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LINDSAY CAMERONDAVID MOHN@AUCollegian

Two essays published in

Ashland University’s cre-

bringing acclaim not only to

graduate creative writing

program.

“The Best American Essays

as notables.

received these honors “shows

by the people involved pro-

ducing award-winning writ-

ed and edited by AU English

among writers and editors

since its beginning.

nals in the country…We’ve

Essays’ really enhances our

we get more respect and at-

tention nationally than on

Atwan said it is not rare

magazines such as the “New

Best Americans when com-

peting against larger pub-

lications that only received

high quality work. The

received two “Best Ameri-

ing writers and paying them

Wells’s essay “Country

as a notable in “Best Ameri-

material published in “Ri-

nationally recognized.

by publishing people close

Lehman said.

it goes in. And it’s nice that

we are getting validated by

said.

eventually that Harvey

would receive a “Best Ameri-

honor will help both their

lishing in small quarterlies

receiving a “Best Ameri-

so they have names to con-

“River Teeth”

essays honored by

Best American

BECCA RIBLEY @BRibley

Hugo Young stage with an enthusias-

They wanted to learn everything he

places and work harder than they have

Scott Hudson has already done

He then went to grad school and dove

into New York City. He coached stars

and acted in many plays and through

continues to pass his knowledge on to

students so that they can discover the

knows everyone and many people live

that teaching was what he was meant to

now brought him to Ashland.

and seeing the grasp that they had on

someone was teaching these students

correctly and he wanted to contribute

to that.

that they were looking to start brand

new with a brand new program and

go into a place and start ground zero

bring on someone who had knowledge

and passion towards theater.

“What impresses me most about

has very strong artistic convictions and

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BECCA RIBLEYHudson stands on stage as he coaches his actors for their up-coming performances

CHRIS BILS@ChrisBils

athletic teams on Thursday that it is

changing the way it handles scholar-

ey.

The announcement came less than

a leadership team that did not

Goldring was running the

athletic program.

package is going to have to

three-person leadership team

athletics.

on whether Goldring’s status

at the university was related

to the scholarship reduction.

“We don’t talk about per-

athletic teams will now be able

to use more exempt academic

scholarships – merit-based

scholarships that student-

on grades – without count-

ing them against the athletic

scholarship budget.

head men’s basketball coach

women’s basketball coach Sue

Ramsey were asked about

the apparent scholarship cuts

Bird’s Word.

“Whenever you get scholar-

Ramsey’s comments were more

tempered.

allocation. The packages look a little

that exempt money now is allowed at

letic program was directing questions

about athletic scholarships to Vice

who has overseen the tuition reset and

budgeting changes that have come as

a result.

year about this time we start looking

While Van Loo would not give any

or which teams’ budgets were reduced

it is being given.

“Coaches will work with their

and so when it comes to working with

that sport or working with that indi-

something that the coach does on an

Coaches will need to make chang-

believes that his program will not be

tuition is also less.

the buzzwords surrounding Thurs-

day’s announcement were “exempt

ments are given accountable NCAA

maximum amount they can budget

against that accountable athletic bud-

get. That is no longer the case.

These merit-based academic schol-

exempt aid.

Scholarships cut

FILE PHOTOLess than a week after Dr. President Fred Finks announced the new leadership team for AU’s athletics, an announcement was made changing scholarships for Ashland University athletes.

The teacher within: Scott Hudson

Easy scheduling tips

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Campus Life A2Features A3Sports A4Opinion A6Entertainment A7Spotlight A8

Thursday, November 7

Partly cloudy46/31

Friday, November 8

Mostly sunny47/31

Saturday, November 9

Partly cloudy53/37

Sunday, November 10

Partly cloudy47/30

ENTERTAINMENT

Hometown Bar-bequeThe sta! took a trip to Bellly Busters this week.

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SPOTLIGHT

River TeethTake a look at Managing Editor of River Teeth Sarah Wells.

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See RIVER TEETH, page 2See SCHOLARSHIPS , page 4

CAMPUS BRIEFS

Ashland University Safety Services Media Report10-28-13 A book bag containing alcohol was recovered from the Rec. Center.

10-31-13 A student who sus-tained an injury in the College of Fine Arts building was transport-ed to the hospital.

10-30-13 A Clayton resident re-ported an unknown male subject opened the door to her room.

11-1-13 The owner of a vehicle parked in Lot F reported her back window to the vehicle smashed.

11-2-13 An Amstutz resident reported a laptop stolen from her room. The same evening an-other resident on the same ! oor reported prescription medication stolen from her room.

