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vol. 94, issue 14

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A new philosophy on the court

photo by stephanie parkerballin’: New coach, Todd Adrian, works on drills with players in hopes of success on the court.

Lindsay Paulsen Editor-in-Chief

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Otterbein invests in 25 acres of land 4.2 million dollars were spent in acquiring land for future development and expansion

By Katie taggartNews Editor

It was announced Dec. 31 that Otterbein had purchased 25 acres of land south of 60 Col-legeview Road. Tom Morrison, chairman of the board of trustees at Otter-bein, said the purchase is to help plan for long-term growth of the university’s campus. These 25 acres are a part of a total of 95 acres of land. Otter-bein purchased 25 acres, which leaves another 70 acres of land that Otterbein could possibly purchase in the future. Otterbein was able to pur-chase the land with money from the school’s investment fund. The fund is largely made up of school endowments and contri-butions, as well as money from fundraising campaigns. Morrison said before the recent purchase, Otterbein was basically landlocked. Other than the occasional house that went up for sale on Home or Main street, there wasn’t a place to expand. “Several years ago when Brent DeVore was president, we purchased two properties

on Collegeview (Art and Com-munication Building and the old Mettler Toledo warehouse.) … and ever since we purchased those buildings, our long-term thought has been that (the) Col-legeview area across from Alum Creek is the logical place for us to expand” Morrison said. A letter sent out by Morrison and Otterbein President Kathy Krendl, about the new purchase, stated that the new land will also help create a more defined cam-pus area west of Alum Creek and create a more defined gateway to the campus from Cleveland Avenue. It is still undecided what ex-actly will be put in the area. “There are a number of things we can do over there,” Morrison said. Some ideas would include housing and academic buildings. Morrison said that student participation in deciding what could go in the 25 acres is im-portant. Jordan Benson, a senior actu-arial science major, came up with a few ideas such as a cafeteria for the communication and art students or something to do with

sports, like a practice field. Ben-son also said that more housing would be nice because of all the students living on campus. Brenna Goodwin, a junior nursing major, said she does not think that there should be living arrangements over in the area. “Dorms should be over by the main campus,” she said. “It would be ostracized over there.” Morrison said that he and the other board members are excited about the new purchase. “I think this is one of those transforma-tive moments where we have done something that allows us to

really have a transformative im-pact on the college long-term,” he said. “Even though we can’t say today what that transforma-tion is going to be, it just really opens up possibilities.” Krendl wrote about simi-alar long-term benefits of the purchase. “It offers our com-munity the opportunity to realize a new vision for our future,” she said in a recent press release. “We are writing the chapters that will define Otterbein in the 21st century.” t&c

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land of opportunities: The new land is located on Cleveland Ave. just south of the Art and Communication Building.

www.otterbein360.com vol. 94, issue 14 3newsOtterbein chaplain will be leaving at the end of this school year

By Chelsea Coleman and derek self

Assistant News EditorAnd Contributing Staff

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the end of an era: After 30 years at Otterbein, Rev. Monty Bradley will retire from his services as Otterbein’s chaplain.

After 30 years of service, Rev. Monty Bradley will officially retire from Otterbein Univer-sity on June 30, 2013. Bradley announced his decision to retire back on Sept. 25, but decided to finish out the school year. Over the years, his pri-mary role at Otterbein has been performing pastoral duties, including leading prayers before convocations and during the tree lighting ceremony. During his time at Otter-bein he had a hand in multiple service-oriented projects includ-ing the Otterbein chapter of Habitat for Humanity, Festival of Sharing and the Crop Walk. Bradley said that Habitat for Humanity has been one of his most meaningful experiences over the years as he has been

on 10-12 different trips with the organization. “Monty quietly works behind the scenes, never demanding the spotlight,” said Bob Gatti, vice president and dean for student affairs.

