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The Black & MagentaVol. 119, Issue 25April 13, 2015

Kathryn Kellar, Editor-in-Chief

Tuition Increase

Muskingum University tuition will increase for 2015-2016 academic year.

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Philip and Betsey Caldwell Hall celebrates anniversary

Brenna BusbyOrbit Media Reporter

April 20, 2002 was a rainy day in New Concord, but that didn’t stop Muskingum University’s Groundbreak-ing Ceremony for Philip and Betsey Caldwell Hall. The weather caused the ceremony to relocate to the John Glenn Gym.

Caldwell Hall was finished in Spring 2004. The first full academic year in

Karysa KentOrbit Media Reporter

Amber Zifzal, Director of Student Conduct, start-ed her newest position at Muskingum University on March 23. She grew up locally in Cumberland where her parents still live.

Zifzal was chosen to replace Anthony Polito after he was hired to work at Columbus State University.

Zifzal may be new to the Director of Student Con-duct position, but she is not new to Muskingum Uni-versity. Zifzal’s first position at Muskingum was as a Student Life Coordinator.

During her first year at Muskingum University in

2010 she lived in Thomas Hall as the Area Coordina-tor and her second and third years she lived in Me-morial and Moore Halls. Zifzal was also in charge of Centerboard, which is now known as Muskingum Programing Board, or MPB.

“It was something I was really excited to do, [to] just kind of have some new experiences,” said Zifzal.

After spring semester of 2013, Zifzal left Musking-um University for the College of Wooster to work as their Director of Residence Life.

“I was offered the position Director of Residence Life, which was very much an appropriate next step,” said Zifzal.

Zifzal then received an email stating that the

Director of Student Conduct position was open at Muskingum University.

She sent in her portfolio and went through an in-terview process. During that interview Zifzal was able to meet with the Student Life staff and the mem-bers of the Community Standards Board. She has only been here a short time since her return, but she is already enjoying her time.

“It has been good to be back and see some familiar faces and to reconnect with students,” said Zifzal.

According to Zifzal, she has had a relatively smooth transition into this new position working on conduct cases, serving as chair for the Community Standards Board, and keeping up-to-date on policies.

Student Life hires new Director of Student Conduct

Muskingum University Public Relations

Philip Caldwell at the groundbreak-ing ceremony on April 20, 2002.

Muskingum University Public RelationsBoard of Trustees members and faculty and staff from the Communication, Me-dia, & Theatre Department at the groundbreaking on April 20, 2002.

Relay for Life

New Concord and university campus come together to stand up against cancer.

Muskingum Baseball

Muskies dominant in route of Bison.

the building was 2004-2005. The entire Communication, Media,

& Theatre Department (CMT) was under one roof when the building was complete.

The building honors Philip Caldwell and Betsey Clark Caldwell.

Philip Caldwell ‘40 was a Musking-um University alumnus who succeed-ed Henry Ford II as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman for Ford Motor Company. He was the first non-Ford family member to run the company. Caldwell was a Muskingum Univer-sity Board of Trustees member for 37 years. He died on July 10, 2013 at 93.

Jerry Martin, retired Professor of Communication, Media, & Theatre, believes that Philip and Betsey Cald-well Hall is an advantage and adds to the department as a whole.

“Since the 1970s, it was the first time that the entire department was all together and it made it much easi-er for faculty to interact with and work together on projects and things which still is a big hallmark of this depart-ment,” said Martin.

Before Caldwell Hall was built, the speech classes were taught on the top floor of Montgomery Hall. The Ra-dio and Television headquarters were based in the basement of Cambridge Hall. Theatre was located on the east part of campus in Johnson Hall with Layton Theatre. The idea for a united arts building came about in the early 1970s so the building being completed

was very satisfying for many including Martin.

“I think if you had to pick a moment [that was most memorable] it was real-izing that the theater was finally built and the facility was finally built,” said Martin.

The building also allowed for Fo-rensics, Radio, Television, and Speech programs to thrive in a combined space.

“So you can see the kind of progress that was made very quickly and that doesn’t happen often on a campus,” said Martin.

He didn’t miss the old workspace in Johnson Hall, and wasn’t sad to see it go.

“Once you had worked in the fa-cilities it was okay to turn them into a grass field,” said Martin.

Being the newest academic space on campus brought a lot of different peo-ple through the doors other than just the CMT Department.

“When we moved to this facility the biggest shock was that the facility became a multiple use facility,” said Martin. “The Education Department wanted to use the small theatre across the hall for classes. This room [the the-atre] was used for admission events, [and] alumni events, and that took a long period of adjustment, just to get used to that, because we came from whenever we wanted to do something we could do it without ever having to worry about scheduling.”

