The Franklin: Dec. 1, 2017

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MONTHLY MINAR UPDATE: SCIENCE CENTER PROGRESS President talks future of Franklin’s STEM programs BRYNNA SENTEL | STORY brynna.sentel@franklincollege.edu

With the expansion of the Franklin College on the science curriculum and cater to the Science Center edging closer to completion, needs of Franklin’s science students, Minar President Thomas Minar sat down with The stressed that it does not mean science is abandoning the college’s liberal arts values.

Franklin to discuss what this new addition “STEM and liberal arts are not exclusive means for the college.

“It’s not a building just for science stuof each other,” Minar said. “We do a lot of dents; it’s a building for the whole college,” STEM education here. In fact, we do evMinar said. “We see people hanging out erything that is embedded in this code word ‘STEM,’ which doesn’t really mean anything in the funniest little corners of this buildexcept ‘Science, Technology, Engineering ing. You see them grabbing the couch on the first floor or something upstairs. The and Mathematics.’”

Science Center will STEM isn’t a new concept for liberal have really explicit, uber-cool hangout arts colleges like Franklin, he said. spaces, for learning and teaching.”

Instead, it’s more of The $17 million a continuation of the college’s core values. project was inspired by an experience “The opening of the building doesn’t Minar had touring the expanded signal a turn of the science facility at college. It signals an advancement,” Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. he said. “It signals an investment in “My favorite President Thomas Minar said the Science part about [Dickcurriculum that had Center design is inspired by Dickinson inson’s facility] is been important to us College’s expanded science facility. for a hundred years that outside of a THOMAS MAXWELL | PHOTO faculty member’s or more.”

Through the new 51,000-square-foot cenoffice, there’s a little round table and a couple chairs and a black board,” Minar ter, the college is also fostering new relationsaid. “Students will come and study there or ships with companies such as Eli Lilly, B2S Life Sciences and Roche Diagnostics. spend casual time there, and they have more interaction with faculty.”

“The project is an extension of our commitment to those companies and those Minar said Franklin’s model will not mimic Dickinson’s facility entirely, but it will industries because we want to train people similarly drive students to the building for a to be ready to go make great things happen at those places and for the economy of Indirange of purposes.

While the building will place emphasis ana, the Midwest and beyond.”

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OUT ABOUT:

12/1 – 12/24 CARMEL CHRISTKINDLEMARKT Experience the joy of Christmas in Germany.

The market, located at 10 Center Green in Carmel, is open Wednesdays and Thursdays 4-9 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays 1-10 p.m. and Sundays 1-9 p.m. through Dec. 24.

12/1 – 1/6 FESTIVAL OF TREES Celebrate the holidays with the annual Festival of Trees at the Indiana Historical Society, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in Indianapolis.

The festival features more than 80 decorated trees from organizations across the state, including a Franklin College-themed tree. For more information, visit indianahistory.org.

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PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION FORMS DIVERSITY COMMITTEE Panhellenic Association chapter delegates approved the establishment of a special committee on diversity and inclusion for the college’s Greek life community last month.

The committee will research and explore ways the Panhellenic community can be more inclusive and educated on diversity matters, according to a Nov. 9 email from Taylor Dwyer, coordinator for Greek life and student activities.

The association asked that at least two women from each sorority chapter serve on the committee, which is expected to last the duration of the spring 2018 semester. Before the conclusion of the semester, the committee will present its recommendations to the chapter delegates.

LEADERSHIP CLASS HOSTS ANGEL TREE DRIVE Students in leadership professor Kenna Wood’s LEA 100 class are collecting items for local families in need this holiday season.

The angel tree, located in the lobby of Old Main, is decorated with tags listing a description of a child and the item requested.

Additional items needed include hats, gloves and scarves.

All gifts must remain unwrapped. Donations can be dropped off through Dec. 11 in the Office of Development and Alumni Engagement, located on the second floor of Old Main.

The items will be delivered to a local non-profit toy store where they’ll be distributed to children of all ages.

For more information, contact freshman Hunter Fields at hunter.fields@franklincollege.edu.

12/2 DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN HOLIDAY LIGHTING FESTIVITIES Kick off the holiday season at the annual lighting of the Courthouse Holiday Display tomorrow.

Festivities begin at 7:30 a.m. Gather around the Courthouse Square at 7 p.m. to see the lights go on. For a complete schedule of events, visit franklin.in.gov.

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STUDENT SHOWS ‘INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR’ IN LIBRARY Incident calls into question college response to multiple reports SHELBY MULLIS | STORY shelby.mullis@franklincollege.edu

A security officer responded to a report of a student engaging in “alleged inappropriate behavior” Nov. 8 in Hamilton Library, Director of Security Steve Leonard said.

Officer Doug Burker received a call at 11:36 p.m. from a student worker in the library notifying security of a male student’s behavior in a second-floor computer lab, Leonard said.

Burker met with the student employee before opening the lab door, where he found the student engaging in inappropriate behavior. The officer confronted the student, addressed the behavior, escorted the student out of the building and documented it in an incident report, Leonard said.

The incident report was immediately sent to Leonard, Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Ellis Hall, Director of Residence Life Jacob Knight and Assistant Dean of Students Kirk Bixler for further review.

The Franklin was unable to obtain the report. Leonard cited student confidentiality.

When senior John Montgomery heard about the incident, he responded on Twitter in a 10-tweet thread.