Gatti said he has learned a lot from Bradley over the years. “I’ve seen his work during these difficult times, and it is a beauti-ful thing to watch,” Gatti said. “I learned so much (from) him on

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I don’t feel particularly sad, it feels like it’s the right time. Rev. Monty BradleyOtterbein chaplain

how to handle tragedy.” Bradley said that he is thank-ful for the sense of community he has experienced at Otterbein. “You have these golden-age moments with certain groups,” he said. “Then they move on to graduate and you have to find and recruit a new group.” Bradley said he is most look-ing forward to spending time with his wife after his retirement. “It’s going to be nice to sit down, have a cup of coffee with her and watch the birds in the bird-feeder,” he said. He and his wife both enjoy spending time in their garden and doing small projects around the house. The things Bradley said he is going to miss most about Ot-terbein are the people and the sense of community. “I don’t feel particularly sad, it feels like it’s the right time.”

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28Campus Event▪ Global Dinner and Show, 6-9 p.m.

Video Game Releases▪ “Dead Space 3”

Music Releases▪ “All that Echoes” — Josh Groban▪ “Two Lanes of Freedom” — Tim McGraw

Campus Event▪ Men’s Tennis vs. Wooster, 1 p.m.▪ Women’s bas-ketball vs. Mount Union, 3 p.m.

Happy Valentine’s DayLast day to drop a class without a grade

Last day to add a class

Hanukkah ends

Campus Event▪ Men’s and Women’s Track and Field OAC Championships

Groundhog Day

Movie Releases▪ “Warm Bodies”

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Movie Releases▪ “Identity Thief ”▪ “Side Effects”

Movie Releases▪ “Safe Haven”▪ “Beautiful Crea-tures”▪ “A Good Day to Die Hard”

Movie Releases▪ “Snitch”

Super Bowl XLVII

Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday

President’s Day

Campus Event▪ Women’s basket-ball vs. Wilmington, 7:30 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Launch party for 1847. Magazines will be passed out at women’s basketball vs. Capital, 5 p.m. ▪ Cardinal After Dark, Campus Center, 9 p.m. to 12

Campus Event▪ Men’s basketball vs. John Carroll, 7:30 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Women’s basket-ball vs. Heidelberg, 7:30 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Baseball vs. Ohio Christian, 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Campus Event▪ Baseball vs. Wa-bash, 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.▪ Men’s and Women’s Track and Field OAC Championships

Campus Event▪ String Orchestra, Grace Lutheran Church, 7:30 p.m.

Music Releases▪ “Bombshell: The New Marilyn Music from Smash” ▪ “Temper Tem-per” — Bullet for My Valentine

Video Game Releases▪ “Crysis 3”▪ “Metal Gear Ris-ing: Revengeance

Music Releases▪ “I Am Not a Human Being II” — Lil Wayne

Music Releases▪ “Raven That Refused to Sing” — Steven Wilson▪ “Spirits of the Western Sky” — Tim McGraw

Campus Event▪ First Friday Festival (Spring Edition)/Student Organization Fair, 3-6 p.m. in the Campus Center

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shooting star: One of Robinson’s favorite roles while at Otterbein was Roy Cohn in “Angels in America: Part One.”

By Josh ParkArts & Entertainment Editor

Theater alumnus Jake Robinson, ‘12, is successful in entertainment since graduation

Graduate breaks into TV and film

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Jake Robinson transcends into national TV and film acting after having several theatrical successes while studying theater at Otterbein. Robinson will make his televi-sion debut on Monday at 8 p.m. when he is introduced in the fourth episode of the CW Tele-vision Network’s “The Carrie Diaries” as a recurring character. He will also be in two episodes of the second season of NBC’s “Smash” playing a drummer who is alluded to as a love interest for one of the characters which premieres Feb. 5. In film, Robinson plays a supporting character in the short film “The Tale of Timmy Two Chins,” which will air on Show-time this summer and premiere in New York on Friday.

