The Franklin: May 2, 2014

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“Unfavorable Trees”

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Former Head Women’s Basketball Coach Jennifer Temple Lodge (right) cheers on her team as players are introduced at senior night on Feb. 12. The team sold pink t-shirts to raise awareness for breast cancer awareness.

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College to hire new women’s basketball coach Athletic director, coach refuse to comment on coach’s resignation

By Kyle Holzbog

kholzbog@franklincollege.edu

Franklin College Athletic Director Kerry Prather said he “can’t” say why the women’s basketball coach is out of her job and a search for a replacement is underway.

Prather announced in an email Monday that Coach Jennifer Lodge Temple “is no longer the head women’s basketball coach.” He refused to elaborate on the details of her departure.

Temple said she can’t comment now on the resignation.

Sophomore Katie Brewer, a forward, said it’s tough to not have a coach now, but she said the players will keep their teammates accountable during the off-season.

She said learning new plays from a new coach will be the “least of our worries.”

“We still have the same fire in us to be the best in the conference next year,” Brewer said.

“And I believe that we will, no matter who is our next coach.”

Three other basketball players declined an interview or did not respond to requests via email.

The college appointed Temple as the head women’s basketball coach in May 2012.

She previously worked as an assistant coach for the past two years at Mars Hill College in North Carolina.

In her first season there, the team finished with 17 wins. This was the most for the team in six years. They finished with only five wins the previous season.

Temple’s success continued when she took over the head coach position at Franklin. In her See “Coach” on page 10

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Jacie Shoaf

Resume reflects Franklin’s impact

While spending a large portion of my time this semester working on my resume, I have come to realize that this document is actually a testament to my Franklin College experience.

Among the jobs I have listed are working as the ads manger for The Franklin this past year, as well as reporting for TheStatehouseFile.com since my first Winter Term. I’ve also spent over half my college career working as a Pulliam Fellow in the Office of Marketing and Communications.

My resume not only chronicles some of my professional and educational experiences at school, it also demonstrates what a Franklin College education can do for me.

My communications internship for the office of Indiana’s lieutenant governor was prestigious, rewarding and satisfying, but I know without a doubt I wouldn’t have been accepted to that position without the skills and knowledge I’ve learned while at Franklin.

I also have listed being a cellist for the college’s string ensemble and mentoring students in multimedia design classes. These extra opportunities have helped me see the value of loving work and have made me more versatile.

In one page my resume confirms the quality of a Franklin College education. This document will open doors for my future; after that, it is up to me to put into practice the lessons I learned while here. I thank all my professors and mentors for their teachings in the classroom and for their interest in my career. I hope to make myself, and Franklin College, proud.

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The Johnson-Dietz residence hall will be home for the students who will live on campus this summer.

Students to live in Johnson-Dietz during summer

By Natavia Howell

natavia.howell@franklincollege.edu

All students living on campus for the summer now will be housed only in Johnson-Dietz instead of the usual building, the Dietz Center.

Jacob Knight, director of residence life, said the Dietz Center has always been Franklin College’s home for summer housing. But moving students to Johnson-Dietz this summer will allow a lot of work to be done to the residence hall, he said.

“We’ve never had the chance to do some of the deep and thorough cleaning (in the Dietz Center) that would happen when our other residence halls aren’t being used,” Knight said.

“This semester we’re going to close down the Dietz Center so that we can do some of those maintenance things that we’ve put off for so long.”

Because of these maintenance improvements, the Dietz Center will benefit from things like cleaner air handlers and cleaner carpets.

Knight said when it’s time for students to select their living spaces during the school year, Johnson-Di-

etz is one of the quickest spots to fill up. Because of this, he said it made sense for it to be the second option to house students for the summer.

Unlike past summers, students staying on campus will also need to find or be placed with a roommate. This is because Johnson-Dietz does not allow for students to live in a full single by themselves when the room holds four beds.

“We’ll work with them to find that person or if they can’t find somebody, we’ll work to get them placed with somebody that will work,” Knight said.

Knight said the housing staff will work to fill all the suites with students, but if an odd number of students apply, some will live without a roommate with no extra charge.

Students will fill out roommate preferences to be placed with a roommate as they do during the school year. If they have no preferences, they may be given a list of names with possible students they can choose to live with.

Knight said he doesn’t know exactly how many students will be living on campus this summer because the number tends to fluctuate. He said there are a number of factors that affect how many students tend to stay each summer.

“Students that are staying are students that are taking summer classes or have an on-campus job,” Knight said. “If there are less classes offered that are desirable to students, we might see a dip in our number of students that sign up for summer housing. If there are more jobs on campus, our numbers might go up.”

Knight said this change will likely not continue in the future.

“We would like to get (students) back over to the Dietz Center, but we definitely need to take it offline for the summer this year,” Knight said. “As soon as we know that it is in great working condition and doesn’t need any additional deep cleaning, we’ll go back to using it for our summer housing.”

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Freshman elected to presidential position

By Ellie Price

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Freshman and president-elect Adam Flamion (left) presents why he wants to be president at a debate before the elections. Sophomore Jessica Ayer and senior Tanner May also ran for the position.

Freshman Adam Flamion learned he was elected as Student Congress president last Friday, but he said he’s not sure what he wants to accomplish in the position.

“I don’t really have a specific idea or plan at the moment,” Flamion said.

“I’m just ready for any problems that are up. I’m ready to hear what everyone else has to say and take that and turn it into something we can work on and build on as a student body.”

Flamion said because Student Congress has faced recruitment issues this year, he wants the organization to set an example so students can see how it’s involved on campus and ultimately be more motivated to join.

Flamion beat sophomore Jessica Ayer and senior Tanner May to become next school year’s Student Congress president.

Initially, he wasn’t going to apply for president. But after junior Tess Anglin, who currently is the organization’s president, said she wasn’t going to reapply, Flamion said other Student Congress members encouraged him to run for the position. He changed his mind.

All three candidates for president – Flamion, Ayer and May – debated last Wednesday. Flamion said he didn’t think Ayer and May had an advantage over him, even though they had more experience with Student Congress.

But he said it’s exciting to be elected as the Student Congress president as a freshman.

“I want to prove that you don’t have to be old and experienced to be a good president,” Flamion said. “I definitely want See “President” on page 10

Alumni donate record amount this year

By Erika Brock

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The Give to Griz One Day Giving Challenge raised $55,151. Last year’s event collected $10,000.

Compared to last year where there was a total of 140 givers and only 40 being new, this year’s One Day Giving Challenge had 337 total donors with 110 of them being first-time givers. This exceeded the college’s goal of having 100 first-time donors.