11-4-13 A Clark Hall resident reported her dry erase board was stolen from the hallway just outside her room door.

PARKING LOT CLOSURE NOTICE:

7:00 a.m. Saturday

To accommodate football fan parking for Saturdays home foot-ball game, students who park in the Broad Street (Lot G), Je" erson Street Lot (Lot J), Maintenance Lot (Lot F), and the Phi Delta Theta (Lot L) are asked to have their vehicles moved out of those lots by 7:00 a.m. this Saturday. Lot E (Upper Convo Lot) will also be closed.

Vehicles may be moved to the Claremont Lot (Lot I), Field House Lot (Lot H), or the Samaritan Lot (Lot B) any time after 3:00 p.m. Friday. Vehicles may not be moved to the Bixler Lot (Lot A). Please return your vehicle to the appropriate lot no later than 7:00 a.m. Monday morning.

Veterans Day Ceremony Planned for MondayFor the second year in a row, the Student Veterans of America Chapter at Ashland University will hold a Veterans Day Ceremony. This year’s ceremony will be held on Monday at noon in Redwood Hall.

A welcome and invocation will be provided by AU President Fred Finks, followed by the singing of the Star Spangled Banner by AU Professor of Voice Stephanie Sikora.

John Garrison, vice president of the AU Chapter of SVA, will intro-duce the speaker, Dr. Bill Payne, who will talk about “Greater Love.” Dr. Payne is professor of evange-lism and world missions with the Ashland Theological Seminary. He served as a chaplain in the military for 25 years.

The ceremony will close with comments by AU Provost Frank Pettigrew. The ceremony, which will last approximately 30 minutes, is free and open to the public.

The Ashland Business and Profes-sional Women organization has supported the program printing for the event, and area residents, as well as the University commu-nity, are encouraged to attend.

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ANDREA STEVENSON@thatgirl_dre

Clayton Hall residents cheered enthu-siastically during the “Floor Wars: Minute to Win It” games held in the main lobby of Clayton on Wednesday. The Campus Activi-ties Team, also referred to as Hall Council,

throughout Clayton to promote the event. As seen on the television game show, “Minute to Win it,” students had one min-ute to complete one of eight tricky chal-lenges. Once they completed a challenge, one point would be awarded to the team’s score. There was a solid turnout for the program. A

The competition quickly turned into seventh

Each station had it’s own table and Resident Assistant judging and watching while keep-ing track of points. Each team could have up to six members to compete in each challenge. Hall Council President Nolan Dilts was pleased with the team effort of those involved. “Minute to Win It” was an idea we came up with together and we all thought it would be fun. He said, “We found the games online and set them up.” One of the Floor Wars games involved stacking apples, where the participant had

another and had to make the apples bal-

Next was the well-liked Oreo face chal-lenge. Contestants had to move an Oreo cookie from their forehead into their mouth using the muscles in their face as they were standing up.

“My favorite game was the Oreo chal-lenge because our team had a good strategy,” said senior Rebecca Plescia.

plastic fork was taped down to the table, and students had to roll a quarter across the ta-ble and land it in one of the slots of the fork. “The quarter roll was probably the most chal-

The second table consisted of water bottle games. One of the games consisted of partici-

ping a plastic cup off the edge of the table while

On the third table, ten empty pop cans were set up in a pyramid. Using rubber bands, stu-dents had to shoot the cans down. Over on the other side of the table were games involving pen-

pencils off the back of one’s hand while catching them all at the same time. Another pencil game involved bouncing pencils by the eraser and at-tempting to land it into a plastic cup on the table. The event seemed to be a huge hit for Clayton residents. “The event was great for getting to know the residents in the building and I learned I live with a lot of awesome people,” said Sophomore Brandon Cook.

The atmosphere quickly turned silent when

as the “Floor War: Minute to Win It” champi-ons. Winners won a t-shirt that they get to design.

fully while screaming. Junior Kath-leen Demaree was thrilled her team won. “Team work makes the dream work,” she said.

Clayton floor wars a success

“For people who are established writers, it’s [receiving a “Best American”] no big deal…but for people who haven’t, it’s a big help. It gets their work out to a larger reading public,” Atwan said.

Harvey, who has published three works of essays titled, “Ge-ometry of Lillies,” “Lost in Trans-lation,” and “Bound for Shady Grove,” is now working on a memoir. His essay, “The Book of Knowledge,” accepted for “Best American,” explores his memories of his deceased mother.

“The program has caused me to up my game as a writer, knowing each year that I must come back with work that I really care about and that it will be read in front of colleagues…There’s something about this program that causes me to rise to the occasion,” Harvey said. “The M.F.A. saved my career as a writer.”

