The Harbinger

January 24, 2005

 

Division III Swimming Match-Up of the Year: Groselle vs Orstein

This Saturday, January 29th, the Hiram College swimming and diving teams will host Washington and Jefferson College (PA) in a meet scheduled to start at 1PM.

The meet features a match-up not often found in college sports. Two top swimmers compete in the same two events. Both are record-holders in the two events for their schools. The older one is an NCAA National Champion. The younger one aspires to be a National Champion. Their fathers are their head coaches and have been friends for years.

Two events in Saturday's meet pit Hiram College junior Beth Groselle (Hiram, OH/Crestwood), a six-time All-American, four-time conference champion, and the 2004 NCAC Swimmer of the Year, against W&J freshman Kaitlyn Orstein (Mt. Lebanon, PA/Mt. Lebanon).  Groselle is the daughter of Hiram head coach Jack Groselle. Orstein, who just transferred to W&J from the University of Tennessee, is the daughter of W&J head coach Mike Orstein.

The similarities continue.

Groselle swims the 100 meter breaststroke and the 200 meter individual medley. So does Orstein.

Groselle just broke her own record on January 15th in the breaststroke. Orstein clocked a new record in the breaststroke on the same day at W&J.

Groselle broke her own record in the individual medley on the 15th. So did Orstein.

Groselle was named the 2004 NCAA Division III National Champion in the 100 meter breaststroke. Orstein just qualified for the NCAA "A" cut in that event last weekend.

"Mike and I have been good friends for more than ten years," said head coach Jack Groselle. "We both think it's a great thing that the two girls are going to swim against each other before Nationals."  The opportunity to watch two closely-matched swimmers compete in the same events, each coached by their fathers, promises to prove exciting.


Artist in Residence to deliver February 8 convocation


Potter Mary Louise Carter will deliver a convocation talk on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Carter, who will work as an artist-in-residence at Hiram the week of Feb. 7, has been a potter for more than 30 years. The title of her address is "The Cup, the Bowl, and Beyond: Finding My Way in Ceramic Art." Her talk is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Ballroom.

Carter teaches ceramics and design at Louisiana Tech University where she holds the title of the Lyles Endowed Professorship in Ceramics. She previously served as the resident potter at the Vermont State Craft Center in Middlebury, Vermont, and has taught at Penn State University. Her porcelain ceramics have been exhibited in numerous juried and invitational shows throughout the United States. Carter earned her B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute and her M.F.A. from the New York State College of Ceramics.

In addition to her convocation presentation, Carter will demonstrate techniques of making porcelain vessels by working in a demonstration/teaching studio in the Frohring Art Building. Her appearance at Hiram is made possible support from the Hiram Community Trust.

Drumplay to conduct workshop, perform in concert


The improvisational percussion ensemble Drumplay will perform at Hiram College on Feb. 8 as part of the Black History Month celebration. The group's music is inspired by Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and Middle Eastern rhythms.

Drumplay will conduct an educational workshop on Feb. 8 from 3 to 4 p.m. in Frohring 102. A concert is scheduled for 7 p.m., also in Frohring 102.

"While we honor the elder master drummers, we strive to create our own unique voice in the vast universe of percussive sounds," says Drumplay founder James Onysko.

Drumplay has performed concerts throughout Northeast Ohio. In 1996, the ensemble performed with Arthur Hull and D'Cuckoo before an estimated audience of 500,000 people as part of the Cleveland Bicentennial Festival.

The workshop and concert are free and open to the public.

Faculty Focus


Tina Dreisbach, assistant professor of music, presented two papers on January 13 at the 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference for Arts and Humanities in Honolulu.  The interdisciplinary conference, attended by over a thousand academics, professionals, and performing artists from around the world, is co-sponsored by the East West Council for Education and the Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking University.  Dreisbach chaired two music sessions, presenting her research on jazz singer Mildred Bailey and a paper titled "Irish Music and Celtic Myth: A Cross-Disciplinary Experience" which discusses innovative ways to integrate musicology into undergraduate general education.