“There are two dual points of putting on this event,” said Madeleine Smith, annual fund director. “The first is to raise funds for the Franklin Fund for Scholarship. The second is to raise engagement and excitement from our alumni and other members of the Franklin Community.”

The Franklin Fund for Scholarship goes to any Franklin student who has financial need. 96 percent of students at Franklin College need some form of financial aid. The

fund’s money is part of an unrestricted financial aid, so it does not go as one specific scholarship.

“This money has already been promised to the students,” said Colton Wither, associate director of alumni engagement.

The money raised is a budgeted item, meaning it has already been budgeted into current students’ and incoming students’ financial aid packages for the 2014-2015 school year.

Withers said the goal was structured to be based off the number of gifts received and not the dollar amount – because every gift counts.

Some of the top donors included the Trustees, alumni, faculty and staff.

The response from Franklin College employees was especially positive, with 89 individuals participating in the challenge, rais-

ing the employee participation rate by 17 percent in one day.

However, the classes of 2013 and 2011 were the top alumni classes that donated.

“We appreciate the young alumni giving even though they probably have student loans and are just starting out in their jobs and maybe not making a lot of money,” Withers said.

Samm Quinn, a 2013 graduate, said she gave back so she could help give the students the same opportunities she was given through getting scholarships.

“Without the scholarships there would have been no way to afford it here at Franklin,” Quinn said.

“We appreciate the young alumni giving even though they probably have student loans and are just starting out in their jobs and maybe not making a lot of money.”

Colton Wither, associate director of alumni engagement

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move out

Two weeks of classes and one week of finals remain and that’s it. Seniors will graduate while everyone else will enjoy their summer of work, vacation or classes.

However, there is still one daunting task left, and I’m not talking about finals or final projects. I’m talking about moving out of tiny dorm rooms that seem to have an endless supply of stuff. Because we still have some time, I recommend taking advantage of some of these options.

1. Every time you go home, take a box. It’s really that simple. You will begin to see mountains move. This strategy works best for those who live close to campus. For those farther away who don’t go home often, this may not be the best idea… unless you have been thinking ahead and took a mountain home during Spring Break.

Above: Our editor Ellie Price demonstrates the importance of grabbing a box that has a bottom from the pile from Sodexo. A simple solution to a bottomless box is to put binders, books or larger items in the box.

2. Because it is awards season here at Franklin, chances are decent that someone will be coming down to visit and support you. When they leave, give them a box to take home. If your awards ceremony has already passed, there are also a lot of spring concerts that will be happening later this semester.

Right: I highly recommend taking a Tetris break. You get to relax while practicing your packing skills.

3. For the last couple years near the end of the semester, Sodexo has left boxes piled in the dining room near the stairway to the basement. They are free to take and pack with your belongings.

I have used their boxes throughout my time here at Franklin, and it has helped immensely when it came time to load up my parents’ car right before I checked out for the summer.

5. If you have large items such as a sofa and you don’t want to haul it back home, ask someone that you know is living on campus. Since summer housing is in the sections, some people who have been living in singles all year, like myself, do not have items to furnish a section for the summer. This one idea can kill two birds with one stone: you will not have to rent a Uhaul to move a couch back home and people in my situation will have furniture.

4. Label your boxes and pack similar items together.

If you pack all your college items that you will not use over the summer in one box, you should not have to unpack it. For example, I keep all of my cooking items in the same tote because I do not use them when I go home for the summer, because I have access to my mom’s supplies.

This simple idea will help you in the future when you return during the fall or move into your new, grown-up apartment as a graduate.

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Bottom: Our opinion editor Olivia Covington has a plastic tub of shoes that is very similar to my tote of cooking items.

6. Practice Tetris. It is a fantastic, no calorie reward for studying, paper writing and group projects. The best part is that the skills can help you when you have to pack your trunk… and passenger seat.

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When in doubt, ship it out. We have a mail service on campus. Make sure to check the cost of shipping; it may be a bit more expensive than you would like. It is a last ditch effort, but it’s there if you need it.

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Athletic training program successful

By Adam Lee adam.lee@franklincollege.edu In recent years, the athletic training program at Franklin College has been one of the most successful programs on campus.

The program boasts an extensive and rigorous application process for those looking to major in the field, director and associate professor Katherine Remsburg said.

If a student is accepted into the program, he or she is met with a thorough course program and is expected to rise to the challenge in order to continue on the track, Remsburg said.

Remsburg said although the curriculum has not changed, tweaks are made each year to keep everything up to date. She said the program will continue to revise its curriculum in order to keep pushing students and stay successful.

Remsburg said the program also has seen success because of the hands-on experience students receive. Students in athletic training work alongside one of the multiple sports teams on campus to get firsthand experience in the field. One student might be working with preparing athletes for a football game, while another might be assessing an injury that happened during a tennis match.

It is this firsthand experience that makes the difference, senior Kyle O’Brien said.

“The department allows you to actually experience exactly what we could be doing after college and to deal with the challenges hands-on rather than just looking at a textbook,” O’Brien said.

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Assistant Athletic Trainer Caroline Wesley stretches a student. Franklin College’s athletic training program has become one of the most successful programs at the college because of its selectiveness and hands-on approach to teaching students.

Senior comps considered difficult but beneficial

By Natavia Howell natavia.howell@franklincollege.edu The end of the year is approaching and seniors know what comes with it - senior competency practicums.

Senior journalism major Brandon Walker said for his final journalism project, he had to showcase a public policy issue and present it in a unique way.

“I did my project over food needs for senior citizens in Johnson County and how the price of food has increased within the recent years,” Walker said. “Senior citizens are having a difficult time affording food and healthier options are more expensive.”

Walker said he chose this topic because he wanted to focus on a community problem. After interning at the local Johnson County nursing home, he saw the issue first hand.

“Some (senior citizens) do work, but what they make is only enough to cover utilities or medical bills,” Walker said. “They don’t make

enough or they don’t get enough help from the government because there has been significant budget cuts from organizations that they depend on.”

All seniors in the journalism program had to present their public policy issues in the form of a package with a multimedia video, a written story and their option to do two other things such as an audio piece or a photo gallery.

Walker said after turning the project in, students will present it to professors in the journalism department and get feedback.

Walker said the frustrating part about his senior comp was balancing the work with all the other work he had from his other courses throughout the semester.

He said what motivated him was thinking about how close graduation was and just trying to have fun with it.

Professor of Business Jim Williams said the business comps encompass a test called the Major Field Test (MFT) and is constructed by a firm called the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J. “The test tests two basic areas,” Williams said. “Number one is how much have you learned over your four years as a business major.

Number two is how you apply it.”