Harvey has worked for 38 years as a professor of English at Young Harris College in Georgia and teaches for AU’s graduate low-resi-dency MFA program. He received his PhD. from the University of Virginia.

Jon Kerstetter, who obtained his MD degree from Mayo Medi-cal School in Rochester Minn., an MS in business from the University of Utah, and an MFA from Ash-land, has practiced medicine in wars occurring in Rwanda, Bos-nia, Kosovo and Iraq.

“Triage,” is a chapter of Ker-stetter’s memoir, “The Soldier Doctor,” which, according to his website, “reveals his experiences

as a combat physician, shows the working mind of an injured sol-dier, and details his career-ending stroke.”

Lehman attributes this year’s success to three things: “the com-bination of an excellent journal, some really great pieces, and the right editor.”

The guest editor, who was Cheryl Strayed, author of “New York Times” bestseller “Wild,” had selected the Riverteeth win-ners prior to reading at AU’s MFA summer residency in August.

“She’s [Strayed] our kind of writer. She looks for the same kind of writing we look for,” said Lehm-an.

Mackall said a lot of people at Ashland are invested in Riverteeth

shoots the cover photography, and undergraduate creative writing

says. Mackall said that most under-graduates are not taught by nation-

at institutions as small as AU. In addition to the “Best Ameri-

can” honor, this year “Riverteeth”

Andre Dubus III for his essay “Writing and Publishing a Mem-oir.”

“Riverteeth” will celebrate

ing at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference

next year and w ill host its third an-nual writer’s conference at AU in May 2014.

RIVER TEETH

ZACK LEMON @zack_lemon

Imagine living in a city where the air, the ground, the walls of your house and the food you eat slowly poison you. Your heart, kidneys and mind are failing, and your children are unable to fully develop. They cannot learn as well as the average student, and are prone to a life of crime and impul-sive action. For 240 million people affected by lead poisoning, this re-quires no imagination.

On Monday, Perry Gottesfeld, founder and president of Occupa-tional Knowledge (OK) Interna-tional, spoke to students, faculty and community members about the problem of lead poisoning, and solutions.

His presentation, entitled “The contribution of U.S. foreign invest-ment to environmental pollution

explored what role the United States plays in this issue, from in-vesting in lead mining to the pro-duction and recycling of lead bat-teries.

Lead is one of the oldest known

affordability and sustainability, it continues to be used in batteries. If handled properly, lead is a safe and

feld says that is largely not the case today.

dustry that is impacting millions of people in our world,” he said.

For many in the audience, this

widespread damage done by lead poisoning. However, in environ-

cern.“If we look at children, it is the

most important environmental is-sue, both in the U.S. and around the world,” Gottesfeld said.

Although most of the people

affected by lead poisoning live in developing countries, there are still over half a million children in America who have lead poisoning.

“With the way it affects their development, it ultimately affects their ability to succeed for the rest of their lives,” he said.

With more money being invest-ed in lead mining, production and recycling in developing countries than ever before, Gottesfeld rec-ommends countries implement and enforce more stringent regulations, as well as developing a third-party

dustry. He also recommends lead businesses in developed countries monitor their supply chain for un-safe practices. Although progress is being made, change is coming slowly.

around the world putting in any kind of regulation because govern-ments are slow and they don’t have the resources. But even where you have regulations they don’t often have the capacity to enforce them,” Gottesfeld said.

OK International exists to be the driving force behind these changes through raising aware-ness, spreading information and coming up with innovative solu-tions to the problems of lead poi-soning.

Gottesfeld and OK Interna-tional worked with Dr. Jeffrey Wei-denhamer, a professor of chemistry at Ashland University, along with several AU students, on a project involving the usage of lead paint in Cameroon.

Gottesfeld’s presentation was a part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Symposium Against In-differe nce. The presentation was co-sponsored by the College of Nursing.JOE MACKALL

DAN LEHMAN

OK International

founder speaks

in Symposium

ANDREA STEVENSONStudents played games in the Clayton lobby dur-ing the ! oor wars.

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featuresNovember 7, 2013 The Collegian

Top 5 Fall Activities

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4.3.

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MELANIE SUDAR @melanie_sudar

Apple cider

fall!

Leaf jumping

Apple picking

Scheduling Tips

Reliable Internet

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SPORTS

WRAPUPSports ClubsRecent Results:

Men’s Club Soccer defeated Oberlin 3-0

Men’s Club Soccer lost to Wooster 4-1 and Denison 4-2

Women’s Club Basketball de-feated OSU Mans! eld 80-64

Upcoming Home Games:Saturday, November 9th:

Women’s Volleyball vs John Carroll - Rec (Time T.B.A.)

