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Grizzlies look to add to conference win streak, won’t overlook Quakers

By Alex Engelbert

aelgenbert@franklincollege.edu

The football team’s 48-7 victory over Manchester University last Saturday was its 27th straight victory against other teams in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. That victory tied the team for the second longest active conference winning streak in Division III nationwide.

The team looks to continue that streak this weekend as it travels northeast to battle Earlham on Saturday.

While the Quaker football program has been down the past few years, junior safety Jameson Brock isn’t taking the game lightly.

“It’s not going to be our toughest week,” Brock said. “But, we are still going to treat the Quakers like a ranked opponent.”

In last season’s game against Earlham, Franklin scored a record 70 points in the conference match up, but junior long snapper Jake David recognizes the possible strength the Quakers could bring on Saturday.

“At the end of the second week, Earlham was the only conference team with a win,” he said. “That at least proves they are relevant.”

The Quakers’ lone win of the season came during week two, with a 25-15 victory over Kenyon College, but the team lost a close game to Bluffton last week, falling 36-21.

David said he and the other special teams players have been preparing for Earlham just like they would during any other week.

“For the most part our preparation is about the same regardless of the opponent,” he said. “We strive to just focus on ourselves. I am very confident in the team getting the job done.”

Head coach Mike Leonard said he encourages his team not to underestimate anyone.

“Every game, we go in with the approach that we are the one-point underdog,” he said.

For Leonard, the game is special for reasons other than competition.

He has had a long coaching relationship with the Quakers’ head coach, Neil Kazmierczak.

“I have competed against him many times over the year,” Leonard said. “We have kind of shadowed each other throughout our careers.”

Kick off is set for 1:30 at Earlham’s home field in Richmond.

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Senior Kyle Holzbog runs the ball (top) and senior Mike Wood kicks off after a Franklin touchdown (bottom) during Franklin’s game against Manchester University last Saturday.

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Adam Lee

Give recruitment a shot

Freshmen men had a great opportunity this week in the form of fall recruitment.

It was a time of free food, fun games and social interaction. I may be biased in saying this, as I am currently vice president of Phi Delta Theta, but recruitment is something you should not pass up.

My affiliation with Greek Life has made my appreciation for Franklin College expand tenfold.

I have found myself being more involved and more aware of what’s going on around campus, as well as the people who inhabit it.

If there are men out there who do not think Greek Life is for them, they are not alone – I didn’t either. All it took was meeting the right people and realizing the benefits of joining a fraternity, and my mind changed quickly.

The least you can do is see what each fraternity is all about.

Do not feel rushed to make any decisions and take your time if you are unsure about joining one; this is significantly easier on Franklin’s campus since fraternities do not have a formal recruitment process and bids can be given throughout the semester.

Do not make judgments based on other people’s opinions, but rather make your own decisions.

If nothing else, recruitment is a great time to meet some quality guys on campus that you can become close friends with.

It isn’t about the letters on the house, but rather the men inside it.

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Seniors Allison Bayley (left), Elizabeth Flath (middle), and Hope Seibert (right) “throw what they know” – crowns, deltas, and arrows. Bayley, Flath, and Seibert are presidents of Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, and Pi Beta Phi, respectively.

Recruitment changes considered small

By Caitlin Soard

caitlin.soard@franklincollege.edu

Recruitment at Franklin will be a little different this year than it has been previous years.

The biggest change to the sorority recruitment process, which takes place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, eliminates serenading – sororities and fraternities singing to one another on Bid Day. Greek Life Coordinator Natalie Brewster said serenading was not a good fit with the values of the Panhellenic community.

“Since it’s hazing, we obviously have to get rid of it,” said Jill Baum, a senior and a Panhellenic Recruitment Coordinator.

Brewster said the Rho Gammas are organizing an alternative event to “fill the gap” and hopes it becomes a “new tradition.”

Brewster also said sorority women and chapter advisers decided to eliminate a round of recruitment.

Topics that would have been covered in the first night of recruitment will be covered in the information session for female students going through recruitment on Monday.

“It has streamlined what can be a tedious process and allows both sorority women and women seeking to affiliate (with a sorority) a break during the week,” Brewster said.

Corinne Beyer, a senior and a Panhellenic Recruitment Coordinator, said recruitment is staying the same for fraternities and sororities – just with “small, detailed rule changes.”