Williams said the test goes beyond just memorization.

“Knowledge by itself can be sort of empty or just memory work, which is not what we’re after in our department,” Williams said. “What we’re after in our department is application.”

Williams said Franklin College senior business comp scores have been in the top 20 percent nationally in the last 20 years.

The MFT test scores come in two forms: individual scores and group scores, which include all

the seniors who take the test. Williams said Franklin students excel in the group scores and this year, were in the top nine percent.

There are roughly 200,000 students who take this two-hour long online exam at 500 to 600 colleges.

“I wish more people knew about it,” said Williams referring to the high scores of Franklin students. “It’s quite an honor for these students and it doesn’t speak badly about the professors in our department either. We work hard to give the students this kind of education.”

Williams said senior comps are beneficial to students because they are resume builders and they also build confidence.

Walker agrees and although he said his project was frustrating, “as a journalist it’s something that you need to do before you graduate and the experience makes me an all-around journalist.”

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Senior pursues uncommon career

By Ally Marlow allyssa.marlow@franklincollege.edu After graduation, most students will begin their new careers or attend graduate school. For one senior, however, this is not the case.

Matt Walker will be attending a mortician’s school after earning his bachelor’s degree this spring.

Walker said he is “dead set” on becoming a mortician. He came to Franklin College to pursue a degree in public relations in order to help him learn advertising and marketing skills. He said he dreams of opening his own funeral home, and his public relations degree will help him accomplish that.

“There are many things that go into a funeral home that you wouldn’t really think,” Walker said.

Some of his journalism classes have taught him publication and online

design. Funeral home employees often create slideshows for memorials.

Walker said he gained his passion to become a mortician through a love for forensics and by observing his friend’s dad, who owned a funeral home back in his hometown.

“I talked to him one day about it and kind of got the inside look,” Walker said. “I got hooked on it and have been wanting to do it ever since.”

Walker said a lot of people do not understand his desire to work with the deceased because they could never see themselves doing it. However, Walker said he isn’t bothered by the idea.

“If I were to look at it from the outside how other people see me, See “Mortician” on page 10

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Senior Matt Walker is a public relations major who plans to attend mortician school post-graduation. Although peers questioned his career choice, Walker dreams of opening his own funeral home one day.

‘Pretty trees’ give off unpleasant odor

By Ally Marlow allyssa.marlow@franklincollege.edu Campus is glowing with beauty after the abnormally long winter it had endured, but this beauty comes with a price – a smelly one at that.

Ask any student on campus about the odor that comes with springtime, and they will point to the pretty, white trees by Elsey and Dietz halls.

These trees may look appealing, but in reality they emit an awful odor that oddly resembles dead fish.

These trees, known as the Bradford Pear, are one of the most popular, desirable trees to have in the Midwest for their pretty white flowers in the spring and glossygreen leaves in the summer.

But, these trees are also easily reproduced. Birds eat the trees’ seeds and transport them in their droppings to the point where the Bradford Pears are taking over forests and other native tree species.

Biology Professor Alice Heikens said the state is spending millions of dollars trying to kill these trees, while

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people keep planting more and more of them because of their appearance.

However, Larry Bridges, superintendent of grounds and skilled trades, said these smelly trees were strategically planted and placed back when the architects were designing Elsey and Dietz Halls and Grizzly Park. The trees are not native to Indiana and were planted purposely.

Heikens said the problem with the trees is that so many of them are by each other in a small space.

She said many years ago the trees had problems with their branches being too weak and the trees weren’t lasting, so scientists genetically modified the trees’ seeds to prevent this from happening.

“When you genetically alter the trees, you get consequences you don’t plan on and it’s very well possible this is why the trees now smell,” Heikens said.

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The white trees by Elsey and Dietz halls, technically called Bradford Pears, give off unpleasant odors when the trees’ flowers bloom during spring. The trees, which aren’t native to Indiana, were planted purposely several years ago.

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Professor acts as ‘mother-figure’ of campus

By Amanda Creech amanda.creech@franklincollege.edu Ann Barton, journalism professor and assistant to the president, can be seen around campus greeting not only her students but anyone she passes.

Barton graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and education and from Ball State with a master’s degree in public relations. Barton came to Franklin College in 1983 to take a public relations opening.

Barton said she loves working with students because when she was in college she had the opportunity to do internships during her college career.

“One of the things that attracted me to the job initially was that I learned that I would be working with some students, which are the Pulliam Fellows and that was a new program that started the year before I came,” Barton said. “And

I thought that it would be fun to work with students in that way.”

By 1985, however, she expressed an interest in pursuing another job on campus, although she loved her position as director of public affairs.

“And then there was the opportunity for me to switch over and I did a one-year appointment in the journalism department,” she said.

Barton said after that she was offered to work full time in the journalism department as well as work with the president on special projects and events.

She soon was known as the mother on campus because of her friendliness and willingness to work with students and co-workers.

Senior Jessica Wray said Barton is her go-to for anything she needs.

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Journalism professor Ann Barton speaks with junior journalism student Alec Gray. Barton advises journalism students, teaches journalism classes and assists the president’s office with special projects.

Professors hold true to Franklin values

By Ray Brents rbrents@franklincollege.edu Franklin College professors embody what it means to be in a life-long pursuit of learning.

For years Franklin professors have been taking classes along with their students. Kathy Carlson, professor of English, began taking classes at Franklin years ago.

“Taking classes alongside Franklin College students is just wonderful,” Carlson said. “I’ve taught them, I’ve graded them and now I’m in a class where they are better than I am.”

Every summer Carlson lives in a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin. For several years, she has taken a watercolor class at a community college. After her summers were over, she would try and continue painting in the fall but had trouble staying focused.

Carlson had been friends with David Cunningham, Franklin College professor of art, and asked

if she could take his color and design course.

“It went so well that he encouraged me to do painting the next semester,” Carlson said. “For a few years I did watercolor with him and then he pushed me into oil painting. I went in and backed off and went in and backed off and now I do more oil than I do water color.”

Carlson said she thinks she has taken 15 art classes with Cunningham, but that she “lost count.”

Casey Hayes, professor of music, has also taken Cunningham’s art classes and said he believes professors should always take classes if they can.

“When you stop learning music and art in elementary school, you rarely get any better from that point where you’ve stopped,” Hayes said.

Just this year Hayes finished Cunningham’s class, beginning paint-

ing. Prior to Hayes taking the class, he said his drawing skills weren’t where he wanted them to be.

He said he strongly believes professors should not focus only on what they are required to do for their job; making sure professors continue to learn is essential.

“Professor Cunningham would just make it very accessible to open those doors back up and I wanted to learn how to paint very quickly,” Hayes said. “Now I feel like I can paint anything I want to paint.”