Women’s Rugby vs Marshall - 11:00am IM Field

Men’s Basketball vs CCAC-Boyce - 1:00pm Rec Center

Wednesday, December 4th:

Women’s Basketball vs Notre Dame College - 7:00pm

Rec-Cornhole Tourna-ment:The Social Committee of the Club Sport Council is putting on a corn-hole tournament on Thursday, November 21st from 7:00pm - 9:00pm on the MAC Court. The tournament will be single-elimi-nation and the winning pair will receive a prize. Bring friends and come have some fun before ! nals!

Fundraising Event: Buf-falo Wild Wings:Sport Club Council Fundraising committee will be hosting an event at Bu" alo Wild Wings on November 13th. Present your ticket any time on November 13th and part of the proceeds will go toward Club Sports Council and our club sports program. You can pick up tickets in the Rec Center. What could be better than eating wings and earning money for our sport clubs!

Sport Club Member Spotlight: Lisa KilperSport Club: Quidditch Club

Year: Junior

Major: Creative Writing

What do you love about your sport?

It is a lot of pure fun. I love my team and I love the weirdness of the sport. It’s completely unique!

How long have you been play-ing your sport?

This is my third year playing Quidditch at AU. I was one of the founding seven during my fresh-man year.

Why should anyone get in-volved with club sports in your opinion?

It’s fun! It’s not as much about competition as it is about having a good time.

Swim Team Defeats IndyThe swim teams were back at it last Saturday, with both the men (155-78) and women (136-87) earning wins over Indianapolis.

Both 200-yard medley relay teams claimed victories.

Individually, senior Jacob Miller (50-yard freestyle), freshman Phil-lip Sikatzki (200 backstroke) and senior Alex Sheil (200 individual medley) claimed victories on the men’s side.

Sophomore Kaylyn Murphy was a winner for the women in both the 200 individual medley and the 200 backstroke.

In diving, senior Colin MacDonald ! nished second on both 1-meter and 3-meter.

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is working with a student-

athlete who has met one of those

criteria – has strong academic per-

formance – then the scholarship

dollars that that student would

receive from the institution that

would be considered merit dol-

lar scholarship, that would not be

counted against a coach’s athletic

budget,” Van Loo said.

In essence, coaches will be re-

warded for recruiting good athletes

who are also good students. Many

of Ashland’s coaches already do

this, and are excited to see if their

reduced budgets may go further

when combined with academic

scholarships.

One such program is women’s

basketball, which won the 2013

national championship and con-

sistently ranks nationally in team

GPA.

“For the women’s basketball

team, that’s a blessing because

we have everyone on our team

Ramsey said. “That really is help-

ful.

courts, tracks, mats, courses and

pools will still be striving to be

among the nation’s best.

situation that the school is in,” El-

lenwood said.

“Everybody has to take a cut

right now, that’s just the way it is

in the world. It doesn’t mean that

we’re going to stop playing.”

SCHOLARSHIPS

AU PRESS RELEASE@goashlandeagles

There are nights when it seems

like the AU volleyball team has a

curfew. The goal seems to have the

match over in 90 minutes or so.

Erie, the Eagles dispatched the

consecutive win and all have been

by 3-0 counts. AU is 19-6 and 11-3

in the GLIAC. The Eagles are in

vision.

Johnson had four block solos. Alli

Cudworth led the team with six

24 assists.

Lake Erie’s Mary Walter led all

players in the game with 11 kills.

The Storm is 1-22 and 1-13 in

the GLIAC.

The Eagles have two more road

weeks remain in the GLIAC regu-

lar season.

Winning streak grows to five for Volleyball

CHRIS BILS@ChrisBils

remember?

San Antonio comes to mind; a trophy; a

group of women that will live forever in the

hearts and minds of everyone who saw them

play; a national championship.

Some things have changed in the months

since the Ashland University women’s basket-

national championship in March, starting with

season-opener against Cedarville.

roster, and seven newcomers replace the others

who became household names in Ashland over

the past two seasons.

Some things will be different and some will

redone since the Eagles played in it last, in the

against Wayne State.

The 2013-14 version of Ashland women’s

basketball is ready to go, and head coach Sue

Ramsey could not be more excited to get started

defending national champion.

“It’s been a great preseason, just to have the

new ones coming in and meshing with the re-

turners,” she said. “We’ve spent a little bit more

time that what we’ve done in the past with team

building activities, and the chemistry is phe-

nomenal.”