“There aren’t really any big changes,” Baum said. “It’s been pretty much rules that have been in place, just not so much enforced. I think other than that, it’s just been working toward more of a more ‘no-frills’ policy.”

Male students wishing to join a fraternity received their bids starting at 5 p.m. Thursday. They have until 8 p.m. on Friday to make a decision if they wish to sign their bid at a formal event sponsored by the Interfraternity Council.

While they are not required to sign them at the event, the Interfraternity Council recommends that they the utilize the event as a way to get to know the other members of their pledge class.

In previous years, each chapter has gone out separately and passed out bids to male students’ rooms on different nights.

“The thinking behind the change is to make it more of a special experience for some of the new students,” said Alec Gray, a junior and president of Interfraternity Council. “And we wanted to do them together, just so there’s no pressure in case a guy gets

a bid from more than one fraternity… It allows them to know ‘hey, we’re all Greek,’ and helps build some interfraternal relations.”

Editor’s note: Alec Gray is multimedia editor of The Franklin.

“There aren’t really any big changes. It’s been pretty much rules that have been in place, just not so much enforced. I think other than that, it’s just been working toward more of a more ‘no-frills’ policy.”

Jill Baum, senior and Panhellenic Recruitment Coordinator

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FC ranks in top 10 colleges in Midwest

By Erika Brock

erika.brock@franklincollege.edu

The U.S News and World Report ranked Franklin College as one of the best liberal arts colleges in the Midwest region in its annual report released last week.

Franklin College tied for sixth with two other colleges and received 84 out of 100 on the grading scale.

Franklin College President Jay Moseley said the college ranked in the Midwest region instead of nationally because most of “our degrees are in fields like Journalism, Computer Science, Education and Athletic Training, rather than

classic liberal arts disciplines like English, History and so on.”

The report ranked the college high in many categories, including alumni giving rate, class size and graduation rate.

Moseley said the alumni giving rate is of high importance to any college.

He said it is good to show that students do enjoy coming to Franklin College and it did impact their lives, but rating is good for donations.

Students who pay the full amount for tuition, meaning they receive no scholarships or finan-

cial aid, pay for only 75 percent, due to donations from alumni.

Freshman Samantha Patton said small class size is one of the many reasons she decided to come to Franklin.

“The smaller class makes it easier to befriend the professor and make you feel like an actual person and not just a number,” Patton said.

According to the report, 29 percent of classes at Franklin have below 20 students and no classes have more than 50 students.

“The small sizes help to foster a discussion environment and make it

easier to talk to your professor and classmates,” senior Ross Plotkin said.

Moseley said small class sizes indicate a “greater probability that real learning is occurring.”

“If all of your classes are as small as ours are, that means that in every learning situation you will be in contact with a teacher,” he said.

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Navy Yard shooting hits home

By Ryanne Wise

ryanne.wise@franklincollege.edu

The Washington D.C. Navy yard shooting that left 12 victims and the gunman dead on Sept.

16 impacted the nation, even the Franklin College campus.

When sophomore Jessica Ayer returned from class that day, she had no idea that former Navy reservist Aaron Alexis, 34, had opened fire on civilians in the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters just hours before.

Ayer’s father, Master Chief Brett Ayer, was working at the Coast Guard headquarters next to the Naval base when the mass shooting occurred. Ayer said she was thankful that her father was by the phone when she called.

“I heard of some people that called their dad and it went straight to their voicemail,” Ayer said. “I can’t even imagine that. It was long enough waiting for the phone to ring and him to answer it.”

With her father in the military, Ayer has moved around a lot, traveling from Florida to southern Virginia to northern Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C., where her family now resides.

Ayer’s younger brother was at school just 20 miles away from the Naval base when the shooting took

place. Her mother was at work and didn’t know what was going on.

Alexis, who worked for a military subcontractor, used valid credentials to enter Building 197. He carried in a disassembled shotgun and was seen in surveillance video exiting a restroom with the shotgun assembled. After leaving the restroom, Alexis was believed to be moving floor-to-floor shooting those he saw.

Alexis took down a guard on the first floor and stole his handgun in the process. He then shot and killed 11 more people, mainly from the building’s atrium, and injured eight others. All victims were either civilians or contractors. No active duty military personnel were killed.

After 30 minutes, police shot and killed Alexis. While police are still searching for a motive, the crime has been categorized as a criminal investigation and not an act of terrorism.

Ayer said during times like these, she feels an extra appreciation for all of those who help protect America, military or otherwise.