He will also star in two feature length movies. One, titled “Long Shot Louie,” will be submitted to film festivals after editing. According to imdb.com, Robinson plays 17-year-old title character Louie Lazzaro. He will also be a supporting character in the horror movie “Old 37,” cur-rently a working title, which is in the process of being made. At Otterbein, Robinson was a BFA acting major, receiving his first lead role as a freshman. He proceeded to have seven more roles. His Otterbein roles, he said, helped him understand himself as a person and actor. “For me, my time at Ot-terbein was about discovering myself and maturing as a person just as much as (it was about) becoming a better performer,” he said. “Honestly, most of the time, the two go hand in hand. I

had some wonderful professors too.” He said his most influential professors were acting profes-sors Ed Vaughan and Christina Kirk. Associate professor for the Theatre and Dance Department, Melissa Lusher, also helped mo-tivate him. “There was a moment in my freshman evaluation where Melissa Lusher called me a lazy, poor performer, and that really pissed me off and lit a fire under my butt in a good way,” Robin-son said. “I also remember Ed Vaughan telling me to stop acting like a freshman when I was a lead (freshman year.) I think that’s a good motto to live by: ‘Stop act-ing like a freshman.’” Since Robinson’s freshman year, Vaughan and Lusher both said that they have seen him develop into a stronger actor. Vaughan, who had Robinson in multiple classes, described him as a very serious student, one who wanted to learn, chal-lenged Vaughan’s thoughts and tried new things. According to Vaughan, Robinson “was always looking for that edge to get bet-ter.” Robinson had a great deal of raw talent, Lusher said, and over his four years, she was impressed by his increase in focus, disci-pline and professionalism. After graduation, Robinson said he managed to find himself having success in TV and film. “This business takes a lot of hard work, but also a hell of a lot of luck,” he said. Vaughan credits Robinson’s success to more than just luck, but to his sincerity and ability to work with people. “The thing about Jake that’s important to say is that he’s talented, but he’s also a good per-son,” Vaughan said. “There are a lot of talented people trying to be a professional actor, but Jake has a strong personal foundation, strong family, strong support system. Most importantly, he’s a good networker.” During the spring semester of his senior year, Robinson interned for NBC Casting at “30 Rock,” where he learned to mar-ket himself by watching other actors audition and listen to what casting directors thought of the performances. Laurie Smith, Robinson’s per-sonal manager in New York, said the internship was immensely helpful. He made many strong connections there, especially by phone.

“So many people called him because of pilot season, so he was meeting agents, he was meet-ing other actors, he was meet-ing all these people (who) were leading to other people, (who) were leading to other people,” she said. Robinson was led to her man-agement company, Smith Talent Group, through a connection at NBC. The two were introduced, and Smith was impressed by his courage, confidence and attrac-tiveness. Smith said the former two are the most important component in the industry. Now that he has made solid ground in the entertainment industry, he said his future aspira-tions are to keep growing as an actor, to be more specific about what roles and projects he does and to choose work that chal-lenges him. “He’s had a great start, and I have no doubt that he will con-tinue to be successful because he’s got the foundation for what it takes to be successful, and talent is a small part of that,” Vaughan said.

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The film “Deviant,” mentioned in the article “Student shines in Sundance” that appeared in Vol. 94, Issue 11 of the T&C, will not be featured at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Students make the journey to Obama’s inauguration A group from Otterbein traveled to Washington D.C. to experience the inauguration of the president firsthand

It seems so rare in our coun-try nowadays when we can find a handful of people around us to agree on the same thing, let alone an estimated 1 million people. This was exactly the case for myself and 50 other Otter-bein students who attended the second inauguration of President Barack Obama on Monday, Jan. 21. As we left the Campus Center early Sunday morning, we all had just about enough energy to board the bus in hopes of a relatively decent sleep during the eight hour ride ahead of us. The bus ride over was silent, many of us trying to cope with being crammed within two feet of one another, while also trying to coordinate bathroom and food breaks. When we arrived in the af-fluent city to our new home for the next few days at Georgetown University, it seemed as if the town did not even know that yet another historic event would take place the following day. Georgetown’s campus and its surroundings were a ghost town to say the least, as people seemed to be taking Sunday as “a day of rest,” a little too literally. Off in the distance I could see the Washington Monument. Just to its north stood Capitol Hill, across the reflecting pool stood the Lincoln Memorial.

