Baseball Defeated by Baldwin-Wallace College

HIRAM, OHIO  –  The Hiram College baseball team was defeated by Baldwin-Wallace College, 23-9, today (Wednesday, Mar. 31) in a non-conference single nine-inning game at Robert O. Fishel Field.  [Game Stats]

With the loss, the Terriers fall to 3-13 overall, while the Yellow Jackets improve to 5-7 overall for the season.

B-W grabbed an early 3-0 lead with three scores in the top of the first inning and went on to add another run in the second to lead 4-0 after one-and-a-half innings of play.  In the bottom half of the second, junior Doug Adkins (Frazeysburg/Riverview) started the inning with a lead-off triple and later scored on a RBI groundout by sophomore Lance Townsend (Garrettsville) to make the score 4-1.  Hiram evened the margin at 4-4 with three runs in the third that was highlighted by a two-RBI single by Townsend.  B-W then scored five runs in the fourth to take the lead and never looked back.  The Yellow Jackets went on to add three runs in the fifth, a run in the sixth, three in the seventh and seven in the ninth.  The Terriers scored two runs in the fourth, and single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings en route to the 23-9 final.

Hiram recorded 12 hits, but would be outhit for the game, 24-12.  The Terriers were led by Townsend who finished three-of-four with three RBI.  Senior All-North Coast Athletic Conference catcher Justin Street (Warren/Howland) also recorded three hits going three-of-five with a run scored and a RBI.  Senior All-NCAC infielder Kyle Kovach (Garfield Heights) also had a multi-hit game finishing two-of-four.

On the mound, freshman Travis Richey (Petersburg/Springfield Local) got the start and pitched one inning allowing three runs on five hits, but would record a no decision.  Eight other Hiram pitchers would see action including junior Eric Schaffer (Kent/Roosevelt) who came on in the fourth inning and was given the loss (0-1 overall), allowing five runs on five hits and struck out one batter.

Hiram will look to get back on track on Friday (Apr. 2) when it hosts the first of two NCAC doubleheaders against Allegheny (Pa.) College at Fishel Field.  The first game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact Hiram College Sports Information Director Jeff Hoedt by phone at (330) 569-5495, by FAX at (330) 569-5392 or by email at hoedtjm@hiram.edu.

Biology APEX Presentations – April 7

Another group of senior biology students will present their APEX presentations on April 7, beginning at 5 p.m. in Colton 120.

The presenters will be:

Rachel Yunck – 5 p.m.
“The hunt for a passageway: How does glutathione travel from the E. coli cytoplasm to the extracellular environment?”

Brittany Palmer – 5:15 p.m.
“Identification of A Reverse Micellular Vesicle in the Plasma of the Endangered White-Winged Wood Duck Exposed to Mycobacterium Avium Tuberculosis”

Brittany Brewer – 5:30 p.m.
“Linking the neurobiology of interoception and stress to behavior in the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus): A pilot study”

Michelle Morgan – 5:45 p.m.
“Eukaryotic Microbial Diversity in Two Local Stream Sites Differing in Water Quality”

Come and support your fellow classmates and students.The APEX (apprenticeship and experience) presentations are equivalent to Senior Seminars.

Stephen Toombs, Lutenist – April 8

The Hiram College music department will present a recital by Stephen Toombs, lute, on Thursday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Frohring Recital Hall.

The lute played a significant role in European music from the Middle Ages through the late eighteenth century. This program presents music from two important years in the life of the lute: 1600 and 1730. Performed on modern copies of surviving historical lutes, the repertoire to be played includes English and Italian works from the age of Shakespeare and German works from the time of J.S. Bach.

Stephen Toombs is a graduate in musicology from Washington University in St. Louis and holds a soloist diploma from the Netherlands Royal Conservatory. He directs Ensemble Lautenkonzert, an early music quartet, and is the music librarian for Case Western Reserve University.

The program is free and open to the public.

Department of Music Convocation – April 1

Hiram College’s department of music presents a convocation on April 1, at 12:30 p.m. in Frohring Recital Hall.

Program

“Trio in C minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 1, No.3″ by Ludwig van Beethoven

Allegro con brio

Andante cantabile con Variazioni

Menuetto: Quasi Allegro

Finale: Prestissimo

The Performers:

Gary Tishkoff, violinist, was invited to join the Cleveland Orchestra in 1966 by music director George Szell. Tishkoff took his first violin lessons at the Cleveland Music School Settlement and continued studying in Los Angeles, where he grew up. He joined his first professional orchestra, the Utah Symphony, in 1958, and continued on to become a member of the St. Louis and Pittsburgh Orchestras before joining the Cleveland Orchestra. Tishkoff retired after a 43 year career at the end of the 2009 Blossom season. He is currently on staff as a violin teacher at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, where all things instrumental started for him.