“Well would you look at that,” one of the tweets reads. “The student who has repeatedly proved to be a racist and general pig is finally taken off campus for exposing himself

in the library. Also for shouting racial slurs, AGAIN, at a black woman on campus.”

Montgomery said this isn’t the first incident involving this student that he’s aware of, which is why he said he wasn’t surprised to hear about the student’s actions in the library.

“When I found out what the situation was and who it involved, it immediately made sense to me because of the past behavior from that student,” he said. “It made me even more angry, more upset than if this was just a student I didn’t know or had never heard of.”

Montgomery said the student had also allegedly exhibited stalking behaviors off campus.

“That pattern of behavior—there’s been those instances of that overt kind of behavior—those are some of the things I had known going into this that that student had been involved in,” he said.

Montgomery used Twitter as a platform to make his followers—many of whom are Franklin College students—aware of the individual’s actions, he said.

“With the case that just happened with this individual, for me, the school—by permitting the individual to continue here after they had an outburst that was very clearly racially motivated, outright racist—

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by tolerating that, they then brought trauma on to more individuals like the individual that found him in the library,” he said.

In incidents like this, Leonard said the security officer on duty is either alerted to the issue or comes upon it on his or her rounds.

“Either way, the security officer immediately assesses, ‘Is there a potential violation of college policy occurring? If so, I need to address that behavior,’” Leonard said. “The security officer addresses the behavior, tells the person, ‘You are in violation of a college policy right now. This is not permitted,’ and gets the person to stop doing whatever they’re doing.”

Leonard said he could not release details on the student’s current status at the college or where the investigation currently stands.

The student is still listed as enrolled on MyFC. If anyone is a witness to suspicious activity or has a concern for safety, Leonard said the best practice is to report it to security by calling 317-738-8888.

“I always suggest err on the side of caution,” he said. “I would rather have 100 calls in a row that don’t really result in anything than one instance happening and someone chose not to call, and it turns into something worse. We’ll come every time.”

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MAINTENANCE SLATES MAJOR REPAIR PROJECTS

Summer plans include Shirk Hall air conditioning unit, campus masonry work QUINN FITZGERALD | STORY elizabeth.fitzgerald@franklincollege.edu

It took three leaks in their room of Elsey Hall before sophomore Sam Fain and her roommate decided to move into a new room last fall.

“We stayed because [maintenance] said they could fix it, ” Fain said. “But they never did.”

Sophomore Tori Martinkovic, a Hoover Hall resident, experienced a similar issue in her room with the heater.

“It’s a fairly large campus for the number of maintenance people that we have, so it’s understandable if they can’t keep up with the demand,” Martinkovic said. “But at the same time when you pay so much to live here and things continually break, it’s problematic.”

Tom Patz, director of physical facilities and energy management, said the residence halls are holding up well considering how old they are. Cline Hall, for example, was built in 1959. Hoover was built in 1965. That’s more than 50 years of wear and tear.

“With buildings that have some age on them, you are going to have repairs,” Patz said. “There are a lot of moving parts to this

campus and those parts can—and do—fail from time to time.”

The maintenance crew, which consists of Patz and six other physical facilities workers according to MyFC, receives about 300 work orders per month from students and staff across campus in addition to daily maintenance.

When large-scale repairs are needed, Patz said his staff considers students when planning a project that may disrupt normal campus activity, saving larger projects for the summer.

Patz said budget is also a major factor in scheduling repairs.

“Academic programs and financial aid are something that [the college] wants to devote a lot of resources to, which means we need to be very frugal with our facility resources,” Patz said. “We stretch budget dollars as far as we can.”

In summer 2018, the campus’ maintenance department will complete four largescale projects in addition to regular summer maintenance: replacement of a section of the college’s underground high voltage

SUBMITTING A WORK ORDER

To place a work order, visit MyFC and select Departments on the left side of the screen. Select Physical Facilities, then click Work Orders on the bottom left of the page. When asked to submit a password, enter “password.” cabling, masonry work, replacing the air handler in Custer Theatre and work on the air conditioning unit of Shirk Hall.

The department also focuses its time on a residence hall each summer to ensure major repairs are made. In 2018, Hoover-Cline will be the main priority. Patz said repairs will be made to lighting fixtures, stair treads, air handlers and air conditioning units.

Students and staff with a maintenance need should report the concern by submitting a work order through MyFC. “With a staff that is covering approximately 540,000 square feet of building space, we are not in all the spaces on a daily basis,” Patz said. “Once a work order is submitted, the facilities staff can respond to the issue.

Communication is key.”

FRANKLIN ALUMNUS DEVELOPING NEW DISNEY SERIES Education led Braun to career in writing, production EMILY KETTERER | STORY emily.ketterer@franklincollege.edu

One Franklin College alumnus is in the national spotlight once again, nearly two years after winning a $1 million prize for a Super Bowl ad.

Travis Braun, a 2010 graduate, is known on campus for winning the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl competition with his “Doritos Dogs” commercial. Now, Braun is developing three new Disney television series, including one based on Disney-Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.” Following his four-year college venture, Braun journeyed to California to kick-start his writing career.

After a few years on the west coast, he joined the Nickelodeon Writing Program, a year-long program for young talents to develop their scripts and get paid by Nickelodeon.

Through this, Braun said he made several connections that eventually landed him a meeting with Disney producers.