Joel Cramer, professor of journalism, started to play the six-string bass guitar and thought it would be a great idea to actually get taught how to play. Cramer said that since he was young, he has always had an interest in playing the guitar. But as life happens, things can sort of fall by the wayside.

“I never lost the desire to learn how to play, it just got to the point where I kept thinking in five years I’m going to be five years older and I still wouldn’t learn how to play,” Cramer said.

Cramer said he not only encourages students to continue learning throughout life but also is someone who lives by that same value.

“If we are going to say that you guys need to be life-long learners, doesn’t it also follow that we should be,” Cramer said. “It’s one thing to tell someone, hey you go do something; the other is to say come with us while we do it with you.”

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features Senior Jared Hunt started playing tennis with his older brother when he was in fifth grade.

Hunt said once he started playing with his brother, “it kept going from there.”

The sociology major played throughout high school and knew he wanted to continue to play in college. He said he liked Franklin because it was similar to the size of his high school.

“I wanted to play tennis and when Rusty contacted me about playing tennis here, since I only live about 20 minutes away, it was an easy fit,” Hunt said.

Through tennis, Hunt said he did not only learn the value of patience but the power of hard work.

“I leaned hard work because you are only as good as what you put into it in practice,” Hunt said. “I’ve also learned patience because whoever wins a point is usually more patient than their opponent.”

He said having a practice location off-campus made it difficult to make it to practice at times because of class schedules and group meetings.

With a facility on campus, Hunt said it would be easier for students to show up to the matches.

At Franklin, Hunt said he competes in both singles and doubles matches, which is different than just playing doubles like he did in high school. When he came to college, Hunt said he had to learn to play singles.

Out of the two, he said he prefers to play doubles because that was what he played in high school. But, now that he has learned how to play, Hunt said he is beginning to enjoy singles. “(Singles) was definitely different just because the way you approach the points and the way you play is completely opposite the way you play doubles,” Hunt said. “It’s different in realizing that no one is beside you, so you have to kind of realize where you are in the court at all times. “

Hunt’s favorite memory from his time playing at Franklin is when he first played a match on the courts out in Once he graduates in a few weeks, Hunt said he would Grizzly Park. The courts were built during his freshman still play tennis because it is a life long sport. year, but due to an error, they could not be used for competition. Once the problem was resolved, Hunt and “I plan on probably playing in some leagues,” Hunt said. his teammates were able to start using the courts at “Like this summer, I will play with my coach in a doubles the end of last year. league in Greenwood but after that, I mean, it will probably just be leagues, if at all.”

Before being able to use the courts, Hunt said the team had to practice at Custer-Baker Middle School.

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news >> President Continued from page 3 to beat the expectations of everyone else, too. I definitely have high standards going into the position.”

As a freshman, Flamion served as a member on the academic affairs committee. Ayer, one of his opponents, was the cabinet leader.

He graduated from Scottsburg High School in southern Indiana last spring. During his senior year, he was team captain of the swim team; section leader of the trumpets in his school’s marching band; and president of Hi-Y, a Christian organization he compared to Student Congress because of the service projects members completed.

Now, at Franklin College, Flamion is a biology major who is interested in becoming a physician. He’s involved in men’s swimming and diving and the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

Flamion said he has poor time management skills, but he’s not concerned about balancing his responsibilities.

“I think it’s such a priority to me that it’s not going to matter,” Flamion said. “I’ll be able to keep it up to date with my school and other stuff I have going on.”

>> Trees Continued from page 6 Anglin said she’s interested to see what Flamion accomplishes as president.

“I think being president is hard regardless of who’s in the roll,” she said. “There’s going to be times where he’s going to stumble, as anyone would. But I think how he addresses those (stumbles) will show his character and then show how his presidency will be.”

Anglin debated whether to apply to be president of the organization for her senior year. But she plans to apply to law schools next school year and said she felt like she “couldn’t give Student Congress the 110 percent that it deserves.”

Anglin still wanted to be a Student Congress member, though.

She will represent the Johnson-Dietz residence hall next year.

“Of all the candidates running, I could mentor whoever it was in that position and still be there for them,” she said. “I’ll be as helpful as they want me to be. I definitely will sit back and let them run their Student Congress, but I want to be a resource for them.”

>> Mortician Continued from page 6 I think I’d think kind of different, like it’d be kind of weird,” Walker said. “But you have to realize that they’re passed away and you are there to help console the family and get them through a tough time.”

Walker will graduate with bachelor’s degree in public relations this May. Then he said he plans to attend a mortuary school in Jeffersonville, Ind. He will attend the college for one year and graduate with his second bachelor’s degree in mortuary science.

“After I graduate, I want to live close to home, I think, and eventually own my own funeral home because that is where most of the money comes in,” Walker said.

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“I actually have a summer job lined up at home right now.”

Walker said in order to earn a mortuary license, a person needs a year of internship experience after graduation.

Walker said he is excited for his future career, but other people give him mixed reactions.

“My family has known that I’ve wanted to do this forever, so they’re kind of used to it,” Walker said.

“And I think a lot people already know because I’ve been working in funeral homes since my sophomore year of high school. It’s just kind of been that if you know me, you know that this is what I want to do.”

Whether this is an act of Mother Nature or genetic modification, students don’t care because the trees still smell badly either way.

Eric Thompson, a sophomore currently residing in Dietz Hall, is not a fan of the Bradford Pears. His room is located right next to the string of trees between Elsey and Dietz, the most abundant area for the them.

“I can’t even open my window anymore without my whole room smelling like fish,” Thompson said.

“At first I didn’t realize what the smell was, but then I realized it was those nasty trees. They look nice, but they smell horrible.”

Fellow Dietz resident and sophomore Alan Apsley lives on the opposite side of the hall, but still said the trees bother him.

“I can’t even walk to Saga without smelling those nasty things,” Apsley said.

Heikens said the “fish” tree epidemic isn’t the first time students have had a problem with the foliage.

“A few years back there was a tree students called the ‘Vomit Tree’ because, well, it smelled like that,” she said.

Heikens said this tree produced seeds that fell on the sidewalk and became a hazard. People slipped on the seeds and hurt themselves, and the trees smelled horrendous.

“So you’re walking into the campus center, you walked over these sidewalks, with this fleshy material that’s now on your shoes, and it’s kind of like stepping in dog

poop,” Heikens said. “It wasn’t pleasant, especially when we had visitors come. They’d be going over to eat lunch and smell vomit.”