See CALDWELL HALL,on Page 5

News Christine Holmes, News & Managing Editor

Kandee Ferrell Special Sections/Opinion Editor

Muskingum University’s newly revised off campus living policy re-quires students to reside on campus for six semesters before they can live off campus. This policy change came after long discussions based on student re-tention and financial sense.

According to Janet Heeter-Bass, Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, the university is following suit with many other higher learning institutions that require three years or more of on campus living.

“Some schools have four-year re-quirements, we felt like that was not necessarily good for our student popu-lation, so we did decide to go with the three-year requirement,” said Heeter-Bass.

Student housing renovations fol-

lowed the decision to require students to live on campus for three years. As of Fall 2015, all residence halls and Lake-side housing will be air conditioned. The university also plans to purchase new furniture for residents.

“We’re trying to do some things to make those areas a little bit nicer for upperclassmen who are moving into [houses,] especially the houses on Lakeside and the Townhouses,” said Heeter-Bass.

Students who started their academic career at Muskingum before the fall of 2013 have not been affected by the pol-icy change so juniors living off campus will not be asked to move back to ful-fill the six semester requirement.

According to Heeter-Bass, students have accepted the new policy with ease and there has not been an increase in appeals to live off campus since the change was made.

Students must stay oncampus until seniors

Christine Holmes/Black & MagentaDepot apartments are an off campus living option for students.

Tuition on the rise

Internship search is on

Kandee Ferrell Special Sections/Opinion Editor

The 2015-2016 academic year will see a tuition increase of approximately 4.4 percent. This raise in tuition is in the range of increases over the last five years. According to Director of Enroll-ment, Jeff Zellers, tuition goes up each year in order to provide more financial aid for students and salary increases for faculty and staff.

Zellers mentioned that tuition goes up for many universities around the country and those who don’t experi-ence the increase often face budget cuts that lead to the loss of faculty. That loss can lead to larger class sizes and less one on one experience with professors.

“Muskingum doesn’t want to have to cut any services to students, doesn’t want to have the size of the faculty… so we think that most students can ab-

sorb a little bit of [an] increase each year,” said Zellers.

The increase is seemingly here to stay because it is a necessary part of revenue for the university. Tuition ac-counts for approximately 70 percent of university income.

“It is going to happen and it is go-ing to happen almost every year,” said Zellers.

He explained that a 4.4 percent in-crease turns out to be about $900 in tuition cost and approximately $200 to $300 in room and board.

Those students who struggle to keep up with the increases can go to Student Financial Services for assistance.

According to Zellers, about 50 per-cent of students do see an increase in their financial aid to help with the tui-tion increase each year. The 2015-2016 increase will affect both incoming first year students and returning students.

Jonnie NeuhartOrbit Media Reporter

The search for summer internships for students is well underway.

Jackie Vascura, Director of Career Services, said that there are a lot of in-ternship opportunities that depend on things like where the student wants to be and what their major is.

“Any student with any major can do an internship,” said Vascura.

She explained that in order to get ac-ademic credit for your internships you need to be a junior or a senior with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.

However, if an underclassmen wants to do an internship they are able to do so and put that experience on their

, but would not receive any ac-ademic credit.

Sophomores can do the equivalent that is called career field experience that has an academic requirement of a minimum 2.0 GPA.

There are many potential perks that students can get if they take on summer internships such as gaining knowledge.

Students can get job offers at the end of their internships.

They can create networking connec-tions, get letters of recommendations, and references from the experience and some internships are paid.

“The value that a student gains from that experience is tremendous, because they are not applying what they are learning in the classroom in the real world setting,” said Vascura. “I’ve seen students who’ve done internships

and just had kind of had an explosion of excitement for their major and their future career as a result of that intern-ship.”

A lot of internships are local but Ca-reer Services has internships from in-ternational companies too.

Although Career Services is a main source for finding internships students are also encouraged to explore more internship opportunities.

According to Vascura, there are many ways that students can look for opportunities such as looking within their contacts, attending job fairs, read-ing in their Student Digest emails or internship websites like indeed.com or simplyhired.com.

“There’s not one path I can say that a student should take...there are many,” said Vascura.

The application process of each in-ternship can differ according to Vas-cura, but most require good , which Vascura and Career Services are willing to help students with at any part of the process.

After the comes interviews, which Career Services also offers help in the form of workshops throughout the academic year.

Vascura advises students interested in finding an internship to begin the search early.

She is available to assist any Muskingum student in need of help.

Students can set up appointments for internship advice and help from Jackie Vascura by emailing Vascura at [email protected].

Correction:For the “Rotaract Coffeehouse builds a bridge” article in The Black & Magenta Vol. 119, Issue 24, the date of the coffeehouse is April 20, not April 28. The Black & Magenta staff members regret this error.

