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Volume #99 | Issue #1 | Sept. 15, 2014 | depauliaonline.com
Short-term solutions DePaul sees high level of interim administrators By Brenden Moore
By Ben Gartland
Campus News Editor
Asst. Sports Editor
On top of dealing with rising tuition, fluctuating enrollment and frozen salaries like many universities and colleges across the country, DePaul faces a unique issue this year with many interim administrators and frequent turnover of faculty and staff. Although several positions were filled over the summer — including the VP of Student Affairs, VP of Advancement and Dean of the College of Communication — at least five administrators currently have interim titles. Two of those include the highest officeholders at the university: the president and the provost. This is the first time that DePaul has ever had an interim president and interim provost at the same time. “I also understand via the grapevine that having a lot of interims around makes you a little nervous — interim president, interim provost and interim dean of the College of Law,” Interim President Patricia O’Donoghue said at convocation Sept. 5. “This is not unusual in higher education, but it is unusual to DePaul.” While turnover is not unusual for higher education, the university currently has the highest amount of interim administrators among Big East schools. O’Donoghue came to DePaul in 2009 and has been shuffled between several administrative positions, most recently serving as interim provost. That position, the chief academic officer at the university, has been a revolving door
Dean of Students
Interim President
Interim Dean, College of Law
DePaul senior guard Charles McKinney has been dismissed from the men’s basketball team due to a “violation of team rules,” the Athletic Department announced Wednesday. According to a WGN report, McKinney was charged with three counts of battery after he got “physical” with campus security
Former Provost; Interim Director of Clinical Training
Interim Provost
Photo illustration CAROLYN DUFF | THE DEPAULIA
CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP: Interim President Patricia O’Donoghue; Interim Dean, College of Law Bruce Ottley; former Provost Donald Pope-Davis, who returns after his six months as provost in 2013, and now is the interim director of clinical training in the psychology department; and Interim Provost David Miller. This school year, DePaul has an unusual amount of administration positions open, including dean of students. with four different people in the provost office since 2012. Donald Pope-Davis resigned in December 2013 after only six months as provost and has returned to the Psychology Department as a faculty member and is serving as Interim Director of Clinical Training, according to DePaul spokesperson Carol Hughes.
The university will start another provost search this fall, although specific details on the cost of this search were not available. All of this is happening while DePaul President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. is on sabbatical through Jan. 1. Despite the number of interims, several
See ADMINISTRATION, page 5
Lincoln Park crime increases in August By Rachel Hinton Copy Editor
Despite much of the coverage of crime in August focused on the city’s South and West sides, 14 violent crimes were reported last month in Lincoln Park, eight of which were robberies. The crime reports for Lincoln Park, published by Chicago Tribune, also include four crimes of battery, one assault and one sexual assault, which, when added to the 213 property crimes and 45 quality of life crimes brings the number of reported crimes to 272. Most of the crimes happened between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. The most reports, six, came at 1 a.m. However, crime during the summer months has not changed the way many go about their daily routines in the neighborhood.
McKinney released from team, charged with battery
DEPAULIA FILE
During August, 14 violent crimes were reported in Lincoln Park. “Crime always happens in the summertime. The impact of the heat and tourism just forces people to be more proactive with their crime,” sophomore Charia McDonald, a resident of Clifton-Fullerton Hall, said.
“I feel the same level of safety no matter where I am. In all honesty, bad stuff can happen to you in the South Side, in the suburbs, anywhere.” The overall crime report showed that violent, property,
and quality-of-life crimes decreased 20 percent year over year, meaning that comparisons are based on the difference in total crimes in a category for the same 30-day category the previous year. It also showed .2 violent crimes per one thousand people in Lincoln Park over the past 30 days. Though crime rose during the 30-day period, the crime rate for Lincoln Park is substantially lower than other neighborhoods that border it and those in the rest of the Chicagoland area. Many students already have a system in place for traveling at night, if they must, and the overall knowledge that Lincoln Park is a safe area has ensured that many don’t feel too worried about crimes that may occur in the area. “I feel very safe having
See CRIME, page 5
DEPAUL ATHLETICS
when they attempted to search his dorm. The program cited a violation of team rules as the reason for his dismissal. McKinney was also suspended for a violation of team rules last season missing one game. McKinney’s court time began dwindling in the 2013-14 season, averaging 16.7 minutes per game, compared to his career high of 20 minutes per game in 2012-2013. He averaged 4.5 points per game over his career, although his 20122013 average of 3.9 points per game was the lowest of his career. McKinney was part of head coach Oliver Purnell’s first recruiting class coming into the program as the 52nd-ranked shooting guard by ESPN for that class. When asked, the DePaul Athletic Department said Purnell had “no further comment.” McKinney’s departure is the third player the program has lost since the end of the 20132014 season. DeJaun Marrero transferred to Chipola College and Raymond Doby reclassified and opted to attend prep school, adding to the midseason loss of Cleveland Melvin in January. DePaul now comes into the 2014-2015 season with only 12 players on the roster. They open their season Nov. 14 against University of Illinois at Chicago.