Heikens said the trees were eventually removed from campus, and faculty began to consider what types of trees and plants they were placing on campus. Now, for the last five years, Franklin College has planted only species native to Indiana on campus. She said doing so requires less water and work to upkeep the trees, and it gives her another avenue to educate her biology students.

The Bradford Pear trees are not a native species of Indiana, but Bridges said the only way the Bradford Pear trees would be removed would be by Mother Nature herself.

“We won’t tear the trees down,” Bridges said. “But I will tell you what will happen is that a high wind will come through and take them out.”

Bridges said this possibility is not too far out of reach because it happened three years ago, and a couple Bradford Pears were lost because a gust of wind uprooted them.

“I don’t make the call on these decisions, but we are trying to remove problematic species and replace them with more native species,” Heikens said. “It is expensive to remove the trees, and so to have a flower that doesn’t smell good for a couple of weeks in the spring, we probably won’t remove the trees.”

>> Coach Continued from page 1 first season with the team, the Grizzlies tallied 21 victories and finished second in the HCAC. The team was also nationally ranked during the 2012–2013 season.

The Grizzlies finished the regular season as the number three seed in the HCAC. The team played its way into the semifinals of the HCAC tournament before losing against Hanover College with a score of 92-83.

The team finished with an overall record of 14-13 this season and 11-7 in conference play.

Temple was an instructor for the Coaching Basketball and Concepts of Wellness classes this spring semester.

But David Brailow, dean of academics, said Temple is on maternity leave. Her classes have been covered by different professors, he said.

Brailow declined further comment.

Temple leaves her career at Franklin with a regular season record of 35-18, and a conference record of 26-10. *Reporters Ben Brown and Ellie Price contributed to this story.

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Students are also required to complete an internship. O’Brien will intern this summer at Midwest Orthotics, an orthotics and prosthetics practitioner office that specializes in taking care of patients who require the aid of artificial devices, from splints or braces to prosthetic limbs.

O’Brien will graduate this upcoming fall semester out of the athletic training program.

Remsburg said the post-graduate placement rate ranks at 100 percent, as well, by post-grads either getting jobs or attending graduate school.

This placement percentage is important for those in the field of 40,000 athletic trainers nationwide and where athletic training is regulated in 47 of the states, according to the National Athletic Trainer’s Association.

There has also been a recent increase in those applying to be athletic training majors at Franklin.

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“I have only had her for one class my freshman year and since I had that class my freshman year, Ann has always been my go-to person when I am freaking out about course schedules or when I am freaking out about my life in general,” Wray said. “Ann is the best person to give you encouragement, to give you a shoulder to cry on. She’s the perfect person to build you up when you’re feeling down.”

Senior Brandon Mullens, one of Barton’s advisees, said she has helped him numerous times with classes.

“Honestly, she is somewhat a hero because I don’t think I would be able to graduate without her just because she knows what she’s talking about, she knows what I have to do to graduate,” Mullens said. “I’ll go in there and say ‘what do I need to take’ and right off the bat she’ll know exactly off the top of her head what I need to take.”

“Seven years ago we might have had 10 applying but now it is not uncommon to have up into the 20s,” Remsburg said. “We can accept 12 at the most, so it is competitive.”.

The department will also begin to gain more recognition, as it will be starting its master’s program the year after next, she said.

The addition of the master’s program may be key for some students as 70 percent of athletic trainers have a master’s degree, according to nata.org.

Remsburg said she finds pride in the program as well as the students.

“I’m proud of our students for working so hard and representing Franklin College so well and I’m proud that they are continuously willing to rise to the challenge,” Remsburg said.

Wray said Barton is a mother-figure because of her personality.

“Ann is the one you go to when you need a mom on campus because Ann knows how to listen, how to give you a loving hug when you’ve been gone for a semester with an internship,” Wray said. “She knows the perfect questions to ask to make you feel like someone on campus cares.

So whenever I can’t talk to my mom, especially if it’s journalism-related, job-related, life-related – Ann is the one I would tell everyone to go to.”

Barton laughs at the idea of her being a mother.

“That probably could be meant that I am a nurturing type but I also have a swift kick,” she said. “I might talk to students some days who need a hug, other days they probably need a little bit of a kick.

When I first came here, I was probably seen as a sister role and now I’ve aged so that I’m a mother role.”

Event full of tradition, experiences

By Caitlin Soard

caitlin.soard@franklincollege.edu

On Saturday, racers from Franklin’s student body will partake in The Grizzly Grand Prix, or GGP. Students from various organizations on campus, from the swim team to Greek Life, participate in a bike race that Student Foundation hosts each spring at the Masonic Home. Men will race 100 laps, the coed race will be 70 and the women’s race will be 50. Respectively, GGP is a 33, 24 or 16.5-mile long bike race.

Students undertaking this event for the first time often spend hours, or even months, preparing.

Senior Natalie Miller competed in the bike race last year for Zeta Tau Alpha.

“Last year we started looking for people for the race in late February,” Miller said. “It was a lot earlier than we did this year. And I just figured this would be a really good opportunity to do something I’ve never done before. I’d never done a real athletic event in my life prior to this so I knew I was going to be challenged some, but that was kind of the appeal to it.”

Preparation often includes biking around campus or hitting the gym.

“Not so much this year, but last year I remember I was in Spurlock like crazy; I was constantly on the bikes to see how far I could go,” Miller said. “I haven’t done as much this year, but when I did I found I was a lot more in shape than I did when I started a year ago.”

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Miller said winning is not everything.

“It’s the experience that matters the most,” she said. “Not so much who wins or loses.”

The Friday before the GGP race, Student Congress, Student Foundation and the Student Entertainment Board collaborate to create a festival for the campus to enjoy.

Student Congress President Tess Anglin said Student Congress has taken a larger role in organizing and facilitating the festival than it has in past years. One of the things Student Congress has provided this year are tables for all of the campus organizations to set up at.

Organizations that will have booths at the festival include Student Congress, SEB, Student Foundation, Up ‘til Dawn, Passion for Paws and various Greek life organizations.

“If one booth won’t appeal to (students), the next one definitely will,” Anglin said. “So there’ll be a nice variety.”

Sarah White, Student Entertainment Board president and head of the traditions committee—of which the GGP Festival is a part—said the festival has been happening for as long as she can remember.

“The race is on Saturday, so the festival on Friday is just for fun really, just to get everyone in the spirit for GGP and to have fun activities for the campus,” White said.

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Professor leaves behind legacy of impact

Whether you’ve been her student for one semester or all four years, Bonnie Pribush will leave a special memory.

Maybe the memory is from an Indians game during the Emerging Leaders Institute summer program.

Maybe it’s the moment you told her you were accepted into the Uganda study abroad program and she did a happy dance with you while you cried.