What about those returners? Guard Alyssa

Miller returns as the only senior on this year’s

squad, though she has been a leader since she

3.6 rebounds.

Each offseason, Miller has improved as an

all-around player, and Ramsey says this sum-

mer was no exception. She will be relied on to

bring the backcourt skills that were such a con-

sistent part of last year’s run to the national title,

and also play some down low.

Along with Miller, the only other return-

ing starter is junior guard Taylor Woods, who

played the best basketball of her life in the

Eagles’ run to the title. After earning second-

team All-GLIAC honors in the regular season

was named to all-tournament teams at the Elite

Eight and the Midwest Regional. In the nation-

points.

Ramsey is convinced she can be even better

this season.

her on-the-ball defense has really stepped up a

lot too,” she said. “Taylor is realizing that she

also needs to be the voice because she is our

point guard.”

Fellow junior Mel Poorman will also start at

forward for the Eagles. She saw some key min-

lined with a knee injury in the middle of the sea-

son. She will bring experience and toughness.

“What she really needs to hang her hat on,

what we need from her, she needs to play just

unbelievably solid defense because we’re not re-

ally big,” Ramsey said.

Another key returner is sophomore guard

on last year’s team.

“It is a different role for her,” Ramsey said.

“She’s just one year removed from all these

freshmen, but she’s quickly an upperclassman.

She worked extremely hard during the summer.

I always say it’s usually between the freshman

and sophomore year that you see the biggest

really stepped up her game.”

Also returning is junior guard Chelsea La-

porte.

Of the newcomers, 6-foot, 1-inch freshman

forward Suzy Wollenhaupt may be relied on the

most for her size. She has had to learn quickly,

and Ramsey has been impressed by the strides

she has made in such a short amount of time.

“Most of the time, it takes post players a little

bit longer to make that adjustment, and we have

really seen accelerated growth of her skills and

her catching on to things,” she said. “She gets

a lot of our attention being the only really true

post player that we have that’s healthy, and she

responds extremely well.”

Another player Ramsey is expect-

ing to burst on the scene is freshman

guard Rachelle Morrison, who she de-

scribes as having a high basketball IQ.

Other newcomers are freshmen Maggie

Erin Crownover, and sophomore transfer from

Wheeling Jesuit Jamie Sobczak.

The Eagles may have a lot of new faces, but

Ramsey expects fans to recognize “Ashland

basketball” when they see it return to the court.

“What stat stands out in our winning of the

national title?” she asked. “When it comes down

to it, it was our defense. Yeah, it’s good to score

points and we shot a high percentage and all

that, but I think we continue to hang our hat

on defense.”

Another staple of Ramsey’s teams is their

“When we move that ball in the half court

and we pass up the ok shot for an even higher

percentage shot and we knock down open shots,

that’s when our offense clicks,” she said “That’s

a standard, that’s an expectation that we’ll al-

ways have of Ashland basketball.”

following Sunday at 2 p.m.

championship game against Wayne State and

Tech, which will be televised on CBS Sports

Women’s Basketball returns to the hardwood

November 7, 2013 A5The CollegianSPORTS

University of Findlay, 35 vs Ashland University, 28 Donnell Stadium - Findlay, OH.

CHRIS BILS@ChrisBils

The past four years have been quite the ride for Ashland’s

this year’s squad.

Ohio Dominican (10-5-2, 7-4-1)

the regular season.

or third.

Northern Michigan

Women’s soccer through to GLIAC Semi’sAfter 5-­0 loss, Eagles find redemption vs. NMU

The Ashland University Eagles lost this weekend to the University of Findlay Oilers 35 - 28. However, the Eagles put up a good ! ght. Anthony Taylor had a total of 152 yards with 28 carries, making this game his 7th 100-yard game of the season. Taylor is 41 yards short of Ashland’s Single Season Rushing Record and scored two touchdowns throughout the game. Assisting Taylor was freshman Tray’Von Chapman, completing 11 of 25 passes and running 165 yards with one interception. Dan Piko was the leading receiver with ! ve catches, 104 yards, and two touchdowns. Piko’s second touchdown was scored on a 4th and goal play on Findlay’s 19-yard line.

The Oilers defeated the Eagles in a close game Saturday. Devontae Payne ran 173 passing yards during the game, rushed for 64 yards on 12 carries, and completed 10 of 19 passes. Payne had assistance from Daiquone Ford, who ran 186 yards on 41 carries and scored two touchdowns. However, the winning catch goes to Seth White who caught the 24-yard touchdown pass with less than ! ve seconds remaining in the game. The Eagles’ defense went down with a ! ght, as defensive lineman Jamie Meder had 11 tackles in the game, seven of which were solo, and linebacker Zach Olszewski had 10 tackles, six of which were solo.