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Editorial StaffEditor-in-Chief: Kathryn Kellar

News & Managing Editor: Christine HolmesSpecial SectionsEditor: Kandee FerrellSports Editor: Chris MorganOpinion Editor: Kandee FerrellWeb Editor: Josey JamesCopy Editors: Lindsey Kreamer & Brenna BusbyCirculation Manager: Nick LambesFaculty Advisor: Lisa Marshall Muskingum University

Police Crime LogMarch 30- Theft reported from John Glenn Gym.- E-Squad was needed at 135 Lake-side Dr.

April 4- Assisted the New Concord Police Department on a traffic stop.- Trouble alarm at the Phi Tau house,

everything checked okay.- Trouble alarm at the Phi Tau house, everything checked okay. Advised Physical Plant.

Throughout the week- Several calls for service including, transports to class for injured stu-dents, vehicle and dorm lockouts, and vehicle jumpstarts.

Muskiepalooza Carnival comingJie YuOrbit Media Reporter

Muskies will have a carnival to cele-brate the end of the academic year.

The annual “Muskiepalooza” event will take place on the East Lawn on Saturday, April 25 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

“Muskiepalooza” is organized by Muskingum’s Programming Board (MPB), formerly known as Center-board, every year.

Typically the event includes, car-nival rides, food vendors, and free T-shirts.

“Muskiepalooza” also includes an informal dance party or a concert de-pending on the year.

“[This is] something that students look forward to every year, because it gives students something to come out to celebrate...and have fun at the end of

the year,” said President of Musking-um Programming Board, Heidi Wolfe.

Every year, carnival rides are brought to the event.

For instance, there was a zipline last year. Ziplining enables people to trav-el approximately 30 feet from the top to the bottom of the inclined cable by holding on to the freely moving pulley.

A variety of free food is served at “Muskiepalooza.”

In the past, food at the event has in-cluded fried doughnuts, pretzels and candy. Students can also enjoy face painting, fake tattooing, and inflat-ables.

Sophomore Dylan Parker participat-ed in “Muskiepalooza” last year.

“It was a lot of fun,” said Parker. “We acted like kids.”

This year, “Muskiepalooza” is try-ing to bring a new experience to the students with different carnival rides.

“We went to a conference in Minne-apolis, Minn. this February and found two rides that we never had before,” said Wolfe. “So we are going to have [them]. We try to make this time more unique than in the past.”

Now the members of MPB are working on designing T-shirts, and re-

cruiting volunteers. “We really need

volunteers,” said Wolfe.

Forty-eight volun-teers in total will be assigned to do dif-ferent tasks in order to prep for “Musk-iepalooza.”

Those volunteers will be responsible for setting up and tear-ing down equipment, helping students to fill out waivers, and keeping everything in order.

As a reward, vol-unteers can get a free staff T-shirt.

Junior Aliyah Byron has attended “Muskiepalooza” twice.

“It’s really a good time to de-stress, because it’s before the finals, so you can just relax for a while and have fun,” said Byron. “I’m really excited to see what they will bring to the cam-pus, what kind of rides. I hopefully can get a lot of friends together. We can go down and have some fun.”

Parker also has a great impression of the event.

“It’s kind of like a ‘hooray, we sur-vived a year,’” said Parker. “We did it. We came through it together as a...col-lective Muskingum University and it’s just a time to kind of have one last go at being festive and being very sociable.”

After this year’s daytime carnival themed “Muskiepalooza” there will be a dance party that will be hosted on Saturday, April 25 at 9 p.m.

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Seniors hunt for jobsSarah ListonOrbit Media Reporter

With the final weeks before gradua-tion having arrived, many Muskingum seniors are planning on finding a job.

Embarking on a job search is one of the first things that a student might do with their major experience that they learned during their time at Musking-um University.

That search is something that stu-dents do not have to do on their own.

Career Services is ready to help Muskies transition from campus to the work force.

“We’re very comfortable here in New Concord, and we’re very fortu-nate to be in such a great place, but it’s a change,” said Director of Career Ser-vices, Jackie Vascura. “It’s something new. You have to find the time, and you have to be brave enough to look for those new opportunities and decide that you’re ready to transition to those new opportunities.”

Making sure that resources are avail-able to help make the switch available can be crucial, particularly at a time when students are at their busiest.

“Career Services does a really good job of that,” said Business major pre-

paring to graduate in May, Karleigh Uhl. “[Vascura] helps me out a lot with finding jobs and searching, making sure my resum looks good, and all that fun stuff.

Muskingum has done a really good job just keeping my options open.”

For many students, planning for life post-graduation begins before the senior year, at all stages of the college career, even during the first year.

During these years, students can plan internships, study abroad pro-grams, and plan other things that will appeal to potential employers.