“I pitched them a show, and they liked it. I started writing it, and they liked the script, so

Alumnus Travis Braun poses with a dog on set of the “Doritos Dogs” commercial. Braun is currently developing three Disney television series.

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we’re off into production now,” Braun said.

Seven years after earning a bachelor’s degree at Franklin, Braun now has three shows going into production.

“To have three going at the same time— it’s a bit overwhelming,” he said. “Thankfully, Disney’s paired me with some amazing people and some great producers who know what they’re doing and have done it a lot

more than I have.”

Looking back on his time at Franklin College, Braun said he never would have pictured himself working for a company like Disney.

“When I was at Franklin, there wasn’t any sort of TV or film track or any major,” Braun said. “Hollywood felt like such a weird, far-off place. That was for other people, you know? I wasn’t one of those kinds of people who worked in Hollywood or did that kind of thing.”

Despite not having a major tailored to his career choice, Braun said he learned to value his liberal arts education.

“I would say 90 percent of the struggle I have on a day-to-day basis, or 90 percent of the problems I deal with, aren’t writing-related. I know how to write. It’s the other things where you are sort of pushed. Those are the things that Franklin teaches you—how to deal with those aspects of your knowledge that you might not be as well versed on.”

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to pursue homeless ministry, for Condre, was obvious.

After her own family lost evI think that erything in a house fire in March grows your 2016, Condre wanted to spread faith more awareness of homelessness on than just campus. With the help of Rumhearing what sey, she lived outside for an entire week in nothing more than a tent. you already She cleaned herself with wipes in believe. place of showers.

“I don’t think people realize TAYLOR CONDRE that, on this campus, there are people who have been homeless, who don’t have that much money, who are really affected by these illness isn’t bad, it’s not caused by God, things,” she said. “But because Franklin and it’s not a punishment—just a chemCollege is so expensive, and because it’s a ical imbalance in your brain you have to private school and most of our demolive with.” graphic is middle, upper middle class, people forget there are people on this A “BRITE” FUTURE A NEW COMMUNITY campus who aren’t.”

For the past few months, Condre spent Condre’s first impressions of the As the current vice president of hours applying to several seminaries, or college’s religious community came from Franklin College Pride Alliance and a religion-based graduate schools, across chapel services and interactions with pansexual woman, Condre also works to the country—the next step in her jourRev. Leah Rumsey, the former campus unite religious life and the campus LGBT ney through ministry. chaplain who left last year to pursure her community.

She realized early on her dream doctorate at Harvard University. seminary was Brite Divinity School in “We were struggling through faith,” THE WEIGHT OF FAITH Fort Worth, Texas, which is an institution Condre said. “When I have people ask One of Condre’s greatest struggles is known for its progressive approaches to big questions with me and talk through balancing her mental health with the religion. big things with me—that struggling—I tradition of her work.

To her surprise, Condre received a think that grows your faith more than After being diagnosed with depression full-tuition scholarship from the seminary just hearing what you already believe.” and anxiety, she weighs personal belief in October.

Rumsey invited Condre to attend and need with the teachings of scripture.

When she graduates from Franklin events like Dinner and Faith, deliver She takes issue with the Bible’s portray- College this month, she will have a little sermons and travel to New York with the al of mental illness as a lack of faith. less than a year to work and prepare Religious Life team to learn more about “There’s a lot in the Bible that portrays for the move. She will also contribute ministry with the poor. mental illness as a demon, and then to the youth group at her home church, There, she met with a homeless Jesus casts it out and everything is fine,” Speedway Christian Church (Disciples of outreach minister who emphasized the Condre said. “A lot of people believe that Christ) in Broad Ripple. sacrifices made by those in that position. they just have to wait for Jesus to cast out In summer 2018, Condre will marry It was in that moment that the choice their demons. Then the question is, ‘How her long-time friend and fiance, senior long do you have to Justin Braunsdorf. wait?’”

The couple will hold their ceremony at Recognizing this, Richardson Chapel with a reception to Condre designed her follow in the Branigin Room, where their sermons to better ad- friendship began as incoming freshmen.

Use this dress the role of God “The most wonderful thing about time to in emotional pain, college is that you get the chance to explore that particularly through explore,” Condre says as she concludes deeper, using the lessons in the her Nov. 21 sermon. “You get to explore it afterward Book of Job. majors, clubs and activities, but you’re “One of the things also exploring your friends and who you to become I talked about in are as a person. And use this time to sure of who my sermon about de- explore that deeper, using it afterward to you are. pression was a cross become sure of who you are.”

TAYLOR CONDRE of mental illness,” Condre said. “This is ERICA IRISH | STORY & PHOTOS LEIGH DURPHEY | DESIGN the idea that mental

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Her short, messily-styled hair and glowing cheeks radiate the many colors of the stained-glass windows around her.

On Nov. 21, the campus sanctuary moves for Religious Life intern Taylor Condre and the quaint congregation.

She steadies herself and walks towards the pulpit to deliver the fourth sermon of her student-led series.

A Bible sits open, near the script of the message she will present on faith through tragedy, choosing relationships and refashioning one’s pain through God. Her project—the capstone of the senior’s religious journey at Franklin College—is the product of months of research, a lifetime of faith and one of her final marks on the campus before graduating in December.

She begins to speak.

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Taylor Condre delivers sermons in senior project series

PETITION

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Student’s suspension causes controversy on campus

Some Franklin College students are rallying behind a football player who was suspended from the team’s Nov. 18 playoff game.