Diane Mather, former assistant principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra, is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Orlando Cole and Leonard Rose. Her career as soloist and chamber musician has included performances with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Hartford Symphony, as well as membership in the Seneca Trio, the Venner Ensemble, the Cuyahoga Valley Arts Ensemble, and the Bay Chamber Quartet. Mather is a founding member of PAND (Performers and Artists for Nuclear Disarmament). Along with her husband, two cats, and a pond full of goldfish, she makes her home in Cleveland Heights, where she is the leading and only cellist who marches in the annual Somerton Road Fourth-of-July street parade.

Randall Fusco is an active piano soloist and collaborative artist. He has performed concerts in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michigan, New Jersey and Ireland.  He has also appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra; Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra; Alliance Symphony Orchestra; Hiram College Concert Band; W. D. Packard Band of Warren, Ohio; Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Festival Band; the West Shore Chorale of Cleveland and Winds on the Lake in Erie, Pa. Fusco has recorded vocal and chamber music with various artists in Northeast Ohio, including: members of the Cleveland Orchestra, faculty members of Youngstown State University and the chamber music group “Panorámicos.” Fusco is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Cecile Genhart, Frank Glazer and Barbara Lister-Sink.  He is currently professor of music at Hiram College.

Senior Softball Pitcher/Outfielder Whitney Dropsey Named NCAC Pitcher of the Week

CLEVELAND, OHIO  –  Hiram College senior softball player and two-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference pitcher/outfielder Whitney Dropsey (Ashland/Hillsdale) has been named this week’s NCAC pitcher of the week.  [NCAC Softball Release]

Dropsey helped lead the Terriers to a two-game sweep against Grove City (Pa.) College last week, pitching the entire first game, as Hiram improved to 7-9 overall for the season. 

She also picked up her second shutout victory of the season, pitching all seven innings and allowing no runs on just two hits and striking out 10 batters.  Dropsey reached the 10+ strickout plateau for the second time in her last three outings.  Her 10 strikeouts brings her career strikeout total to 238 which makes her the program’s all-time leader.  Dropsey surpased the previous mark of 232 strikeouts set by Mandi Wieclaw ’02.   In addition, Dropsey batted one-of-four at the plate with a run scored in the game and finished the two-game series four-of-eight overall with two runs scored and a RBI. 

For the season, Dropsey has a 4-5 overall record on the mound in 11 appearances, including nine starts.   She has pitched five complete games and posted two shutouts.  Her 1.51 earned run average leads the team and also leads the team in strikeouts (43) and innings pitched (55.2).  At the plate, Dropsey currently has a .305 batting average (18-of-59) with a triple, a double, 10 runs scored, seven RBI and no strikeouts.

Hiram is scheduled to travel to Pittsburgh, Pa. for a non-conference doubleheader against Chatham University on Thursday, Apr. 1.  The first game is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact Hiram College Sports Information Director Jeff Hoedt by phone at (330) 569-5495, by FAX at (330) 569-5392 or by email at hoedtjm@hiram.edu.

Poet and Translator Peter Filkins – April 1

The Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature invites you to a reading by poet and acclaimed translator Peter Filkins on Thursday, April 1, at 4:15 p.m. in the Writing House.

Filkins, currently a visiting professor of literature and head of the Poetry and Fiction Series at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass., taught at Hiram College between 1986 and 1987. He is the 2010 winner of the New American Chapbook Contest for “Augustine’s Vision,” and has been the recipient of the Stover Prize in Poetry (2007), the Austrian Translation Award (2007), the Berlin Prize (2005), and fellowships to Yaddo, Millay, and MacDowell colonies.

He is a specialist in post-war German literature. Filkins has translated the collected poems of Ingeborg Bachmann, “Darkness Spoken” (2006), as well as H.G. Adler’s Holocaust novel, “The Journey” (2008), published two books of poetry, “After Homer” (2002) and “What She Knew” (1998), and placed essays and poems in “American Scholar,” “New Republic,” “New Criterion,” “Paris Review,” “Poetry,” and the “New York Times Book Review.”