Or maybe the memory won’t occur until post-graduation, when you obtain your dream job and meet for lunch to tell her all about it (which, yes, I plan to do).

I may have only been Bonnie’s student for two years (four classes), but she has influenced me more than I can describe. While I know I still have plenty of room to grow, realizing how much I’ve learned – from using a Machiavelli quote in an interview to my friends rolling their eyes at the constant references to my multiculturalism class – proves I’m on my way.

I’m upset she’s leaving – many of her students are. I’m upset that I only have one more leadership class to take for my minor, but she won’t be my professor. I’m upset that I’ll return from Uganda and want to tell her all about my amazing experience but won’t be able to stop by her office.

Although I continually deny her retirement, anyone who knows Bonnie knows she will continue influencing the lives of those around her – including her former students.

She is leaving behind large shoes to fill for the next leadership director.

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Franklin College gives students opportunities, students should give back after graduation For the past two years, Franklin College has hosted a special event that allows alumni to donate to the school.

These events, known as the OneDay Giving Challenge, have been very successful. As students we understand the impact Franklin has on our lives, and the rate at which past students choose to give back shows that impact lasts long after you graduate.

This year, the Office of Development and Alumni Engagement took to Twitter to encourage alumni to give back to Franklin. Using the hashtag #givetoGriz, alumni encouraged each other to donate to the college and shared their reasons for giving back.

This year’s campaign brought in $55,151 from 337 donors – 27 more than what was expected, according to the Franklin College website.

Last year’s fundraiser brought in $14,500 from 140 alumni donors.

It’s no secret that alumni donations play a huge role in the number of students who choose to attend Franklin College.

Almost every student needs some form of financial aid, and the money former students give to fund scholarships enable current students to get the education they want.

If Franklin College has impacted you in any positive way, the editorial board believes you should give back to the school after you graduate.

It only makes sense.

When you come to Franklin, you’re met with faculty who do their best to give you the best possible education and help you find appropriate jobs and internships, as well as an overall friendly campus where it’s easy to feel welcome.

Because of Franklin’s size, we receive more attention and are,

therefore, better prepared when we enter the workforce.

Why not give back to the school that gave you so much and, in return, help other students have an equally great experience?

Aside from helping current students afford a Franklin College education, alumni donations help with the recruitment of prospective students.

When you’re going through the sometimes difficult process of choosing a college to attend, you want to make sure you choose a school that will make a difference in your life by providing you with both an excellent education and a memorable, enjoyable college experience.

When you donate as an alum, this is exactly the persona of Franklin you create for prospective students.

If a group of alumni almost half the size of campus is willing to give back, students considering Franklin will notice, and they will be more inclined to choose our school.

For the seniors who are getting ready to graduate, their impending emission from Franklin is bittersweet. They’re sad to leave behind the friends, professors and organizations that they love, but at the same time they’re more than ready to strike out on their own and make it in the “real world.”

Don’t let that desire to be done with school cloud your judgment on what Franklin has done for you, though. Yes, sometimes school can be hard, and oftentimes students are overly stressed.

But when you look back on your Franklin experience, is stress what you remember the most, or is it what you learned, both in and out of the classroom?

Our Position:

The Franklin editorial board believes Franklin College students should consider giving back to Franklin after they graduate by donating money to alumni donation campaigns.

Ultimately, everyone deserves the chance to get a high-quality education from the school of their choice and dreams.

If that’s what Franklin was to you, then consider reaching out after you’ve graduated and donating to the school.

After all, without Franklin, you might not have gotten your dream job that’s earning you money.

To seniors getting ready to graduate, don’t forget about Franklin when you achieve success.

To all students in general, when you’re looking back on your life, don’t forget about the impact Franklin had.

To the alumni who already give to Franklin, thank you.

Your donations do not go unnoticed or unappreciated.

The editorial board represents the opinion of The Franklin and its staff members. The board meets once a week to discuss pressing issues relevant to Franklin College students.

Meetings are moderated by Olivia Covington, the opinion editor. Board members are juniors Ann Gilly and Adam Lee, sophomore Caitlin Soard and freshman Brittney Corum. Ellie Price, the executive editor, sits on the editorial board. If you have an issue you would like the editorial board to consider, please feel free to email Olivia Covington at olivia.covington@franklincollege.edu.

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opinion Indoor versus outdoor graduation

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Franklin’s graduation ceremony is traditionally held indoors in the Spurlock gym.

Indoor ceremonies convenient

Outdoor ceremonies inclusive

Caitlin Soard

Adam Lee

Holding graduation outdoors poses a plethora of problems for the students and graduation attendees, as well as the people in charge of set-up and tear down.

Obviously, weather is a huge concern.

We live in a state where the weather is made up and the forecasts don’t matter.

It could be perfect one day and raining the next.

If Franklin did an outdoor ceremony in the spring, the chances of rain are high.

Plus, having a graduation ceremony outside would require the physical plant to set up a stage and chairs and tear them down in the event of adverse weather.

The possibility of a PA getting damaged outside is increased, and it’s much harder to hear outside than it is in an enclosed space—an example of this is how much better live music sounds inside rather than outside.

Indoor graduation presents its own limitations, mainly the fact that seating is more limited than it would be if the ceremony were outside.

However, Franklin’s small graduation class sizes means that most of a student’s family can attend, and it is easy to get extra tickets into the commencement ceremony.

Having a climate-controlled environment is nice for families with young children or senior citizens, as well because they are less exposed to the elements.

An outdoor graduation, though, is harder to control—if it is too hot outside, then attendees are stuck sitting in the heat until the ceremony ends.

Graduation has been inside for so long for a reason; if it isn’t broken, don’t try to fix it.

Franklin College will hold its graduation ceremony in Spurlock later this month, but it would be a much better experience if moved outside.

Holding the ceremony outdoors would create more space for families to come and watch their relatives graduate college.

Graduation is a special time, so allowing everyone in the family to experience it would be beneficial.

An outdoor ceremony would also be nice because our graduation is so late in the year compared to other colleges, so the weather would likely demonstrate the beauty of our campus that the admissions department likes to point out to potential students.

Of course, the uncertainty of weather would have to be taken into account, and an inside ceremony would have to be planned in case of rain.

This is where the ticket system could be used, with only certain members of the family having tickets on the off chance that the weather takes a turn for the worse. It would not be ideal for those who do not have tickets, but even having the chance to have the entire family outweighs this possibility.

Why not take advantage of the high quality football stadium the campus has? It boasts a great setup for the ceremony with plenty of seating room and a nice sound system that is completely capable of doing the graduation ceremony justice.