The senior player was suspended after “a paper typed by the student didn’t meet ‘Franklin College’ standards,” according to a petition created by senior linebacker Jeffontae McClain on Nov. 16.

The suspension stems from allegations

against the student “that have been proven false,” the petition reads.

“The student was cooperative throughout the investigation and found not guilty yet still ended up suspended,” it says. “If you would like to help bring justice to the situation please sign this petition.”

It received 76 signatures out of its goal of 1,000—42 of which came from supporters

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located in Franklin.

“If innocent then there is zero reason for a suspension or any disciplinary action,” a supporter named Logan H. said on his signature. “Especially when that disciplinary action affects other students in a negative way.”

Supporter Nawwaf E. also signed the petition and commented, referring to an

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9 incident that occurred in 2016.

“The punishment is nonsense and makes no sense to enforce it a year after the occurrence,” he wrote.

A Franklin Police Department report obtained by The Franklin filed July 25 details a rape that occurred in October 2016.

Officer Brian Goldfarb reported that he met with the alleged victim at the Franklin Police Department in July 2017 at 1:35 p.m.

“The victim reported that in October 2016, she was raped on the Franklin College campus by a student,” the report reads.

Another detective took over the investigation following Goldfarb’s initial report. The investigation was closed, and no charges were filed. Franklin Police Chief Tim O’Sullivan declined to discuss the incident in detail with The Franklin because it is a sexual assault case.

The Franklin reached out to both the alleged victim and the student accused for comment. Both declined.

The reason behind the student’s suspension from the football team’s Nov. 18 NCAA playoff game against Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, remains a mystery, though.

Athletic Director Kerry Prather and Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Ellis Hall said they are not permitted to discuss the student’s disciplinary incident in its entirety because it involves personal information. Neither could confirm why the student was suspended, if the investigation is ongoing or if there was an investigation at all.

A student’s academic, financial, personal counseling, disciplinary and other information is protected by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, known as FERPA. The player’s suspension led several current and former students to speak out against the issue on Twitter.

“It hurts to watch a man blatantly be treated wrong and not be able to do anything about it,” senior quarterback Chase Burton said in a tweet.

Zay Thornton, a 2017 Franklin College graduate, played as a defensive back and is still in contact with people on campus. He used Twitter as a platform to voice his concerns with the college administration’s efforts to handle the situation.

“Franklin College by far is the most crooked school I’ve ever seen,” one of Thornton’s tweets reads. “Can’t believe I really went to that place and thought I was making some kind of change.”

Thornton said he was upset that his leadership, and everything he strived to accomplish while on campus, seemed to be

for nothing.

“This situation frustrated me a lot because the person, he played an entire season and then it wasn’t up until, I think, the day before they were leaving when the decision was made,” Thornton said. “If the situation was—I’m not saying it’s not important—but if it was that big of a deal, it was something I feel like should have been handled before the season started.”

Prather said the athletic department works closely with the academic affairs office on every issue regarding the student conduct policy.

“If we learn, in the athletic department, of a violation, we share that information with the student affairs folks,” Prather said. “At some point, in each of the judicial processes that involve a student-athlete, they share the information with us.”

The judicial process allows the student to admit responsibility at any point, putting an end to the investigation.

“Our process is not a legal process. It is an educational one,” Hall said. “We’re a private college. People voluntarily join here, and when they become a member of the community, they’re expected to abide by our policies and regulations.”

After the judicial process is completed, the student-athlete must meet with his or her head coach and Prather to discuss the ramifications of the actions.

“Participation in athletics is a privilege, and it is based on a certain set of expectations,” Prather said. “There really is no right to participate. You have to meet academic requirements. You have to meet requirements with respect to just complying with the general rules of the campus and all of that.”

Sports Information Director Ryan Thomas said the athletic department is not authorized to comment on the situation.

Head Football Coach Mike Leonard and McClain did not respond to interview requests.

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

COLLEGE JUDICIAL PROCESS The college’s judicial process, which can be found in The Key, follows the steps below.

1 A report may be filed by anyone that

states the time, place and details of the situation.

2 College administrators review the

report and determine whether the situation violates college policy. If a situation appears to violate the policy, everyone involved—the reporting party, responding party and others—receive a notification of investigation stating what policies may be in violation and who will investigate the incident.

or more investigators meet with 3 One the responding party to listen to his or

her explanation of the incident. Then, they meet with others involved in the incident, including the reporting party.

the information is gathered, investi4 After gators determine the outcome based on preponderance of the evidence, which is different than beyond a reasonable doubt. In preponderance of the evidence, a party can be found guilty if 51 percent of the evidence is proven.

Beyond reasonable doubt says the party is only guilty if 85 percent of the information can be proven true.

report is filed by the investi5 Another gators, and the responding party may

review it. They are permitted to submit any changes they feel are necessary. The reporting party who initially filed the claim may also review the report. A decision is made following these reviews.

the student is proven guilty, they will 6 Ifreceive a letter outlining the policy violation and the penalty.

7 The student may accept the outcome

and penalty, accept the outcome, but disagree with the penalty, or not accept the outcome and penalty.

8 If the student disagrees entirely, the re-

port goes to a hearing, which comprises of three Franklin College community members and a non-voting chair. The members will listen to the investigator’s side of the story, as well as the student’s, then decide the outcome.