Building up a resum is also a cru-cial part of finding a job.

“One of the first things I encourage students to do is start working on a resum ,” said Vascura. “Start figuring out what they’ve done, and how they can compile that into this document that they’re going to use to market their experiences and themselves. I en-courage all students to have someone review that document. Create it, have something on paper, but then have someone look at it and give them feed-back.”

Career Services is open to any stu-dent who wishes to seek advice on their chosen career path, help with finding internships, job offers, and other op-portunities, as well as how to build a good resum .

Community Corner Christine Holmes, News & Managing Editor

Week of April 13Baseball

Softball

Track & Field

John Glenn HS Sports

April 13Varsity at Tri-Valley5 p.m.JV vs. Tri-Valley5 p.m.April 15Varsity vs. Philo5 p.m.JV at Philo5 p.m.April 17Varsity at Morgan5 p.m.JV vs. Morgan 5 p.m.

April 13Varsity at Tri-Valley5 p.m.JV vs. Tri-Valley5 p.m.April 14Varsity vs. Cambridge5 p.m.JV at Cambridge5 p.m.April 15Varsity vs. Philo5 p.m.JV at Philo5 p.m.April 17Varsity at Morgan5 p.m.JV vs. Morgan 5 p.m.

April 14Boys & Girls vs.New Lexington & Philo4:30 p.m.

Relay for Life hits close to homeKathryn KellarEditor-in-Chief

Relay for Life is sponsored by the American Cancer Society and aims towards three goals: celebrating, re-membering and fighting back against cancer.

The main aim of Relay for Life is to work towards finding a cure.

Individuals form teams to walk or run on a track to raise money that is donated to funds supporting research for cancer cures.

Muskingum University’s Relay for Life organization was scheduled to host this year’s Relay for Life on Sat-urday, April 11 at 6 p.m. until Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. in the Recreation Center.

This year’s theme was #wtf or “Win the Fight,” and throughout the night there were themed hours.

Local artists performed during the event including Muskingum Universi-ty’s chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

band, Surreal, Blue Mercury, and the campus Black Ice Dance group.

Full-Time Learning Consultant with Muskingum University’s Plus Program, Kevin Lacey, the current advisor for Muskingum University’s Relay for Life, has a personal experience that ties him to the cause.

“I feel like I can play an important role model because I’m kind of like an anomaly,” said Lacey. “I was a 22-year-old person diagnosed with cancer [and] that is not the main age that people are afflicted with such a disease. We have childhood cancer, but it’s mostly the older populations that are the ones that…are afflicted with cancer, and so I kind of want to revamp and get the word out for this event because it kind of needed a fresh look.”

Muskingum University’s Relay for Life President, McKenzie Hagy, is a part of Relay for Life because of a fam-ily member.

“I was inspired by [my] grandma to be involved in Relay for Life,” said

Hagy. “She was a huge part of my life and was taken suddenly. She always taught me to give back to those who need it the most. I relay for my grand-ma, and I think it’s important people understand that when you come to relay to be respectful. Everyone has a story, take the time to ask people about theirs.”

The group also sold T-shirts for $10 to raise money toward Relay for Life. Prizes were also available for a raffle.

Prizes included a tanning package, newly released movies, and a dorm room themed basket.

“We need to find a cure,” said Lac-ey. “We need to raise the money. We need to fund research to eventually find this cure because it impacts a lot of lives, both those who are suffering from it and those who are involved.”

According to cancer.org, for 2015, there will be approximately 1,658,370 new cases of cancer that will be diag-nosed and 589,430 total cancer deaths will occur in the U.S.

Wellness Fair “just for the health of it”

Sarah Liston/Black & Magenta




Students visit tables full of health information and give-aways from local health-related organizations.

Lifestyle & CultureKandee Ferrell, Special Sections & Opinion Editor

“Divergent” sequel offers hope for YA sci-fi series’ everywhere Kathryn KellarEditor-in-Chief

Within the last month the “Divergent” series sequel “Insurgent” came to theaters. “Divergent” is one of the current popular dystopian fiction series.

The film stars Shailene Woodley as main heroine Tris (“The Fault in Our Stars” and “The Spectacular Now”). Tris’ love interest Four is played by Theo James (“Underworld: Awakening” and “The Inbetweeners”).

Other popular actors in the film includes Kate Winslet (“Titanic” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) as villain Jeanine, Ansel Elgort (“The Fault in Our Stars” and “Carrie”) as Tris’ brother Caleb, and Miles Teller (“The Spectacular Now” and “Whiplash”) as fellow Dauntless member Peter.

The “Divergent” series is based off of the popular books written by Veronica Roth. The film picks up from the first film “Divergent,” where members of a dystopian society must choose a faction.

The faction system divides members of society based on their strengths. The factions include, Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, Erudite and the Factionless.