Next week, the Eagles host the Ti" n University Dragons Saturday at 1 p.m. for their senior day.

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opinionNovember 7, 2013The Collegian

BETH ROSEPAL@mygurlbeth08

“It’s called a Willy Wonka Night!” I told my friend as we unloaded bags of candy from the Eagles’ Nest. Willy Wonka Night is the name for a night when you and your friends load up on as much candy as possible and create differ-ent food combinations to try while watching Willy Wonka. I thought of this idea while watching an episode of Gilmore Girls, where something similar happened. Willy Wonka Night is just one of the things I have found myself doing on the weekends without a car on campus.

My past three years of col-lege have been some of the most

memorable years of my life. I have made some of the greatest memories with some of the great-est people here and when I think of all these memories I notice one common denominator: I didn’t need a car.

Living on campus without a car has helped me be creative when

resources. I’ve learned to make the most of the things I have right in front of me. When I did I was able to recognize all of the great options AU has to offer.

“It has forced me . . . to be able to take part in all the fun activi-ties CAB has on the weekends,” junior Kate Lentz stated when asked about her college experience without a car on campus.

I couldn’t agree more with her. When I looked right at the end of my nose, I was able to explore the events held on campus by different organizations. I utilized the Free Movie nights that CAB offers as well as the FREE comedians, hypnotists, dueling pianos, dance parties, etc. I guess what I’m trying to get at is that I was able to have fun at no cost to me!

“Not having a car on campus not only lets you recognize the fun events on campus, but also saves you a ton of money that you would have to spend on gas,” Amanda Kriner, an alumni, stated when asked about the difference between having a car on campus and not.

Being a poor college student leaves your options kind of limited.

Therefore, if the word “FREE” was in front of it, I took advantage. When I did, I realized those were the things I remember having the most fun at.

The word “FREE” was also found in front of other community service sponsored events such as the dog shelter. It is a bit of a walk from campus to the shelter, but when you get to play with dogs for a couple hours and forget school, it is worth the walk.

of making friends when there isn’t much to do on a small campus in a small town. I was removed from my comfort zone and had to put myself out there to stop myself from dying of boredom. I made

well as in other buildings as a result of having nothing else to do besides study for hours on end (which never sounds appealing).

Because of this I made some of the best memories just sitting in a Kem lobby while we all “did homework” on our laptops. I’ll never forget crying hysterically over some funny YouTube video or looking up old 90s stars and seeing where they are now. I’ll always re-member those nights even though we did absolutely nothing.

These memories helped me realize that having the best college experience is possible at a small college, in a small town, without a car.

LEXI ROBERTSON @AUCollegian

cal science class of the semester and to my horrifying realization I see that my desk is for lefties, and I am no leftie. I can’t just get up and move because that would seem weird, right?

Everyone has probably felt like an outsider at one point, and for me the feeling comes from being a political science major who is not an Ashbrook.

semester and I quietly wait to see who else is in my class. As they walk in everyone greets each other in excitement.

“Oh you’re in this class too?!”“How did your internship this

summer go?”“Our professor better make

this class less boring than his last one!”

And as they converse I sit in silence. I have seen most of their faces around campus, but I don’t know any of them personally.

I feel like the outsider, the wall

than them since I’m not in their ‘special group.’

feeling that everyone will see me writing right handed in a left-handed desk. But no, that won’t work. I’ll never be able read these notes.

I think, “Oh god, I hope no one notices how weird I am, how foreign I am in this junior level political science class writing right handed in a left handed desk. I will never live this down.”

When I arrived at Ashland I was a journalism major and not

much more. And as most under-grads do at a school like this, I changed my major...well to be

I wasn’t aware of any political science program until this change, so I entered all my new classes as an outsider.

The students did not know me, nor did the professors. But it hap-pens to the best of us.

Many of my sorority sisters are education majors who must take higher-level science classes, com-puter classes, creative writing and journalism classes. It’s easy to feel out of place in tightknit majors that are not your own.

The important thing is to not let it overwhelm you and ultimate-ly let it affect your grade.

Senior education major Court-ney Patton knows exactly how it feels to be an outsider. She is tak-

ing a computer science class that

“The class is mostly freshmen or international students and they all understand,” she said. “I just kind of sit there and feel lost. I’m scared to ask questions in my class because I feel like they already understand.”