The following timeline outlines the events that occurred leading up to the player’s suspension.

Petition created by senior linebacker Jeffontae McClain NOV. 16, 2017

OCTOBER 2016

JULY 25, 2017

NOV. 18, 2017

Alleged victim raped by male student, according to police report

Alleged victim reports incident to Franklin Police Department

Football team travels to Waverly, Iowa, for playoff game against Wartburg College

OPINION

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EDITORIAL INDIANA BEHIND THE TIMES Ditch abstinence-only education, teach students safe sex Indiana has a few laws that are not up to date with modern standards. One of these laws deals with sex education.

The law mandates that educators must teach abstinence-only sex education.

Instead of teaching students how to be safe when they have sex, health educators tell them not to have it at all.

“While abstinence truly is the only way of avoiding unwanted pregnancy and potential STIs, this law is not practical or proactive,” said Sara Kinder, counselor in the Franklin College Heath Center.

People are going to have sex. That’s a fact of life.

Telling students to just not do it won’t stop them. If they really want to do it, they will.

That’s why Indiana legislators must update the state’s sex education law away from abstinence-only. By not teaching students about sex in a responsible and realistic way, they will look to other places to learn about sex.

This often leads students to look at pornography as a teaching tool.

“The dangers of learning about sex from porn include porn showing an unrealistic idea of what sex really looks like,” Kinder said. “Porn most often does not show any forms of protection being used. There is no emphasis on consent in most porn, and porn usually carries themes of dominating and disrespecting women—among many other negative aspects,” Kinder said.

In short, porn doesn’t teach students that they could get pregnant or get an STD. It doesn’t even show an accurate representation of how to have sex.

Porn doesn’t teach people anything about safe sex. This could lead to a plethora of issues, including unclear definitions of consent that follow them to college and beyond.

Safe sex education must include consent.

If people aren’t taught about consent, then they could end up in a situation where they feel pressured to have sex because they don’t realize they can say ‘no.’

The college’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Programming group hosted an event earlier this semester called Cookies, Condoms and Consent.

The event featured several exhibits that taught students safe sex habits, like how to put on a condom and what consent means.

Some students were learning this information for the first time. That’s a problem.

Students shouldn’t be learning about safe sex for the first time in college when the average male loses his virginity at age 16 and the average female loses their virginity at 17, according to 2016 research from The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction.

If people are having sex at 16 and 17, then students need to learn about safe sex in high school. The curriculum for health classes needs to change and adapt to today’s world.

The Franklin staff believes Indiana’s sex education law, which requires educators to teach abstinence-only sex education, is outdated and needs to be changed to include safe sex practices.

Indiana’s law must to change to be safe-sex education.

Instead of leaving it up to students to find a sex education on the internet, schools should start teaching it.

“Sexuality is a part of life and should be explored in a safe and healthy way when one feels ready to do so,” Kinder said. “There should be educational pieces in place that actually focus on sex and not just abstinence to help assist in this.”

#FRANKLINVOICES The Franklin’s poll board in the Student Center atrium gives students, faculty, staff and the larger Franklin community a chance to voice their opinion.

DO YOU THINK ABSTINENCE-ONLY SEX EDUCATION IS EFFECTIVE?

13 PEOPLE SAID YES 168 PEOPLE SAID NO

*181 people participated in this poll

FINAL TIPS FOR SUCCESS

Achieve end-of-semester goals by following this advice ERICA IRISIH | STORY & GRAPHICS erica.irish@franklincollege.edu

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Q&A WITH DR. RUSH

DITCH THE FRIES. Greasy foods tend to slow mental cognition. This means loading up on fries and burgers in the dining hall on your way to a study session might not be the best route to concentration.

Several scientific studies support this claim.

In a 2009 study issued by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, a group of scientists monitored the effects of food on cognition among 32 lab rats. At the start of the experiment, all of the rats were fed low-fat items and, with time, the rats demonstrated they learned a maze path. Then, half of the rats were fed high-fat items.

All of these rats did worse in remembering the maze path than their peers.

Biology major Brittny Balog recommends students eat carbs and plenty of protein.

“I drink a lot of coffee, but I try not to get over caffeinated because that’s unproductive,” she said. “But anything that’s a complex carb, like a granola bar, is great for your brain. I like Cliff bars when I’m studying.”

LESS CAFFEINE, MORE WATER. Caffeine can only help to a certain extent. While passing by the Griz Cafe on your way to the library is tempting, keep in mind that, like any other stimulant, coffee can only provide energy for a short amount of time.

To promote greater concentration and alertness, stick to one of the world’s most natural resources: water.

According to a Psychology Today article, not drinking enough pure water can disrupt the balance of cells in your brain. This imbalance can prevent short-term memory and harm the recall of long-term memories.

Junior Nicholas Brems, a software engineering major, says he drinks a lot of coffee during finals week, though he recognizes its drawbacks.

“I rely heavily on caffeine,” he said. “No, it’s not good for me. I’m in a coffee class right now, and I’ve learned that caffeine is not good for the body. But it’s four years of my life. I can take it.”

Grab your water bottle, and stay hydrated while studying for finals.

STRIKE A BALANCE. Sleep is just as important as learning the material. Above all else, students interviewed say self-care is essential to personal success.

