wall, Eric Liapple, Despite the new faces on Junior Andrew Martin said pre-season player of the year. breaking the school record of forwards worked tirelessly Ryan Harmanis and Brian the team, OWU was picked the team has performed well Everyone is looking forward 17 shutouts along the way. to get something going, but Greene, among others. second in the preseason NCAC in the pre-season scrimmages to playing against a good team conference rankings behind ri- they have had, defeating Ohio and showing how good we can val Wooster. Northern and Otterbein. be,” Martin said. Gardiner said despite the “Everyone was pleased Junior Andrew McBride graduation of the seniors from with how we played and how said the team is focused on the last year’s class, the team is we were able to improve dur- goal of improving throughout Have a great shot of an OWU athletic confident entering this upcoming the first couple weeks of the season and playing their ing season. practice,” Martin said. best basketball at the end of “We believe Coach DeWitt “The second one against Ot- the season. event? Send the digital file to sports has gotten our program to a terbein College was the same “It’s always a goal of ours level where we don’t rebuild, as the first scrimmage in that to win the conference and play we just reload,” Gardiner said. everyone felt optimistic about as well as we can every game,” editor Mike Browning at owunews@ “With the departure of four se- the performance.” McBride said. nior wings, we have plenty of Martin said the team always “But if we improve every young talented players ready looks forward to the rivalry game and give our maximum owu.edu. If its a winner, we’ll run it. to step in and immediately games against Wooster on effort, everything else should contribute.” Dec. 2 and Wittenberg on Feb. take care of itself.”