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Alumna peaces out After joining the Peace Corps, graduate Alice McCutcheon plans to teach in China BY JOSH PARK Copy Editor
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Although California might be the farthest Alice McCutcheon has ever strayed from Ohio, she isn’t afraid to go overseas. McCutcheon, an Otterbein alumna, will leave for China this June to become a university teacher as a result of joining the Peace Corps. Her background as an English student worked in her favor, because the Peace Corps in China only accepts English teachers at this time. The need for foreign language teachers, especially English, is high. The Peace Corps is a national organization that promotes contributing staff friendship and cultural exchange Morgan Hendrickson by having unpaid volunteers travel to certain countries for contact us two years and participate in 614-823-1159 community service. There are TCeditor@otterbein360.com currently over 9,000 members of Tan & Cardinal the Peace Corps who are serving Otterbein University in 75 host countries. Westerville, OH 43081 As a 2011 graduate, McCutcheon double majored in advertising English and psychology, and was For advertising information, involved in several campus activicontact Anna Schiffbauer at ties, such as Residence Life and 614-823-1159 or by email at Quiz & Quill literary magazine. sales@otterbein360.com “I learned a lot, professionally and socially (at Otterbein),” Mcpolicies Cutcheon said. This was reinThe views expressed on this page forced by the fact that during the do not necessarily reflect the views interview, she smiled and waved of the faculty and administration of at a number of students who Otterbein University. Opinions expressed in signed were passing in and out of the columns are those of the writer and Courtright Memorial Library. As not of the newspaper staff. Positions she spoke, she was engaging and in unsigned editorials represent a informative, but also remained consensus of the editorial staff. completely relaxed while sitting The first copy of the Tan & Cardinal is free to the public. Each additional copy is $0.50, and payment can be made at the office at 33 Collegeview, Westerville, OH 43081. Offenders will be prosecuted. The T&C staff would love to hear from you. Write a letter to the editor and tell us what you’re thinking. Letters to the editor are letters responding to a writer or an article published in the Tan & Cardinal. Please keep your letter to 300 words or less. It is at the discretion of the Tan & Cardinal staff as to whether or not the letter will be published. Letters attacking an individual will not be accepted. Letters must include the author’s first and last name, signature, phone number, address and affiliation to Otterbein University.
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in a library chair, which seemed to swallow her small frame. “I knew that I wanted to travel internationally and that I’ve always been service-oriented,” McCutcheon said, having completed more than 2,000 hours of community service in high school. McCutcheon considered joining the Peace Corps after a friend recommended it to her, and she decided to take her interest in service to the next level. “Peace Corps is a good way for me to try out teaching. Maybe I’ll change my mind, maybe by the end I will know that that’s what I’ll want to do. It’s a great way to try out the profession without consequences.” Although she currently does not speak Chinese, she will need to so she can teach her students. She is currently studying the basics of the language and her in-country training will include language training. In spite of her excitement, she said that she will miss out on some family experiences.“My sister is having a baby in a couple days. My niece will be two this year. Missing out on family stuff is kind of a big deal for me,” she said. “But I would still say that the excitement is more overwhelming than being nervous.” Her dad bought her a journal to record her experiences, and McCutcheon said she hopes to follow in the footsteps of other Peace Corps volunteers who have documented their experiences and published books. t&c
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POLICE REPORT 4/30 Tires were slashed in the Campus Center east
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McCutcheon completed over 2,000 community service hours in high school. This interest in service led her to the Peace Corps.
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arts & entertainment 4 Student mommies succeed in school and parenthood wednesday, may, 9 2012
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Planning their day and finding time to study prove to be challenging for two Otterbein students with children BY LAINA THOMPSON Arts & Entertainment Editor
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Breckenridge enjoys spending free time with her two children.
Five-year-old Skyler did not want to get his picture taken. “Let’s get this over with already,” he said before the photo shoot even started. As soon as the camera came out, though, he shined, smiling big while scooting in close to his mother and sister, and asking if his father can be in the picture too when he gets home from work. When the pictures were over, he ran off right away to go play with his toys. Skyler’s mother is 25-yearold Otterbein student Kristine Breckenridge. Breckenridge is a senior public accounting and business administration major. She is set to graduate in spring of 2013. Aside from Skyler, Breckenridge also has a 10-month-old daughter, Ava. Having kids has taught her a lot about time management. She has found that she and her husband have to plan around their kids’ schedules when it comes to studying. Breckenridge has to do most of her homework at night or on the weekends when her husband can keep an eye on the kids. Sometimes, though, she can use her homework to spend time with her kids. “My son is in kindergarten, so sometimes we do our homework together,” she said. According to Breckenridge, being in school also inspires her son to do well. “He wants to get good grades like me.” Even with all the responsibilities of keeping up with two kids, she is very serious about her schooling. “I planned Ava’s pregnancy around school,” Breckenridge said. She planned to have Ava near the end of spring quarter last year so she could take the summer off and keep on track. Thirty-year-old Jaime Siddell, a senior Spanish and Latin American studies major, has a 5-year-old son as well. Siddell, along with nights doing homework, takes advantage of library and free time given in class to do her studying.