“The way I survive finals is I have a rigorous sleep, study, sleep, study schedule on repeat,” Brems said. “I’ll take a 30-minute nap. I’ll study for probably three hours, then probably go back to sleep for another hour or so. Then I’ll wake up and study again and keep repeating the process.”

Junior public relations major Collin Merkel agreed.

“For me, it’s not necessarily about trying to cram,” he said. “I look over the stuff prior to the exam, but I mainly try to get as much sleep as I possibly can the night before.”

According to studies made by University of California San Diego, the best way to help yourself fall asleep in the face of test anxiety is to separate your study area from your sleeping area.

Do your best to study at your desk or, better yet, in an area that’s not even near your bed.

JORDAN BRODNER | PHOTO MATTHEW BROWN | STORY matthew.brown@franklincollege.edu The Franklin talked to psycholog y professor Ryan Rush, who specializes in memory, about how students can best prepare for their final exams.

This interview was edited for space and clarity.

Q: What is memory?

A: Memory is our ability to store and use information that we’re presented with. It’s essential to almost all, if not everything, you do. From being able to get on your bike and ride it to digesting material from a textbook then recall it on an exam, memory is something that is important to essentially everything you do as a person.

Q: How do memory and stress interact with each other?

A: The research is mixed, but what it seems to suggest is that when you’re experiencing moderate levels of arousal or stress, memory helps heighten your ability to encode information into long-term memory. If you’re really low on stress, you’re not going to encode really well, but if you’re really stressed out, like if you had a gun pointed to your head, you’re also distracted and not attending to the information. When you sort of have that moderate level of stress, where there’s enough anxiety to motivate you, that seems to be effective for encoding.

Q: How can students use memory to do well on their final exams?

A: Change in performance doesn’t typically happen overnight. Keep at it. You should recognize that any improvement suggests that you’re on the right track. Build studying into your actual 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. work day so that you are committed to doing it. Learn from your mistakes. Talk with your professor about what their expectations for you are, and be active in your education, your studying and your learning. If you sort of sit back, things aren’t going to change.

To read the full interview, visit thefranklinnews.com.

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CLIMATE CHANGE HAPPENING NO MATTER WHAT LEADERS SAY

We can’t stop damage, but we can take action Within the past few months, there have been hurricanes hitting multiple parts of the United States.

NICOLEHERNANDEZ One of the largest earthquakes in 100 years hit Mexico.

Massive wildfires have wiped out much of northern California.

This is a direct result of climate change.

Scientists knew that disasters like Hurricanes Harvey and Maria were coming, but people in power refused to listen.

On June 1, 2017, the White House released a statement from President Donald Trump regarding the Paris Climate Agreement.

“In order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord,” Trump said. “The Paris Climate Accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving American workers—who I love—and taxpayers to absorb the cost in terms of lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories, and vastly diminished economic production.”

The Paris Climate Agreement’s main goal is to “strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global

temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.”

The agreement also aims to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change and requires all members of the agreement to put forward their best efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

“The Paris Accord shows that most of the world recognizes that it has a problem and is trying to do things to cut down on carbon emissions,” Earth science professor Clark Hadley said. “Anything we can do to slow that down is going to help, but the ball’s already rolling, so we’re going to deal with consequences.”

If the Paris Climate Agreement reaches its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, scientists say it will prevent a major increase in global temperatures that would raise sea levels, spark major droughts and lead to more dangerous storms.

“There has to be a political will to want to do that and, usually, you don’t have a political will to want to do something like that until it gets really bad,” Hadley said.

The U.S. is the second-largest carbon dioxide-emitting nation on the planet after China, according to the European Commission.

Syria announced Nov. 7 that it would join the climate pact, leaving the U.S. to be the only country that has declined to join the

agreement to combat climate change.

Not only does the decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement make the U.S. look ignorant and inconsiderate of our Earth, it will also make it very hard for other countries to want to make agreements with the U.S. in the future.

Just because our leaders don’t want to take action in reducing the damage we’ve caused the Earth doesn’t mean we can’t. There’s little things that we can all do that, when multiplied by millions of people, can help make a difference.

Here’s five things you can do: be informed, recycle, reduce waste, change how you get around and be energy efficient.

“We do have choices we can make about whether we decide to dump pollutants into the atmosphere. It is a choice,” Hadley said.

“It’s easier to keep doing what we’re doing, but easier isn’t the best solution here.”

TWITTER POLL We asked Franklin College students: Do you think the change in weather patterns is due to climate change?

59% 41% YES NO *34 people participated in this poll. The Franklin’s polls are illustrative and not scientific. They are a way to get the college community involved.

STUDENTS SHOULD BE ‘UPSTANDERS,’ NOT BYSTANDERS Campaign encourages everyone to take part in stopping bullying An estimated 3.5 million students are victims of bullying each year, according to dosomething.org, a non-profit organization that moCHRISTINARAMEY tivates young people to make a positive change.

The Center for Diversity and Inclusion hosted its second annual Day1 campaign Nov. 17.

The campaign was founded in honor of Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rugters University in New Jersey who took his life after being bullied by his roommate and others.

“The Day1 campaign is just to spread awareness at schools—whether it’s a college, elementary school, a middle school, any school at all—to raise awareness about bul-

lying,” sophomore and Diversity Advocate Kayla Commons said. “A lot of people don’t believe that bullying exists, but it definitely does.”

According to nobully.com, a website aimed at educating, advising, counseling and putting an end to bullying, 7 to 9 percent of those who are bullied are more likely to consider suicide.