Graduating in the warm May sun with a nice breeze would be better than being crammed into the Spurlock center with a limited amount of your family there.

Ann Gilly

‘Fat-shaming’ affects girls at young age

The adage “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” doesn’t hold much ground anymore, especially when we consider the real impact of words.

The study “Weight Labeling and Obesity” found that girls who are called “too fat” by age 10 have a higher chance of becoming obese by age 19. Of the 2,379 girls in the study, 58 percent said they were, in fact, called “too fat” by the time they were 10.

There’s much to take away from this study. First, we should stop tearing people down for their appearances. That should be obvious.

Second, think about the power we give words. Fat is a body type like any other, but society has constructed this idea that “fat” means bad, ugly or unhealthy.

Fat-shaming is one of the easiest ways to degrade people, especially young girls. And though it seems to not be physically violent, it has physical repercussions.

“Being labeled as too fat is creating an additional likelihood of being obese,” said A. Janet Tomiyama, author of the study, in an article from Tech Times.

She explained this is partially because some people find comfort in food or won’t exercise when they feel bad about themselves.

Telling a young girl, then, that she is “too fat” won’t motivate a lifestyle change. She’ll just feel stuck.

We need to be conscious of the impact of our words. Using “fat” as an insult perpetuates the idea that fat bodies are unacceptable based on nothing but unnecessary personal preferences.

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Third annual Grizzly Giveback to be held Friday

By Will Reno

wreno@franklincollege.edu

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is preparing to host the third annual Grizzly Giveback event with the Boys and Girls Club of Franklin.

The event will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on May 6 at Faught Stadium with volunteers from the school’s sports teams. Student-athletes will be in charge of various activities that promote wellness through sports. Admission is free.

Participants will be given a “passport” that is signed by station volunteers. Once a participant has completed enough stations, the participant earns a free t-shirt.

SAAC president and senior Dominique Boyd expects the event to be a success with some new additions from previous years including a dunk tank that is open to everyone.

“I expect it to be like a college field day, everyone should have a good time at the stations,” Boyd said.

The stations will include corn hole stations, a mini driving range, football, volleyball, soccer, and a dunk contest.

In organizing the event, the SAAC utilized their meeting time to delegate responsibilities among the various teams. Each team is expected to have at least two representatives in attendance at the event.

“Helping out at the giveback is something our team is looking forward too,” said junior tennis player Luke Snyder. “Getting together as athletes brings our school together and represents us well.”

Last week, the SAAC elected a new executive board but the event will be run under the direction of Boyd.

Boyd says the event acts as a good transition between the outgoing executive board and the incoming board.

With the laid back atmosphere of the event, Boyd emphasized that all

students and faculty are encouraged to come and enjoy the afternoon.

“For the athletes, it’s just a good way for us to give back to the community,” said junior golfer Joe Abplanalp. “Last year it was fun to see the kids enjoying all of the sports, especially ours.”

Last year, the Boys and Girls Club of Franklin was in attendance, but Boyd said that certain logistical problems made it difficult for the kids’ return.

Along with the stations, Sodexo will be providing food including burgers, hot dogs, and side items for those in attendance.

The SAAC encourages all students and faculty to attend the free event to celebrate student-athletes and their accomplishments for the 2013-2014 athletic seasons.

“Helping out at the giveback is something our team is looking forward to. Getting together as athletes brings our school together and represents us well.”

Luke Snyder, junior

Athletes still at work in the off-season

By Kyle Holzbog

kholzbog@franklincollege.edu

Franklin College student-athletes work to better themselves almost every day of the year, but many people don’t realize what athletes do in their off-seasons.

Coaches and athletes haven’t always been able to have out-of-season practices, but in the past few decades, the NCAA has changed a few rules allowing teams to have an allotted spring or fall season. The NCAA regulates what each sport can and cannot do, creating unique off-season practices.

Sports like soccer and volleyball are allowed to have up to four practices a week for five weeks and one day of competition. Mary Helak, head volleyball coach and assistant athletic director, said her team has regular practices like they have in the fall, but the spring season is a good time to just focus on individual skill work as well.

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Division III is distinctive in the fact that after the regular season is over, coaches cannot have mandatory workouts or practices for his or her team. This permits student-athletes to get both sides of the college experience – being both a student and an athlete.

“The NCAA model for division III is to provide the opportunity for players to have the social and academic, regular college experience, in that athletics does not monopolize their time,” said Shaun Mahoney, men’s soccer coach.

On the other hand, many winter sports, like basketball, don’t have an off-season because the season lasts so long throughout the year.

Because these sports do not have actual off-season practices, it is up to the players to organize any kind of workouts and open gyms themselves.

Many coaches advocated for off-season practices but feel as though they need more leniencies when it comes to the gray areas in the system.

Kerry Prather, head basketball coach and athletic director, said the good thing about basketball is that players can go into a gym and get a lot of individual work done on their own.

“The challenge for us is to figure out how to help guys during those long stretches of time when no coaches are allowed to be with them,” Prather said. “If I could have one rule change for division III, it would be to give us the division I and II model where for a limited number of hours a week, you can take a limited number of guys in the gym and just work on skills.”

Along the same lines, football is another challenge because the

players cannot use helmets or pads during off-season practices. Mike Leonard, head football coach, said he tries to treat the spring season like the division I level, but it’s hard to do if it’s non-contact.

“Everyone’s definition of contact is a little different,” Leonard said.

“It’s a little gray; is football a contact sport or is dancing a contact sport? Football is a collision sport.”

Division III off-seasons can help programs mold their athletes into more knowledgeable and skilled athletes, but it is up to their coaches to work around the gray areas to fix the divide.

sports Franklin baseball earns first conference sweep

By Ben Brown

benjamin.brown@franklincollege.edu

The Franklin baseball team had its first series sweep in conference play this past weekend.

The team faced Defiance College in three games improving its record to 22-14 overall. The team also improved to 13-9 in conference play putting them in fourth place.

The Grizzlies ran away in the first contest on Friday scoring 10 runs in the second inning. The Grizzlies came away from the game with a total of 22 hits.

Junior Seth Powers improved his record to 4-4 on the season pitching a total six innings.

He also had five strikeouts.

The Grizzlies won the first game 17-12. Junior Tyler Ison hit a threerun home run in the game and senior Rickey Dubois recorded three doubles. Dubois tied the single-game school record with his three doubles. Ison was also named the HCAC hitter of the week and also was named to the d3baseball.com team of the week.

“Being recognized as the HCAC hitter of the week is amazing. Being recognized as a member of the D3

team of the week is something that is of a higher honor,” Ison said.

Ison was in competition for the catcher spot against every DIII catcher in the nation.