All factions are located across a vast area. Abnegation are the selfless individuals.

Amity focuses on harmony and peace with one another.

Candor’s focus is the truth. Dauntless consists of individuals who are brave. Erudites are centered on the importance of learning.

The factionless are those who did not pass initiation for their chosen faction.

The film showcases beautiful scenery and imagery when showing a failing faction system.

In the beginning viewers see Tris, Four, Peter (all Dauntless), and Caleb

(Erudite) running from Dauntless henchman of Erudite. In a faction system that is crumbling, the main characters must work toward finding security among other factions.

This film as a whole is a great sequel to “Divergent.”

All returning actors did a great job. Elgort’s portrayal of Caleb in “Insurgent” is straight on from Roth’s book. Woodley is phenomenal as main heroine Tris, through her struggles of guilt and strength in a difficult time. James does a fantastic job of playing Tris’ love interest, Four.

He will make viewers better understand Four’s motivations as an important character to the series. For those who follow the “Divergent” series this film will not disappoint. In order to fully enjoy “Insurgent” it is important that viewers watch “Divergent” as well.

If you are interested, it would also be great to read the series to gain a full understanding of the series more than the movies can provide.

For a film adaption of a popular series this film deserves 4.5 stars because of the actor’s character chemistry, video‘s scene quality, and accuracy to the book.

CALDWELL HALL, continued from Page 1

WMCO, the campus radio station, relocated to its current home on the second floor of Caldwell Hall.

WMCO signed off for the last time in its Cambridge Hall studio in Decem-ber 2003.

Sonny Alfman was the Broadcast Engineer at the time of the move and he focused on all of the technical as-pects of the relocation.

“One of the most important things obviously was to upgrade all the equip-ment as we moved from one building to another, to make sure that we were up to the standards of the day and to improve everything that we could along the way,” said Alfman.

The move, like any other, had its ob-stacles.

“There were challenges because the building was behind [on] construction time and we were supposed to move at a certain time and we had to relocate into the building before it was actually completed,” said Alfman.

WMCO returned to air on its birth-day, Jan. 28, 2004.

“The off-air was not too bad for the students, but it was pretty bad for me the engineer, because we were rushed to get it on the air as quickly as possi-

ble,” said Alfman.When students in the Geyer Studio,

in the Burlingame Communication Center, signed on for the first time, construction wasn’t finished on the rest of the building.

“This led to a funny thing, because for about a month during the final con-struction the students operating as DJs had to wear hard hats,” said Alfman. “So we had hard hat DJs.”

He returns to campus from time to time and has noticed some changes.

“They’ve added new equipment over the past 10 years and it has made it even better,” said Alfman.

During Easter Break 2004, movers shifted faculty offices into the newly built Caldwell Hall.

In October 2004, Caldwell Hall had its official dedication ceremony.

“This is probably the long-lasting building for this department, that this department will be expected to use,” said Martin.

More than 1,000 Muskingum stu-dents, faculty, staff, and alumni signed one of two beams that were placed in-side of the Sandra Wolfe Thompson Theatre in Caldwell Hall. The beams remain today.

See more photos of the ground-breaking of Philip and Betsey Caldwell Hall on www.orbitmediaonline.com.

Spoiler Alert!Movie Insurgent

Reviewer K. Kellar

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Muskingum University Public RelationsBoard of Trustees President and WMCO Student Founder, Hal Burlingame, and Muskingum University President, Anne Steele at the groundbreaking of Philip and Betsey Caldwell Hall on April 20, 2002.

Muskingum University Public RelationsBoard of Trustees Member and WMCO Student Founder, Hal Burlingame, be-side Muskingum University President, Anne Steele signs the beam to be placed in the Sandra Wolfe Thompson Theatre on April 20, 2002.

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M a s l o w ’s hierarchy of needs claims that we achieve goals in our lives in steps.

F i r s t w e achieve the physiological need for food and shelter.

L a s t w e achieve self-ac-t u a l i z a t i o n

where we experience purpose and re-alize our true potential. Try and guess which one I’m working on right now. I’ll give you a hint.

It’s a trick question. I’m a senior in college (if you haven’t picked up on that) which means I’m being asked to do both.

I am looking for an apartment a.k.a shelter and I’m also attempting to real-ize my purpose because I’ve come to the end of my pyramid by achieving one of my ultimate goals.

So what does this mean? It means

I’m screwed. I spend half of my time sweating over philosophical ideas like what do I really want out of my life and what kind of person I want to be.

I spend the other half looking for a place to put all of my stuff and try to figure out how to afford to buy food.

College students are asked to strad-dle the pyramid.

I can’t do splits. I’ve never been able to.