Bullying is a serious problem that gets overlooked too often. Teachers and parents sometimes label it as kids just being kids, but they don’t think about the lasting impact of what the kids are doing to each other.

One of the problems with bullying is bystanders—people who stand and watch as something takes place. They can be just as bad as bullies because they just let it happen instead of trying to intervene and stop it

from happening.

Instead of being a bystander, people should speak up and defend those who are being subjected to the torment of a bully.

Be a voice for someone who can’t speak.

Stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves.

The Day1 campaign looks to spread awareness and teach people to be “upstanders” instead of bystanders.

“Even if you’re not the one being bullied, and you’re not the one doing the bullying, you can still be an ‘upstander,’” Commons said. “And if you see someone being bullied, you can let someone know. You can get them help. You can talk to them. Just things like that to help them out.”

SPORTS

GAMES IN REVIEW WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Depauw University L, 69-62 Women’s Soccer Head Coach Cristin Allen hugs seniors Abby and Emily Stayer. Allen led the team to its first Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championship this season. QUINN FITZGERALD | PHOTO

NEW COACH LEADS WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM TO RECORD-BREAKING SEASON Allen: ‘These are the types of kids and players I want to be around’ JADA JONES | STORY jada.jones@franklincollege.edu

Women’s Soccer Head Coach Cristin Allen was inspired to play soccer because of her father, who was a coach. Growing up, they would always play soccer together, and that’s how she grew up to love the sport.

Allen has had a long career in soccer. She grew up in Ohio, where she played on her high school soccer team, and then went off to continue her soccer career at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

After graduating from college, Allen became the assistant coach for Saint Cecilia Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. Shortly after, she accepted assistant coaching positions at Goucher College in Maryland, Vanderbilt University in Tennessee and DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

She eventually found her way to Franklin College and fell in love with the environment.

“The atmosphere first and foremost is a very blue collar, Midwestern, hard-working mentality,” Allen said. “Then, when I met a lot of the girls, it just kind of confirmed that these are the types of kids and players I want to be around.”

She has always wanted to be around soccer and help others in some way. She said she felt coaching was the best way she could give back to her community and kids aspiring to do good things in their lives.

Allen replaced former Head Coach Justin Sullivan in July. Senior defender Jo List said the transition was difficult in the beginning because they had gotten used to one style of play and coaching.

Halfway through pre-conference matches, the team finally started to open up to the

new coaching style, and the players started to flourish.

List said she was scared of having a new coach come in and was unsure of what her role would be on the team, but Allen brought back her love for the game.

“She pushed me to be a leader both on and off the field, which is something I hadn’t seen in myself in previous years,” List said.

“She has become a mentor and friend to me, and I can’t thank her enough for all she has taught me.”

Allen said she didn’t have to make many changes in the program because she came into an already winning team.

After years of finishing second in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championship game, the Grizzlies won their first HCAC championship and an automatic bid to the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament, under Allen’s guidance.

The team lost to Arcadian University in Pennsylvania in the first game 3-1.

Out of the many years Allen has spent playing and coaching soccer, she said her most memorable moment was seeing the pure joy of the Grizzlies when they won the HCAC championship.

Being able to come to a team that was already in a good place and taking them one step further was satisfying for Allen.

“At the end of the day, it’s not about the wins and losses,” Allen said. “Winning the championship was great, but just seeing how they were able to overcome that barrier and I was able to be a part of that was a pretty cool thing for me.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Wheaton College L, 83-70

WOMEN’S SWIMMING vs. Indiana Wesleyan W, 180-52

MEN’S SWIMMING @ Manchester University W, 190-34

UPCOMING GAMES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 12/2 vs. Hanover College

MEN’S BASKETBALL 12/2 vs. Hanover College

MEN’S SWIMMING 12/2 Transylvania Invitational

WOMEN’S SWIMMING 12/2 Transylvania Invitational

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COLUMN BALANCING SPORTS AND ACADEMICS

Q&A

MULTI-ATHLETE STUDENTS

CAN A STUDENT PLAY MULTIPLE SPORTS SUCCESSFULLY?

Tips on how to be successful chasing multiple activities

Senior Nathan Adams shares experience of playing for football, track and field teams

Balancing academic and athletic responsibilities is always tough, but it can be done.

Regardless of what you are studying or what sport you are JUSTIN playing, there are goPENNINGTON ing to be difficulties in everything you do.

The lesson I had to learn was managing my time the best I possibly could between playing as an offensive lineman on the football team and classwork. I tried my hardest because academics are important to me.

Adding any other extracurricular activities can make the juggling act even more difficult.

This year I joined The Franklin, and I really enjoy it. But on top of my other responsibilities, I had to complete interviews, write stories and reach deadlines every issue, leaving me with very little free time.

To make my life a little easier, I made a conscious effort to make a schedule of everything I needed to do and when they were due. It seems like an easy task, but it can be really challenging.

When someone becomes a student-athlete, they have to dedicate a lot of effort to their schoolwork because it will impact athletic eligibility. If a student doesn’t maintain the grade point average of 1.0, they can be suspended from the team.

My advice to student-athletes may sound simple, but it can be tough. Keep a clear mind of everything, and don’t spend every day worrying about homework and sports.

Remember to never give up if you get down.

Being a student-athlete can give you some of the best times of your life. You just have to do it right.