Filkins earned an M.F.A. in poetry at Columbia University and was a Fulbright Fellow in German at the University of Vienna from 1983 to 1985.

To learn more about the Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature, please visit the Center’s Web site.

“Moral Compromise: Courage or Cowardice?” – April 1

The Center for the Study of Ethics and Values presents:

A lecture by Susan Dwyer: “Moral Compromise: Courage or Cowardice?” on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the Garfield Meeting House.

Dwyer provided the following abstract to explain her presentation:

“Many people have criticized the Democrats for making a terrible compromise on abortion. But compromises must be made in politics and in policy making. Just when should people refuse to compromise? All this is connected to something else I have been thinking about for a while, namely, when individuals should or should not compromise on a moral principle. When do we exhibit moral courage when we refuse to compromise and when do we exhibit moral cowardice when we refuse to compromise and ‘hide’ behind a moral principle?”

Visit Some Nearby Nature in April

Nearby-Nature Adventures are sponsored by the Friends of the Hiram College Field Station with the goal of providing educational nature explorations in and around the Hiram area. Each adventure is coordinated and guided by naturalists and educators. Sturdy shoes and appropriate clothing are a must for all outdoor programs. All programs require pre-registration.

Two upcoming programs in April:

April 3, 1 to 3:30 p.m.
“White Oak Farm: Land Along the River”

We have all driven by this Akron Watershed land and saw the small parking lot just west of the Cuyahoga River on S.R. 82. We will explore this riverside preserve along one of the most beautiful sections of the river looking for wildlife and enjoying scenic views of the river. Meet in the parking lot on the north side of S.R. 82 just west of the bridge over the Cuyahoga River (about 1.5 miles east of S.R. 44). Fee: $5 for non-members, $3 for members of the Friends of the Field Station. To register, call 330.569.6003 or email sorrickmw@hiram.edu.

April 16, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
“Frog and Toad Calling ‘Hits the Road’”

We take the Frog and Toad Calling Survey on the road. Meet at the Mantua Village Park on High Street and we will walk to a nearby pond. Fee: $5 per family, $2 for individuals, free for members of the Friends of the Field Station. To register, call 330.569.6003 or email sorrickmw@hiram.edu.

Entrepreneur’s Passion for Art and the Environment Transforms Into Business

The Center for Integrated Entrepreneurship is again hosting their Fireside Chat series this semester. Join them every Wednesday evening for an hour or two of stimulating conversation with local entrepreneurs. If you have ever wondered how businesses or organizations get started, here’s the chance to find out.

Each Wednesday an entrepreneur will tell their story. Some of these entrepreneurs may be well seasoned, some may be just starting out. Hear how they did it, what they did right, what they might do differently and what they might do next.

This week’s chat is titled “Beyond the Bottle!” and will take place Wednesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in the East Hall Lobby. The guest will be Deby Cowdin, President, From the Blue Bag.

Cowdin took her passion for art and the environment and created From the Blue Bag. Her company transforms discarded glass items, such as wine, champagne, beer and olive oil bottles, into food-functional serving ware. Deby’s company was recently listed as a Top 10 Company by Cleveland Business Connects.

To learn more about the Center for Integrated Entrepreneurship, please visit the Center’s Web site.

Fox News, MSNBC and CNN en Espanol Political Analysts Speak Out – March 29

Hiram College’s Garfield Institute for Public Leadership Presents:

Author Night

Monday, March 29

6 – 7:30 p.m.

Kennedy Center Ballroom

Hosted by Assistant Professor of Political Science and Communication Jason Johnson, contributor to the “Chicago Defender,” “The Sound of Ideas” and “Talk of the Nation” on National Public Radio, Al Jazeera English and WKYC NBC affiliate in Cleveland Ohio and author of “One Day to Sell: Campaign Managers in the Modern Age.”

Featuring:

Northwestern University Assistant Professor of Political Science Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, a faculty fellow at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research at and political analyst for CNN en Espanol.

The University of Denver’s Chief Advisor for the Center of New Politics and Policy Charles Ellison, host of “The New School” on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio, contributor to the Huffington Post, TheRoot.com, The Arena at Politico.com and “Politics” magazine and author of the critically acclaimed urban political thriller “TANTRUM.”

Chairman of Generation Engage Lenny McAllister, founder of the “Hip-Hop Republicans” movement. McAllister is a rising conservative activist and contributor to Glenn Beck, CNN and Fox News Charlotte and author of “Diary of a Mad Black PYC (Proud Young Conservative).”

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