I could do a good cartwheel, even a front flip…but never straddle. So instead of straddling, I climb up and down, up and down, all day.

It’s exhausting. My calves look im-peccable but still I’m tired of it.

I just want to be done. Someone please tell me that it’s all going to work out. Tell me everyone thinks the world is crashing down on them. Tell me no one gets their dream job.

Tell me everyone eats pizza rolls for every meal.

Tell me people make it out of here with their hearts intact…and hurry because I fear I won’t make it up the stairs again.

One of the constant struggles that I have had to deal with during my college career is the Internet.

I am a student who owns a Mac laptop.

When I first came to Muskingum I was confused as to why I needed to install anti-virus software when my laptop already had that.

It seemed unnecessary to me and it honestly still does.

Ever since my first year at Muskingum University my Internet connection and I have had a hate-hate relationship. Currently, I have to hold my Ethernet cord into my laptop to have even a slight chance at having any Internet access in my dorm room.

Eventually I give up and I have to relocate whatever I am doing to my hall’s lobby.

I have one of two reactions to this scenario.

One, I want to chuck my Mac at the wall with passionate hatred.

Two, I want to cry in a corner because my Internet failed me in the middle of a very important Netflix episode…I mean homework assignment.

As a graduating senior, I have less than one month left of school and therefore I figure that this inconvenience will not last long.

Another part of my Internet connection struggle is ClamXav.

I have come to strongly dislike the program.

Kandee FerrellSpecial Sections/ Opinion Editor

Kathryn Kellar Editor-in-Chief

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For the past few weeks I have had to continually update my ClamXav software at the most inconvenient moments.

I understand that the university would need to make several changes if they hope to change residential life to Wi-Fi Internet only and that it would not help Internet speed.

The new Verizon Mi-Fi hotspots appear to be an easy option that does not affect other student’s Internet connections.

I believe that the university will continue with the Mi-Fi and I completely understand that.

I wish that the university had started with the Mi-Fi hot spots sooner, so that I would have been more likely to get one.

If I was a first year student and I had the Mi-Fi option I probably would have taken it.

As an upperclassmen, when the Mi-Fi option came out I was used to living without it.

From my perspective the hot spots appear to be the easiest option because they provide fast Internet access and students are not competing against all of the other students on campus, which takes care of a big Internet issue.

What is the best option for me and my Internet problems? All that I can do is continue to update ClamXav and hope for the best.

One thing that I have taken away from my ClamXav experience is that I will find the best Wi-Fi/Internet possible that I can get for a good price when I move into my own place.

For the time being I want to say thank you to ClamXav and Bradford for making me a stronger and at times more patient person.

ClamXav makes me want to cry... something needs done with the campus Internet

Senior year as told by KandeeClimbing the ladder, breaking a sweat

The new Buffalo Wild Wings in Cambridge satisfies Aaron Eno Columnist

So reads a very prominent display inside of the new Buffalo Wild Wings in Cambridge. I was able to take an opportunity to check out the place. It opened on Feb. 23 and seems to be do-ing quite well.

I went after class to visit a friend of

mine from high school. It is fair to say we were both impressed. Nowhere else can I recall in recent memory did the workers open the doors for me.

Aside from the very bright yellow exterior the inside is quite nice.

The bar was in the center and all the furnishings were wood down to the floor. The bar was surrounded by high tables with stools.

The two sides of the restaurant were populated by booths.

The music was not too loud and the TVs were not a huge distraction sur-prisingly, given there is a huge projec-tor.

The service was good. Everyone was really polite and took care of the refills and such. I did not feel that the wait for my food was any longer than usual either. And as an added bonus the food tasted the exact same.

Bottom line, would I go back to the new Buffalo Wild Wings? Yes. Would I recommend it? Yes.

My friend and I didn’t even leave for three hours. In that time I was able to get a feel for the total amount of in-flux of people.

By the time we left it was full. So was I, which is why I love wing Tuesday. Buffalo Wild Wings/Facebook

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Chris MorganSports Editor

Captain’s QuartersNFL sophomores look for break out seasons in 2015

With the NFL Draft quickly app roach ing , it’s easy to for-get about some of the players taken in the pre-vious draft until training camp starts.

H o w e v e r , there are some very high qual-

ity names that stand out when looking at the list of possible breakout players.

Let’s start at the quarterback posi-tion. This is a position that really didn’t get a lot of love on draft day with only three QBs being taken in the first round. That being said there was still some de-cent talent taken in the first few rounds that stood out. That list includes, Vi-kings QB Teddy Bridgewater, Raiders QB Derek Carr, Browns QB Johnny Manziel, and the highest QB taken in the draft Blake Bortles of the Jaguars.