“Any time outside of school is taken up by my job or my son, so I don’t have a lot of free time,” she said. “I can’t really do the amount of studying that I want, so any time I do get to study it has to be 100 percent focused. After I put him to bed, I only have 30 or 40 minutes until I have to go to bed myself. So I have to be real diligent in my notes.” Her son is in preschool and has learned the importance of school through his mother. “He knows that he only goes to school when I go to school,” she said. In January she was able to study abroad in Chile. She had to let her son know that she was only leaving him to help with their futures. Both Breckenridge and Siddell look to their support system when they are in need. Aside from being able to help her out on the weekends, Breckenridge said that her husband’s job is flexible enough that he can come home during the day if she absolutely needs him. She also looks to her parents and sister for help in watching the kids. “My mom lives, like, .7 miles away,” she said. “She watches the kids when I have class.” Siddell’s parents help her out as well. They look after her son when she needs a sitter and
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watched her son while she studied abroad. Siddell is not only learning in class, but she is also learning from her son. “He taught me to appreciate the little things in life,” Siddell said. “The other day we were driving, and I was so stressed about getting him to school on time so I could get to school on time, and he said, ‘Look at the sky, Mom, it’s so blue today,’ and we don’t even look at the sky half of the time. We don’t even take in the little things, but they do and it makes you realize that while my every day is filled with responsibility and my job, he is always with me and so appreciative of life.” Having a son has also impacted her school work. She finds bits that she learned from parenthood slipping into papers she writes. It also gives her a different perspective in the classroom. After Siddell graduates, she hopes to take a year off and come back for her master’s. Breckenridge wants to look for a public accounting job with flexibility. Breckenridge said she is asked all the time, “How do you do it?” Her answer: She just does. She does what she has to for her family.
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Relationships year by year
thUmbS Up thUmbS DoWn BY DENNISON SLEEPER Opinion Editor
Sophomore examines how relationships begin and develop as we change classes in college I’d like to start this issue by congratulating all of our graduating seniors, and to anybody who has supported our new sex column this year. Like most of you I have spent the last few weeks complaining about studying and finding DENNISON new ways to SLEEPER procrastinate. Did you know there is a website dedicated to pasting Matt Damon’s face onto cartoon ponies? The silly things I find instead of writing quality articles. Each year college brings new challenges and opportunities. As we grow older and develop into more mature people, we desire new experiences, and this is true for our sex lives as well. So for our last issue of the year I’m going to explore what people are interested in during their college lives and how it changes. And you’re going to read it because you started, and you may as well finish to see if I managed to slip a comment about my genitals past the copy editors.
Freshman
It has all come down to this. No more keeping the screen door propped at night so people could sneak in without making noise, finding open rooms at parties or waiting for parents to leave for dinner. This is the year where most of us forget
the finer points of sex education class and delve pelvis-first into a cesspool of debauchery and hedonism. Or at least have a few one-night stands that you’ll exaggerate to your friends until your roommate calls you out. Seriously, if he was awake he should’ve just said something or left the room anyway. This is the year where mistakes are accepted and easily forgotten, unless that mistake requires topical cream and antibiotics. Some people will begin to date but most are excited by all the new opportunities.
Sophomore
The reality of college has set in. We actually have work to do, classes to attend and we can pick a more compatible roommate. Now that students are more comfortable and familiar in our surroundings, some begin to seek a relationship. With the end of college still far ahead and the newness of freshman year behind us, a relationship can seem like the perfect option. You don’t have to plan too far ahead and it can remain casual. But if you just spent the previous year getting bossed around by actives in a fraternity or sorority, chances are good that you’re going to want to enjoy your first year of privileges as a single person. Nothing kills the mood at a mixer like a jealous partner glaring at your brothers and sisters while reminding you to
Relationships over time Beginning of college
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No commitment, looking for fun and excitement.
leave early so you don’t miss the new episode of “True Blood.” And if you are a couple and that is your favorite show, stop reading this article and go flush your eyes with bleach because something about your vision is seriously obscuring your reasoning abilities.
Junior
It seems like only last year you walked onto the campus and met your roommate. Now you have to work on requirements for your major, find some prime off-campus real estate for next year and get an internship. You can’t ignore the fact that you will be in the real world sooner than later, and for some students this can be the busiest year of college. Now that you’re well-established in Otterbein culture, it can seem redundant to start dating. On the days you aren’t studying, working or getting severely intoxicated to forget about your responsibilities, you may struggle to maintain a relationship. For those of us who plan on moving out of state after college, dating can be a struggle. Most juniors will either be looking for someone as mature as they are, or they will take advantage of their situation. Remember that one person you really wanted freshman year but they hooked up with an upperclassman? Remember that underclassman who gave you their number last weekend? And the cycle continues.