The day picked up and people began to flood these historic landmarks, lining up outside places such as the White House gates, hoping to catch a glimpse for a decent shot to post on Instagram. By the end of the first day in our nation’s capital, what were once just pictures of government buildings from grade school textbooks, now were right before my eyes. Perhaps the most memorable part of the trip happened to our group as the many footsteps of heel-toed shoes were stomp-ing across the floor around 4 a.m. Monday morning. But, this would only serve as an early wakeup call to those of us itch-ing to go to the inauguration later that morning. The day did not disappoint either, as a group of friends and I headed to the National Mall outside across from Capitol Hill, in hopes of securing a front row spot near CNN headquarters. Sure enough we did, as the front row was wide open for us to stand and exchange waves with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. Around 11:30 a.m., the Na-tional Mall and its surrounding streets were filled to capacity, as Americans, and even a few Brit-ish citizens that I noticed, filed in to be a part of this historic day. From celebrities to cabinet members, VIP guests were in-troduced and escorted into their

seats high above on Capitol Hill. House speaker Jon Boehner finally got the inauguration going with an opening speech, while President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden awaited their public swearing-in ceremony. As Obama was sworn in, the crowd erupted in jubilation, as the realization of this being his last term kicked in. Obama’s speech was of course encouraging to the Ameri-can public, as he reinforced his promises made during campaign season, while also adding the presidential cliche of the idea

that there is a lot of work to still be done. Following the speeches were class acts performed by Ameri-can music icons James Taylor, Kelly Clarkson and Beyonce. As I stood on Capitol Hill taking in the sights one more time, I came to a realization. De-spite all of the negativity toward certain policies and governmen-tal decisions, no matter who is in office as leader of our country, we always have a peaceful ex-change of power each new term. On the way back to campus, all of us seemed to be re-ener-

gized by the historic events we had just witnessed, and the new friendships we had developed. This of course led to a bus ride home that seemed as if it took double the amount of time than our arrival, but in the end, it was well worth it. To experience an event like this was not only a once in a life-time experience, but it was also an event that can be summed up in one word. America.

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reporting: CNN correspondants, including Anderson Cooper, covered the inaguration of the president.

By Jeremy morganContributing Writer

Scan the QR code for more photos of the inauguration.

on capitol hill: According to the Huffington Post, a estimated 800,000 to 1 million people gathered at the Capitol Building to view the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama.

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J-Term class helps students learn about jobs in sports public relationsBy Tyler DuBiak

Sports Editor

He walked into class with a milky-white skull cap and a white jacket that kept him warm from the harsh winter weather outside. After a brief introduction, public relations Professor Dan Stein-berg announced to the class “Let’s welcome James Laurinaitis of the St. Louis Rams.” This would turn out to be just another typical day in the Sports Public Relations classroom dur-ing J-Term. Sports Public Relations, or Communication 2550, has only been offered twice at Otterbein since the switch to semesters. According to Steinberg, the class provides students with a way to engage in areas of employment that they never considered. “I want my students to experience everything that the workforce has to offer through public relations,” he said. Steinberg tried to fulfill that message by giving his students the chance to meet and commu-nicate with over 10 individuals that worked in the area of sports. Some of these included Olympic Wrestler JD Bergman, New Orleans Safety Malcolm

Jenkins, Columbus Dispatch Re-porter Aaron Portzline and Co-lumbus Crew Sideline Reporter Ashleigh Ignelzi. The guest speakers provided their stories of how they got into the sports world, what they did while in college or after to prepare them and what their responsibilities consist of when working with public relations personnel. Sophomore international business major Brice Mitchell expressed how this class helped open his eyes to the number of jobs that are available in the area of sports. “My favorite part of the class was getting to meet Ashley Ignelzi and The Crew Marketing Director, Arica Kress,” Mitchell said. “They both showed me that I can continue to be a part of soccer, after I graduate, through business or reporting.” Steinberg used these guest speakers to show what opportu-nities public relations can bring to one’s choice of jobs or even career. “Public relations is great,” Steinberg said. “It prepares students for any job they might want to go into once they gradu-ate.”