Out of this entire group it’s pretty easy to say that Bridgewater and Bor-tles are set to make the highest jumps in year two. Bortles already has im-pressed many around the league with his poise and his arm, and with an im-proving offensive line that includes the likes of tackle Luke Joeckel, Bortles should be a big player to watch in his sophomore season. Bridgewater was probably the most impressive of all the rookies last season once he finally got to start. With a returning Cordar-relle Patterson and the recent addition of Mike Wallace, Bridgewater has a few weapons at his disposal. The key is whether or not running back Adrian Peterson remains with the team.

Speaking of running backs, San Francisco RB Carlos Hyde is the big name to watch at the position. Hyde spent last season splitting carries with the franchise leading rusher Frank Gore. Gore is now in Indianapolis while former Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush is a 49er now.

Hyde is penciled in as the starter, but we’ll see if that changes in camp. If not, look for Hyde to lead the way in the run-heavy 49er offense.

A lot can be said about last year’s wide receiver class. With the star power of Sammy Watkins, Mike Evans, Odell Beckham Jr., and countless more, the 2014 class was the best WR group in

a long time. Now the question is, how high can they go?

Watkins is now recovering from off-season surgery, but he should be ready to go for training camp. Evans is likely to get an upgrade at QB coming from the likely top pick Jameis Winston. Es-sentially, Winston will be the key go-ing forward for Evans.

If Winston can perform well in his rookie season, then Evans will reap the benefits in his second season, being a top target in the passing game.

Everyone knows about Beckham’s spectacular catches during the 2014 season by now.

The key in going forward for Beck-ham is just how many touches Vic-tor Cruz will take away coming back from injury this season. Cruz was all the buzz in the Giants’ offense before his season-ending injury. That’s when Beckham took over. Eli Manning knows how to spread the ball around though, so Beckham should be fine numbers wise.

Another intriguing player is sec-ond-year tight end Eric Ebron of the Detroit Lions.

In his rookie season, Ebron only managed to grab 25 catches for 248 yards and one touchdown.

He suffered from drop problems early the season, which really slowed down his development in the Lions’ offense.

The North Carolina product still has a lot of potential, but he will have to really be on point in year two.

Not only will he be competing with Calvin Johnson and Golden Tate for touches in the passing game, but if he really wants to be a starting TE in the NFL, he’s going to have to learn how to be an effective blocking TE as well.

In today’s age of pass-happy teams this might come as a bit of a shock.

In reality, the best tight ends in the league can at least be effective in the running game as a blocker.

Look at Rob Gronkowski. Not only is he a beast in the passing game, but he can also go down at the end of the line of scrimmage and take on defensive ends and linebackers in the run game.

If Ebron can pick these things up quick, he’ll be a quickly rising star at TE in his second year.

One thing is for certain, it’s going to be another exciting year for these play-ers in the NFL.

Brenna Busby/Black & MagentaSeth Casto drives a ball over to shortstop for a base hit against Bethany April 1.

Muskies have a hit parade in route of Bethany BisonMartin KurtzOrbit Media Reporter

Muskie Baseball won a non-confer-ence game against Bethany at home with a score of 11-2 on April 1.

While starter Dallas Allen gave up two runs in the top of the second inning off three hits, after the second inning, the sophomore only allowed another two hits. He struck out eight batters over seven innings of work. Allen now improves to a 2-2 record with an earned run average of 6.62.

“Dallas Allen did a good job,” said Head Baseball Coach, Gregg Thomp-son. “Four hits in the first two innings, then when we took him out in the 8th inning, he gave up four hits [overall]. He did a really nice job settling in af-ter the second inning when they scored two and put some zeros up giving us a chance to get the lead.”

After the top of the second inning, the Muskies came back with three runs to gain a 3-2 lead after two RBI singles by A.J. Kazmierczak and Matt Lynn, along with an RBI groundout from sec-ond baseman Jesse Swope.

Muskingum didn’t let up, scoring one run in both the third and fourth innings, before erupting in a six-run outburst in the bottom of the fifth on three singles, and two errors, while still leaving two men on base. The Muskies didn’t have an extra base hit until the

seventh, when centerfielder Christian Leitenburger hit a double in the midst of a 3-hit and 2-run day. Thompson said that he was very pleased with the offense in the game.

“We capitalized on some of their mistakes,” said Thompson. “And we put the ball in play. I don’t think we struck out that many times and we made them make plays and they strug-gled. They had the four errors up on the board and we find a way to ground out runs and at bats, and like I said, take advantage of their mistakes.”

In the game, the Muskies were ag-gressive running the bases, going 2-4 in stolen base attempts, with Leiten-burger taking both of the stolen bases on the day. Thompson attributed the aggressive running to the type of play-ers in the starting lineup.

“We got a couple guys that can real-ly run,” said Thompson. “And I want-ed to take advantage. The catcher did a nice job throwing guys out, but it’s part of our game. We get out, we run, and sometimes they throw you out.”