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On a side note, never enter the words “senior” and “relationship” into an online search engine. If you haven’t been in a relationship by now, you’ve been having a great time these past few years, had really great grades or are having a hard time putting down your Xbox controller. This is the year you should be frantically trying to organize your life like an episode of “Hoarders” and you have a week until the house is repossessed, only you’re less likely to find a lost animal dead under thirty boxes of old National Geographic issues. This is your last year in college so you have to make it count, and beginning a relationship now can be seriously difficult, if not detrimental to your goals. You need to be a bit selfish and a lot more dedicated as a senior, and if you have been in a relationship up until now it is time to seriously analyze how your partner will affect your ability to achieve what you want. Nobody is done developing as a senior in college, and if your relationship is going to hinder you in any way, then it’s time to move on. It can be scary to start a new life without someone you’ve been so close with, but sometimes throwing yourself into the fire is what you need. t&c DENNISON SLEEPER IS A SOPHOMORE JOURNALISM MAJOR AND THE OPINION EDITOR FOR THE t&c.
Senior
Who cares? You’re a senior. Do what you want.
More of the same, but starting to settle down.
Junior Find something that works with your schedule.
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This is our final issue of the semester, which means I get to spend time thinking of ideas for next year ... because I’m scraping the barrel at this point. The “Keep Off the Grass” campaign taught
me the word “moobs,” which I now regularly slip into conversation. For those of you who don’t know, moobs are man boobs, apparently created from marijuana use. Haha, moobs.
The NBA playoffs are my favorite sports event of the year. Thrilled to see my young Thunder sweep the Mavs. Thunder-Up!
Thanks to major injuries to the top East contenders in the NBA playoffs, the Heat are looking like surefire winners. “The Decision” haunts me to this day.
I’m really low on food, and my diet consists of almonds, beef jerky and the occasional hand fruit.
End of college
The cover sheet on my bed keeps coming undone, and I’m too lazy to fix it.
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The three men’s golf seniors reflect on career at Otterbein and look forward to what lies ahead on the course BY MORGAN HENDRICKSON Staff Writer
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Six tournament wins, their third OAC Championship in four years and a trio of seasoned seniors are all leading up to the chance to compete for a national title for the men’s golf team. After winning the conference, the Cardinals are making an appearance at the NCAA Division III Championships May 15-18 at Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. As the season winds down, seniors Brock Neighbors and Taylor Ford and graduate student Ben Adams express their expectations for the NCAA Championship and reflect on their experience at Otterbein. The Cards have been crowned golf OAC champions for the third time in four years. Graduate student Ben Adams finished first overall, individually taking medalist honors at the OAC.
Sophomore Matt Mosca placed fifth while Ford and Neighbors tied for sixth. Junior Taylor Harle tied for 23rd. When the Cardinals last appeared at the NCAA Championship in 2009 and 2010, they placed 13th. This year, Neighbors feels that finishing in the top five or 10 is a realistic goal. Adams has high hopes for the tournament as well. Even though he doesn’t expect any specific results, he has faith in his teammates, who he said can compete with anyone. Ford hopes the Cards get off to a good start early in the first two days, and then that will secure them to do well for the rest of the tournament. “It’s all about having fun, though, and that’s the main goal,” Ford said. Adams, Ford and Neighbors have made some lasting memories during their golfing career at Otterbein. One memory that
stuck out to Adams was when the team reenacted a scene from “A Night at the Roxbury” in the
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It’s better than a sport like football where there are 50 players and it is really hard to become close with everyone, but golf makes that possible. We are all good friends, so it’s made a memorable senior season. Taylor Ford senior
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van on their way to a tournament. The song “What is Love” by Haddaway was bursting out of the van while the golf team, including the driver, nodded their white hats to the right. Ford’s favorite memory from his four years at Otterbein was during his freshman year after the Cards had finished the NCAA Championships. “We were all really happy with how we finished, and I gained a couple lifelong friends. The whole week was incredible.” Neighbor’s favorite memory was during his freshman year when the Cardinals upset John Carroll to win the OAC. “The seniors on that team had never been to Nationals, and helping them finally make it was pretty awesome.” Fond memories Adams recalled were how the team played a lot of golf and won a lot of tournaments. “I hope we can bring this to nationals,” he said.
For Brock, his favorite memory had to be last week at the OAC. “Seeing Ben finishing up his round knowing that we were going to win was an incredible feeling,” Neighbors said. For Ford, the team was successful because they are a close-knit group of good friends and have been going through the season as a real team. “It’s better than a sport like football where there are 50 players and it is really hard to become close with everyone, but golf makes that possible. We are all good friends, so it’s made a memorable senior season.” In addition to qualifying, the team’s head coach Matt Cooperrider was recently named the 2012 OAC Coach of the Year. The team will leave to compete during finals week. The tournament has 210 participants battling it out to call themselves a national champion.
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