Even taking core classes can sometimes be a social challenge.

Rachael Stone, a senior educa-tion major, feels out of place in her core science class.

“I feel uncomfortable because

rial,” she said. “I don’t know a lot of people because it’s not in my major, and I’m just working hard with something I’m not passionate about.”

I feel the same way about ask-ing for help in my political science classes, but it important to speak

up about anything I might not understand or be confused about.

However, most of the time I ask a professor a question after class because I’m shy and feel awkward not being an Ashbrook.

But the truth is I’m sure most of the other students don’t even notice, and the professors don’t care what groups you’re part of.

Everyone is in college for one main reason and that is to learn. Anything getting in the way of

and dealt with. I love both my majors, but be-

ing a political science major and not an Ashbrook is in truth mak-ing me a better student. I’m learn-ing to participate more despite my shyness, ask questions, and do my assignments with more ambition to achieve that 4.0 GPA.

License to walk: how to make the most of your weekend without a car

Ashbrook outsider

ELIZABETH BUCHEIT, MELANIE SUDAR, CHRIS BILS AND MARY ANKROM@AUCollegian

Elizabeth: After a really rough Monday, I needed some good old fashioned comfort

food. When Chris told me that we were going to Belly Busters to get some barbeque, I was

so excited not only because barbeque is one of my favorite foods, but because I had been

there before and knew that I was in for a good Monday evening meal.

Melanie: I had never been to Belly Busters, and honestly, never even heard of it. When

we walked in though, I knew it was going to be good from the excitement on Elizabeth and

Chris’s faces. My expectations were not only met, but exceeded.

Mary: First of all, I was very honored to be dubbed the guest star in the Local Eats and

experience one of Ashland’s hometown eateries. I had always seen signs for Belly Buster’s

but never thought of going or heard anything about it. It was a tasty experience and a lot

ever in need of some good fried food.

Chris:very long line consisting of elderly women. This is never a good thing to walk into in any

situation. A restaurant line ranks second as the worst place, behind only a golf course (seri-

quickly). Anyway, the point of this long diversion on elderly women, I suppose, is to tell you

that you order at the counter rather than off of a menu at your table.

Elizabeth: I went to the back of the line because I was not in the mood to make any

decisions, and lets be real...I can pretty much get anything at a barbeque place. I ended up

getting a half rack of baby back ribs, with two sides. Of course, the two sides that I chose

were macaroni and cheese and cornbread. In my opinion, cornbread is the true test of a

Melanie: Belly Busters’ appearance was not what I was expecting. Maybe it was the line

of elderly women (as Chris puts it), but the barbeque joint was oddly homey. The main wall

ferent customers; some from all over

Ohio to “come taste their food.” Af-

wasn’t plastered to the wall), I was

slightly intimidated. I knew that no

matter what I got it would be deli-

cious. I settled for a classic of pulled

pork sandwich with a coke and fries.

Spoiler alert: it was fabulous.

Chris: Since Melanie stole my

order, I had to go a slightly different

route. Because I’ve been burning a

tank of gas every week driving back and forth from Columbus, my wallet is starting to feel

the squeeze. If you navigate the menu correctly, Belly Busters has some very reasonable

option. I went with the Beef Brisket Sandwich, which with a side and a drink is only $8.19.

Instead of the standard order of french fries, I went with the side that really makes Belly

Busters one of my favorite places in town. In my brief time living in Oklahoma, I fell in

but when I spotted her on the Belly Busters menu I vowed to order fried okra every time I

walk in.

Elizabeth: Being the nosy person that I am, when Chris got his meal I was really

a hushpuppy. So, I stuck my fork into Chris’s basket without asking and stole some Okra.

Well, let me tell you. I was wrong. It’s a fried vegetable.

Melanie:

actually ate the vegetable, Chris described it as slimy. Well, thanks for that appetizing

anyway and after having

no words to describe it, I

went for it as well. And I

must say that although it

isn’t my new favorite veg-

etable (who has a favor-

ite vegetable anyway?), it

wasn’t bad.

Mary: Forget the

Okra...shout out to Eliza-

beth’s Mac n Cheese!

Elizabeth: Well this

is awkward because I have

one. I’ll have you know

that it’s green beans, so

my meal pretty much just

kicked butt compared to everyone elses meals. Just saying.

Mary: I have to agree with Melanie when it comes to the appearance. I was expecting

to see a small, run down little tavern-like place. It wasn’t at all, but I did like the white-

board full of recent customers leaving their comments and love for the food. That showed

bomb, which I have to admit I ate a little too fast.