Relief pitchers Jarin McIntosh and Dylan Davy closed out the game, pitch-ing the seventh and eighth innings, re-spectively. McIntosh gave up two hits, while striking out a pair and Davy gave up one hit but gave up no runs.

The starting pitcher for Bethany was Ryan Bisi, who allowed four earned runs in 2.2 innings on six hits.

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Muskie softball falls to OAC foe in twin bill actionPayton PattersonOrbit Media Reporter

The Muskingum softball team bat-tled OAC opponent Capital University in a double-header at home on Donna J. Newberry Field on Tuesday March 31.

Game one was a battle of runs. Capital jumped out to a 4-1 lead

in the second inning, but a seven-run fourth inning serged the Muskies to an 8-4 lead.

“We did everything that we need-ed to do with our offense and our de-fense,” said Head Coach, Kari Winters.

The seven-run fourth inning was started with a three run double by Se-nior Jaclynn Hess.

With a combined five runs in the sixth and seventh inning, Capital took a 10-9 lead and won the game by the same score.

“Once again our pitching wasn’t strong enough and solid enough to hold out the victory which is extremely frus-trating,” said Winters. “Especially with that type of a lead in conference play you need to be able to seal the deal.”

Sarah Browning was credited with the loss in game one after pitching five innings in relief of starter Jessica Poff.

Poff threw just two innings in the

contest surrendering four earned runs on just five hits.

Browning gave up six runs on seven hits in the game while striking out two.

Game two presented a sticky situa-tion for Winters.

Starting pitcher Kristin Gill went

down with an injury after a collision at home plate while attempting to cover for a loose ball.

The injury put the Muskies in a bind with Haley Dotson and Gabby Smith being the only other normal pitchers to not throw in game one.

In an attempt to fix the pitching problem, Winters dressed first year Haylea Debolt for game two.

“We just wanted to see a fresh look and Debolt came in and came right out of the Snack Shack for us and did a tre-mendous job holding her own until she gave up that homerun late in the game,” said Winters. “But for it being her first college appearance she showed a lot of maturity out there.”

In game two, Capital got another early lead.

With two runs in the first and four runs in the second inning, Capital stood tall with a 6-3 lead.

“Our offense is pretty strong so we didn’t think anything or have any pres-sure against us or on us,” said Winters. “You know to score runs, but unfortu-nately our offense kind of died down there towards the end of the game.”

The rest of the game was scoreless until the sixth inning when Capital got their seventh run of the game.

The Muskies fell short to Capital 7-3 in six innings after the game was called due to darkness.

The losses set the Muskies back fur-ther in the OAC standings, but the team will continue to work towards moving up the line for a chance to defend their 2014 OAC Championship.

Payton Patterson/Black & MagentaKelly Martin steals second base in game one against Capital March 31.

Golf season warming up the swing for the MuskiesAaron Eno & Brenna BusbyOrbit Media Reporters

The Muskingum golf season has started up for both the mens and wom-ens teams this spring after their winter hiatus.

The mens team has played two games in the season so far, placing fifth in the Mount St. Joseph Invitational and second in the Muskingum Invita-tional.

The women played in the Capital Invitational, placing tenth out of ten teams.

They will next be competing in the Wooster Invitational on April 18 and 19.

The weather conditions affected the outcome of the matches at the Invita-tional at Eagle Sticks Golf Course on March 27.

“We played well as a team,” said Head Coach of the mens and womens golf teams, Dave Kirby. “The condi-tions right now are not great for any-body: it’s tough, it’s windy, it’s cold, and it’s raining and as we found out on Friday last week snowing as well,”

Not only have the conditions been challenging for the team, but the com-

petition has been as well. “It’s been a very good season, our

league is really strong,” said Kirby. “There are a lot of good teams not only in our league but in the neighboring leagues in Ohio and the schools we play, so for us to be off to such a good start, we had a really good fall. And we continued that this spring.”

The teams continue to practice even in the offseason.

“When you’re in the offseason when its winter time you got to do the best you can, so we try to hit at the range, and hit downstairs on the net,” said Kirby. “But until you get outside and really get out there on a consistent ba-sis and really play and work on your game on the golf course you’re going to be up and down. But so far we have played pretty well.”

Team golf matches are played with five players from each team. The top four scores are tallied over the two days of any given tournament.

There are specific rules regarding tournament players.

“You can’t substitute, so once you start a tournament that’s your varsity team,” said Kirby.

These players are chosen by a qual-

ifying tournament at the beginning of the season in the fall.

“The hope is we just continue to get better,” said Kirby.

On April 24 through 26 the teams will play in a three day long Confer-ence Championship at River Greens Golf Course.

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