Students discuss careers with professional athletes

To experience reporting, students were assigned to attend the Otterbein women’s basketball game against the John Carroll Blue Streaks. After the game, the students asked the coach and two players questions during a press conference held in the upstairs lounge of the Rike Center. Each student wrote a recap of the game that was due by midnight. Steinberg used this as a way to show how public relations is used before, during and after a sports game through the report-ers viewpoint rather than the media relations view. “I wanted to show the stu-dents what it is like on the other side by receiving information from the PR personnel and what helped them write the recap or ask questions,” Steinberg said. Ten students, including Mitchell and sophomore football kicker Alana Gaither, received the chance to attend an Ohio State Women’s Basketball game. Afterwards, these students sat in on a press conference and networked with other media relations individuals that work at The Ohio State.

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a football tradition: Otterbein football players pose with St. Louis Rams linebacker James Laurinaitis.photo by dan steinberg

New coach talks about life on and off the courtphoto by stephanie parker

a learning process: New head coach Todd Adrian teaches and instills in his players that basketball is a learning experience and that true success comes over time and not overnight.

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By Jazmyne FloweStaff Writer

Nearing the end of his first season, men’s basketball coach Todd Adrian talks about his future goals for the program

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The Otterbein men’s basket-ball season is coming to a close under first-year coach Todd Adrian. For Adrian, however, this year is just the beginning. Otterbein named Adrian the new men’s head basketball coach last May after the retirement of Dick Reynolds. Adrian is a native of Wichita, Kan., where he received his bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Kansas. He spent nine years coaching in Lawrence, Kan. before moving to Wisconsin and coaching at Edgewood College for 13 years. Adrian came to Otterbein with his wife, Jennie, and their 4-year-old twins, daughter, Pay-ton, and son, Tyson.

How was life back in Wisconsin? Wisconsin was great, except for all the snow! Great people in that part of the nation and the basketball was very good as well. My wife and I really enjoyed our time there and have many great friends from our time there. We are happy to be back a little farther south and to be back in the Bible Belt really makes this area feel very much like home.

What is your overall basketball philosophy and its role? My philosophy is that what you learn on the court and in the locker room transcends the game. I truly believe that doing things the right way, working hard and being a good person while treating others well are some of the most important les-sons in life.

What would you try to teach your players besides basketball? I really think it is my respon-sibility to be a good example to our players and to help them mature into adulthood. We talk a lot about how to be a good person as well as becom-ing a good player and reaching your potential on and off the court. Most importantly, they need to see those things in me as a coach, husband and father.

Tell me about your family. I am blessed to have my top recruit by my side every day. My wife is a sports and basketball junkie like myself and couldn’t be happier with our move to Otterbein. She was a 12-letter winner in high school and played three sports at a school in Kan-sas City much like Otterbein.

We have twin 4-year-olds that have grown up in the gym and always look forward to the fam-ily’s next adventure that usually revolves around some type of team function.

How has coaching affected your life? It has definitely enriched my life through all of the relation-ships I have formed over the years.

What do you do outside of coaching basketball? I enjoy spending time with my family. If I had more time I would definitely play more golf, basketball and tennis. To relax, I enjoy playing the guitar, and as soon as my wife will let me, I want to get another drum set; for my son of course.

What are some things that you want to accomplish and have accom-plished? I have a great family and am a head college basketball coach, which are two of my greatest accomplishments. I would like to lead the Cardinals to another National Championship.

What is the team’s goal this year? We want to be competitive in every game and be playing our best basketball come tournament

time and bring a championship experience to everyone at Ot-terbein.

What is your best coaching memory? All of my best memories revolve around (my) former play-ers and members of (my former) coaching staff.

What are your coaching goals and where do you hope the team to be in the coming years? My coaching goals are to restore the tradition of compet-ing for championships here at Otterbein. I hope to coach here in Westerville until I retire.