“This was a remarkable honor that many people don’t get the chance to experience and I am extremely grateful,” Ison said.

On Saturday the Grizzlies continued their offensive attack. They won the first game 16-4 and finished the day with another 10-3 victory.

“We just trusted our approach at the plate, and tried not to do to much,” freshman Damon Dejesus said. “We stayed aggressive on fastballs in the zone and played solid team offense.”

In the opening game, Franklin went on the attack between the third and sixth inning tallying 12 runs in the span. In the sixth inning the Grizzlies brought home five batters capitalized by another three-run home run by Ison.

In the second game, Franklin had two three-run innings. The first bunch of runs came in the sixth inning and the second in the eighth.

Senior pitcher Chris Hoopingarner picked up his sixth victory of the season in the opener on Saturday pitching six innings. Junior Lincoln Jones picked up his first save of the season to complete the game.

In the second game sophomore Hayden Cleveland picked up his fifth win. He earned eight strikeouts pitching a total eight innings.

Over the course of the weekend the team recorded a total of 33 hits.

The next conference matchup is a three-game series against Bluffton University. Bluffton currently sits one game behind Franklin for the final spot into the HCAC series.

“This series is the biggest we’ve had this season. Our season rests on this series,” Ison said. “We need to come out ready to play and take at least two this weekend to keep the Griz Train rolling.”

Dejesus added that their conference tournament starts with this series.

“We’re approaching this series like we have all others,” Dejesus said.

“The pressure is on Bluffton this weekend since they have to come here so we’re just going to play our game and take it to them.”

Franklin softball finishes record setting season

By Will Reno

wreno@franklincollege.edu

The 2014 season proved to be a record-setting one for the softball team. Following a 16 win and 27 loss 2013 campaign, the Grizzlies set a school record for wins with a 21 win and 17 loss mark.

Despite the record, the team fell short of its ultimate goal of making the HCAC tournament this weekend.

Entering last weekend, the team was in a three-way tie for the fourth tournament spot but missed out in a tiebreaker with Transylvania University.

With six games remaining, the Grizzlies had to win out, but fell just one shy of clinching the final tournament spot.

Coach Butch Zike said his team accomplished nearly everything they wanted.

“I love coaching, these girls are outstanding individuals who accomplished a lot, just not everything we wanted,” Zike said.

The team completed their season Saturday with a two-game sweep of the College Mount St. Joseph.

Freshman Megan Lalioff led the Grizzlies with a four hit performance in the opener while fellow freshman Bailey Suiters hit a walk-off single in the last game to seal the victory.

Sophomore McKensie Vanosdol was the winning pitcher allowing just two hits in the opener. In the second game, Vanosdol came in relief, striking out two batters and retiring all four batters she faced.

“I love coaching, these girls are outstanding individuals who accomplished a lot, just not everything we wanted.”

Butch Zike, head softball coach

Seth Morin

Young Stars The rise of young stars in a sport filled with drivers in their upper 30s and 40s has arrived and it could not have come at a better time for NASCAR. And by young I mean ages 18 to 21. That’s right, people our age or younger are making millions of dollars and going 200 mph without getting a speeding ticket.

Chase Elliott, 18, is the son of NASCAR legend Bill Elliott, who won NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver award 16 times and accumulated 54 victories in his career. Chase set the record for becoming the youngest NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winner at 17 years, nine months and four days in 2013.

This year, he moved up to the NASCAR Nationwide Series, a step below the premier Sprint Cup Series, and became the youngest driver to win two races with both of those coming in back-to-back weeks. To win those races, he had to pass and hold off current Sprint Cup veterans Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., to name a few.

Kyle Larson, on the other hand, is not the son of a legend. In fact, he has made his own legend and name for himself at just 21-years-old. He had won numerous dirt car races before moving to the stock cars of NASCAR. He won the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year and got his first win earlier this season at his home track in California. He currently sits eighth in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points out of 45 drivers.

In recent years, NASCAR viewership on TV has gone down. The average viewer’s age is 30-40, according to nascar.com. Maybe the rise of these young stars will grab people’s attention and younger crowds will tune in to watch the greatest drivers in the world.

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Sophomore Katie O’Mara holds 13 pound Queen Latifah (left). Freshman Sarah Ramon laughs as Snowball, a male cockatoo, yells loudly to draw attention (top). The Ferrett Rescue also brought several ferretts to the event (bottom).

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By Danielle Faczan danielle.faczan@franklincollege.edu Passion for Paws drew a large crowd at its third annual Rescue Fair on Wednesday.

The organization hosted six organizations, including IndyCLAW, FACE, Sheltie Rescue, Animal Control, Ferret Rescue and Paws Rescue.

Payton Thomas, a freshman and Passion for Paws second lead officer, worked the event and wound up adopting a cat from Paws Rescue.

Franko, a fluffy white cat with two different colored eyes, will find its new home with Thomas after an application process.

“He’s deaf, but he’s super sweet and cuddly so I kind of fell in love with him,” Thomas said.

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Because Thomas will live with her brother, who recently bought a house, this summer, the two decided to get a cat. But, Thomas said she didn’t expect to find one at the Rescue Fair.

“When you meet an animal, you just kind of fall in love with it,” she said.

“It’s that connection you have with them. When you know, you know.”

Sophomore Nick Sanders attended the event last year, as well, and said he was excited to hear it would happen again.

“I love animals,” Sanders said. “I have a ton of animals at home so I don’t get to see them since I’m at college. Having all these animals on campus and seeing all the joy it brings people – like I got so excit-

ed when I got to hold Queen Latifah. I was like, this is awesome.”

Queen Latifah, or Queeny, is a 12 to 13 pound brown rabbit that gained a lot of attention throughout the day. IndyCLAW brought two exotic birds and several rabbits, including Queeny, because rabbits and exotic pets are the organization’s specialty.

The Sheltie Rescue of Central Indiana brought five friendly shelties to the event. Cindy Shearer, a volunteer and board member of the rescue, said the organization has been active for 20 years and has accepted roughly 1,144 shelties, placing 1,100 in “forever homes” or permanent foster homes.

“The purpose is to rescue shelties off the street or out of shelters or from

surrenders,” Shearer said. “However they come and they need to be rescued, we’ll take them and get them the medical care they need, then work to find them a forever home.”

Shearer said the organization “never put(s) a dog down unless we absolutely have to.”

The rescue’s biggest success story, she said, involved Cammi, an uncommonly colored silver sheltie.

Cammi was found starving and day from dying, but the rescue nursed her back to a healthy weight and her foster “mother” chose to keep her.

“We consider all of them success stories,” Shearer said. “If we can give them a forever home or a permanent foster, we won.”