Franklin College has more than 1,000 students. Of these students, 415 play an NCAA sport. And of these students, around 20 attempt to play a second sport. That’s less than one percent.

Nathan Adams, a senior at Franklin, is one of the few that play two sports in college. He plays on the football and track and field teams.

JARED SCHOEN | STORY jared.schoen@franklincollege.edu

Q: What sports do you play at Franklin?

Senior Nathan Adams is part of the one percent of studentA: I am a defensive end athletes who compete in two sports. Adams competes on the for football, and I am football and track and field teams. a hammer and weight JORDAN BRODNER | PHOTO thrower for the track and field team. really have to make sure you take care of Q: Did you play any other sports in your body. high school?

Q: Do you feel playing two different A: I wrestled as well as played football. sports has benefitted you?

Q: What made you want to play two A: Off the field, it makes you stay on top of sports? your schoolwork because of how busy you A: When I came to Franklin, I had never are. You can’t procrastinate and hold things participated in track and field a day in my off. Coach Demetrius Bailey, the head track life. My defensive coach, Coach [Mel] Mills, coach, is very athletic and knows a lot of is also the assistant throwing coach for the ways to help athletes develop. He has helped track team. One day, I saw him going tome out more than I could ever ask for. ward the fitness center where they do indoor Q: What advice would you give to practices, and I asked him if they needed other athletes who are considering throwers. I tried out that day, and I was playing two sports? fortunate that I was pretty good at it.

A: Athletically, I would make sure that you Q: How do you balance the workload take care of your body. After football I go of training for two sports? straight into track, so you have to make sure A: A lot of confliction is in the springtime. you limit the wear and tear going to different We have a month-and-a-half long spring seasons as much as possible. Off the field, I football session. It’s hard balancing the would also say to stay on top of your grades two, because I have to make sure I keep up as much as possible. Academics can spiral in football, even though track is the main out of control, especially if you’re playing priority. Even during football season, I threw two sports and you have meets or games. three to four times a week. Even the day You can really lose track of time. before a game, I was out practicing. You

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Senior quarterback Chase Burton finished his career at Franklin College by setting new athletic records. Burton passed Franklin College alum Jonny West’s passing touchdowns and passing yards records. ZOIE RICHEY | PHOTO

QUARTERBACK MAKES ATHLETIC HISTORY AT FRANKLIN COLLEGE Senior Chase Burton surpasses touchdown, passing yard records BRANDON BARGER | STORY brandon.barger@franklincollege.edu

Senior quarterback Chase Burton finished his career at Franklin College by breaking records.

Alumnus Jonny West held the record for career passing touchdowns, with 105 touchdowns, and the all-time passing yards record, with 10,653 yards when he graduated in 2014.

In the game against Mt. St. Joseph University Oct. 28, Burton broke West’s passing touchdown record.

Burton said he knew he was close to West’s passing yards record but didn’t know how close he actually was.

Around the end of the first half, as Burton was jogging off the field, Steve McClure, the game announcer, informed the audience Burton had just broken West’s all-time passing yard record. But Burton didn’t even hear McClure make the announcement.

“When he said that, I really didn’t even hear it, but the fans started cheering and other players started to congratulate me,” Burton said. “It was kind of a nice moment to share with all of my teammates and family afterwards.”

Burton finished his collegiate career with a total of 11,579 passing yard, 121 passing touchdowns and 11 rushing touchdowns.

Burton played football and baseball at Corydon Central High School, where he was a two-time All-Mid Southern Conference selection in football and was named the 2012 football team’s Most Valuable Player.

After graduating from high school, he was originally recruited to play baseball at Bellarmine University. But he was hurt while playing in the fall baseball season.

After he got hurt at Bellarmine, he started to miss playing football. A friend convinced him to transfer to Franklin College.

“I stayed in touch with him and with the coaching staff here,” Burton said. “After about a year of sitting around not playing baseball made me miss football even more.”

Burton transferred to Franklin in 2014 to play football and became a reserve quarterback. After that season, he became the starting quarterback.

Head Football Coach Mike Leonard said Burton helped the team with not only the passing game but the running game as well.

“We are happy that we are throwing the ball, like we always have, but we are also running the ball really well,” Leonard said.

“That is attributed to him at times getting us in the right play and handing it off instead of passing it.”

Leonard said there is one game he will always remember. During Burton’s sophomore year, Franklin was losing to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Burton received a bloody mouth during the game, but overcame and led the team to a victory.

During his time on the team, Burton led the team to two spots in the Division III championship tournament and was the recipient of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards.

To Burton, every game he has played in was special to him. The games he remembers the most are the Victory Bell Classic games, where he has gone undefeated against Hanover College.

During his time at Franklin College, Burton learned is a player needs to know everyone on the team. He said a lot of his teammates at Franklin were players that he had played against in high school.

“I wasn’t too fond of them back then, but now I am friends with them and even live with some of them,” Burton said.

Burton plans on playing football after he graduates this spring. He currently has opportunities lined up overseas to play in Germany or in Finland.

LAST LOOK TETEE DAHN, JUNIOR Dahn practices a self-defense move during a class sponsored by the Black Student Union. “These skills are not for you to stand up and fight somebody that’s bigger than you,” she said. “It’s the best way to get out of the situation.”

QUINN FITZGERALD | COVER PHOTO ZOIE RICHEY | BACK PHOTO