Chris: My brisket was very good -- I’ve never met a brisket I didn’t like -- but it was a

good barbeque than a tall glass of sweet tea? The only issue I had during my meal was that

service was a little slow. I had to go up and ask for barbeque sauce, which could have been

my fault for not asking for it when I ordered. Then, I had to wait at the counter for close to

and did not take away from my experience, but it should be noted that this is not fast-food.

Melanie: Comfort food, low price, and barbeque sauce made Belly Busters a perfect

dinner for The Collegian Staff and another win for Local Eats.

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entertainmentNovember 7, 2013 The Collegian

he had some amazing experiences in high

visual art track but was soon swayed.

“When I got to the stage it was very free-

he had creativity that needed the chance to

escape.

When a senior at his high school an-

nounced that he was majoring in theater,

doing the same thing.

A few years later he attended Florida

State University as a theater major.

While he worked very hard in college

and wanted nothing more than to be on

stage, he did not identify himself as an actor

until he attended grad school over 15 hours

away from his college alma mater. Rutgers

push he needed to see himself as an actor.

found himself as the in-house coach for up

and coming soap opera stars. One of the

stars that he coached was Bradley Cooper.

While many people doubted Cooper’s abili-

make it.

Many times he would be at the top of very

pushing through and did end up getting

work.

After many years in the industry he de-

needed to redirect himself.

to audition for an up and coming major pro-

the audition and landed the job.

“Our Lady of 121st Street” is an original

his own creativity in his character. This

est accomplishments and is still performed

around the country.

continues to work closely with, was found-

ed in 1992 giving professionals the chance

to experiment with acting, writing and

directing. This theater pushes the limits

of mainstream theater and it was exactly

life.

and write at the Labyrinth.

rently writing another play that he hopes

will be picked up.

son wanted to take on yet another chal-

lenge and go back to teaching at the col-

legiate level.

“I knew I didn’t want to go back into au-

ditioning I was exhausted from the hustle I

wanted to teach and now I have my theater

son.

That is what brought him to Ashland

University. While Ashland is a huge change

from the hustle and bustle of New York City

“I’m so engrossed in the school this

work is keeping me so busy the challenges

of working with a new environment is keep-

ing me so on my toes, when I go home I’m

exhausted,” he said.

All of his hard work thus far in the se-

mester is being noticed. Students who have

pus, “The Servant of Two Masters,” are ex-

tremely happy with the new addition to the

department.

in terms that everyone can understand

and genuine,” freshman theater major Eryn

Tramel commented, “he treats us like pro-

fessionals.”

“Yeah,” senior theater major Kelli Len-

nox agreed, “he brings a new way of look-

ing at things through what theater currently

is, he has experience and he has been out

to us.”

Lennox has one of the leading female

roles in the play and feels that she has grown

not only as an actor but also as a person from

take what she has learned during this pro-

cess and use it after graduation.

said a teacher. Some people are born to

passing along his knowledge to people.

“There is a sense of making a mark be-

cause you can only learn this through doing,

you can’t learn it out of a textbook you can’t

write a paper you have to get in there and

learn it,” he said.

Young Stage with an enthusiastic glow

on his face; the actors looked at him with

the actors that she should be speaking in a

scornful voice and gave an example, yelling

louder than anyone had expected. This ex-

ample made the cast howl out in laughter. As

he hopped off the stage the actors rewound.

laughing. The energy that he was passing on

to the actors made them come alive. A les-

son that is so hard to teach has become easy

his element at Ashland University.

HUDSON

LOCAL

EATS

BECCA RIBLEYThe stars of the play, “The Servant of Two Masters” put their hands together after a productive day in the theater.

Belly Busters fills the bellies with barbeque goodness

ELIZABETH BUCHEITBelly Busters o! ers a wide variety of barbeque delicacies to ful" ll one’s comfort food needs.

age31

husbandBrandon

kidsLydia, Elvis, Henry

graduatedAshland University Class of 2003

majorCreative writing

hobbiesGardening, reading, and cooking

favorite poetMary Oliver

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF ASHLAND MFA PROGRAM

Sarah Wells

HALEE HEIRONIMUS

Know someone who deserves the spotlight? Email suggestions to design editor Elizabeth Bucheit at ebucheit@ashland.edu.

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spotlightNovember 7, 2013The Collegian

Lydia, Elvis, Henry

Ashland University Class of 2003

Creative writing

Gardening, reading, and cooking

favorite poetMary Oliver

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF ASHLAND MFA PROGRAM

Sarah Wells

HALEE HEIRONIMUS