“I’ve always had a really strong support for the military, of course,” Ayer said.

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Navy Cmdr. Tim Jirus says that a man standing next to him was shot and killed as both tried to escape from the shooter at the Washington Navy Yard on Sept. 16.

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how to Utilize Space Katie Cavin I need to be organized for my day to go well. As a girl, I feel like there’s not enough space! But here are some tips I’ve discovered, with the help of my mom, that have helped me stay sane.

Use that wall space you have not touched. My wardrobe doesn’t quite hit the wall yet, so I’ve placed hooks on the wall and hung my jackets, bags, and towel. The hooks are super inexpensive and from Walmart. I’ve also used those hooks in the bathroom to hang up my laundry bag.

There is a great window ledge in Dietz that I had no idea how to use. Awesome alternative? Milk crates. I’ve stacked three milk crates behind it that hold all my dishes, and the top one has my fan and alarm clock plugged in.

It’s easy access if I read a book the night before, and it’s somewhere I can put my glasses. I also put those crates in the bathroom for my towels and other bathroom essentials.

I got those milk crates at Walmart, too.

As for maxing out my space elsewhere, I’ve been picking up ideas with an open mind and a little creativity.

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Diversity Advocates teach students in series

By Seth Morin

seth.morin@franklincollege.edu

Students asked questions, such as what percent of the world’s immigrants live in the United States and from where do most of these immigrants come, at the first event in this year’s Franklin Speaks series.

Franklin Speaks is a new initiative from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Student advocates interviewed to become the Diversity Advocates.

Terri Roberts, coordinator of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, said it excites her that Franklin Speaks is a “completely student-run series.”

“The four Diversity Advocates are responsible for coordinating the entire series,” Roberts said. “Therefore, it’s from a student perspective.”

The four Diversity Advocates are juniors Natavia Howell and Montanea Daniels, along with sophomores Makayla Picklesimer and Raphaela Mueller.

Howell said the role of a Diversity Advocate is to “create discussions and different activities to help raise awareness for diversity.”

Mueller said the advocates have been promoting the series “by going to classrooms to create discussions and having speakers on campus.”

The Franklin Speaks event, which took place on Tuesday, dealt with immigration.

The Diversity Advocates also discussed whether or not most

immigrants come into the United States illegally. According to the U.S. Census, the total number of immigrants living in the U.S. in 2000 was more than 31 million. By its estimates, 7 million immigrants were undocumented that same year.

Ann Gilly, a junior and president of S.A.S.O.M., attended the event, which she said was “very informative.”

She said the event made her hopeful since people learned more about immigration.

“It’s always interesting to see what people think they know and what they actually know,” Gilly said.

Upcoming events include a spring registration planning

session at noon on Wednesday in Hamilton 211 and another Franklin Speaks series event at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 14 in the Dietz Von Boll Lounge.

‘Honesty’ emphasized in convocations

By Ally Marlow

allyssa.marlow@franklincollege.edu

Franklin College offers an engaging, educational opportunity to all students and the community every year with the Convocation Lecture Series.

The series includes various speakers who will speak about debatable topics.

David Weatherspoon, the campus minister who chairs the series, said he encourages students to come to as many convocations as they can.

“College is a great opportunity to expand on what you know and enlighten your knowledge,” Weatherspoon said.

Each year, the series’ theme changes between Franklin College’s five values: honesty, respect, responsibility, the pursuit of learning and faith.

Last year’s theme was respect, and this year’s theme is honesty.

The first speaker of the series, Jose Antonio Vargas, demonstrated honesty through his speech Thursday night by sharing his past experiences as an undocumented immigrant. Vargas is one of this academic year’s eight speakers.

Weatherspoon said this year the speakers will be hitting on “hot but-

ton issues” that people are currently dealing with in the world, such as religion, immigration, gay rights and interfaith. He ensured that every student will findat least one speaker that can appeal to them.

“We try to get a wide array of speakers,” Weatherspoon said.

“We try to hit all areas of interest on campus, whether it be student organizations, diversity or the arts.

If we miss an area the year before, we’ll try to get it for next year.”

Weatherspoon said one of Franklin College’s missions is to prepare students for global society. Each speaker will have a specific way of preparing students, but Vargas taught students to keep an open mind to topics foreign to their own lives, like immigration.

“Many students have no idea about the breath of issues that go into immigration,” Weatherspoon said. “It is not an easy issue.”

Laura Haehl, a Spanish professor, recommended her students go to Vargas’ lecture for class because she felt they would learn something valuable.

“Typically people in this part of Indiana don’t often have exposure to immigrants or the topic of immigration,” Haehl said. “This is a way for students to learn about it in their own way and apply that knowledge in their futures.”

Sophomore Taylor Kilgore said he did not know about the series. But weeks before Vargas came to campus, Kilgore saw flyers and took interest.

He said he wanted to go to the event, not for a class or a paper, but to hear his life story.

“It’s things like this that can make learning fun,” he said. “And I hope more students will realize this and take advantage of it.”

The college pays for the speakers to come to campus. Weatherspoon said people do not realize how much money a speaker costs – typically between a couple thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands – even though the events are free to attend.

Weatherspoon said students need to take advantage of this free opportunity while they are given the chance in college.

Important dates to remember: Thursday, Oct. 24 Dr. Martha Crouch: “Impacts of Genetic Engineering in Agriculture: An Indiana Story” Thursday, Nov. 21 Mark Hartley: “If I Knew Then What I Know Now…” Monday, Jan. 20 Dr. Stacy Downing: “The Truth Will Set You Free” Thursday, Feb. 13 Daryl Davis: “Klan-Destine Relationships” Thursday, March 13 Maria Karagianis: “Marketing Meaning: Seven Steps to Creating a Life Worth Living” Thursday, April 10 Dr. Bill Buffie: “LGBT Public Health Issues and Marriage Equality” Thursday, April 24 Akbar Ahmed: “Ten Years After: The Need for a Dialogue, Not a Clash of Civilizations”

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Archivist makes complete list of alumni

By Halie Solea

halie.solea@franklincollege.edu

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Franklin College archivist Ruth Dorrel works on her compilation.

For students who have never visited the Hamilton Library archives, it might come as a shock to find the files of information dating back to 1836.

Franklin College archivist Ruth Dorrel is currently using these files, as well as many other resources, to compile a complete list of Franklin College alumni.

“It’s 177 years of students, with some breaks because of war and financial problems,” Dorrel said. “What I’m doing is making a list of every person who graduated from Franklin College, and if they didn’t graduate, (I log) the years that they attended.”

What motivated Dorrel to start this project was the “phone calls I get from people wanting to know when Grandpa graduated from FC or people who are tracing back a family

tree. I get lots of those calls. It’ll help the alum and records offices, as well.”

One of the few students helping Dorrel is sophomore Raphaela Mueller. “(It is) interesting to see all of the people who went (to Franklin College,)” Mueller said. “It might help people who want to research some of the people who were students here, to come up with biographies or things like that.”

Dorrel uses college catalogs, yearbooks, commencement programs, student directories and alumni directories that started in 2008 and all sorts of rosters to expand the catalog.

“Any place that I can find something that says they went to Franklin See “Archivist” on Page 10

Professor defies odds, teaches history professionally

By Amanda Creech

amanda.creech@franklincollege.edu

Although he was told there were not “any real jobs in his time,” Professor Richard Gawthrop took the risk and went to graduate school, intending to someday teach history.

Gawthrop said he always liked history. He once thought about law school and decided he would rather pursue his passion.

Going to graduate school in history is never a sure thing, even today, he said, “but I did it anyway.”

He said he enjoys teaching because of the students and their spirit and openness to new ideas and experiences. Gawthrop said most of his students are first generation students from small towns who have a desire to learn. He said he will have history majors in class three or four times and can mentor them and watch them improve.

Gawthrop enjoys preparing for his classes. He said he likes to create materials that are “accessible but challenging at the same time,” and not something students have issues understanding.

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“The payoff is that students do get interested in non-United States areas and follow up on it, and in some cases, take overseas trips,” Gawthrop said.

Gawthrop finds it rewarding when students do become interested in taking overseas courses or writing seminar papers in non-U.S. subjects.

“As part of that, since it’s a small school, you can work with them over time, even if a student’s not a history major,” he said. “If I have him or her in an LA 102 class I’ll see them on campus for the next three years.”

Ralph Guentzel, who also teaches history at Franklin, has known Gawthrop since he began teaching at the college in 1999. Guentzel said German History is a rare field for someone to specialize in, but Gawthrop is able to do so.

“We talk about developments in German politics—elections—we’ve been talking about that, and it is something to have a colleague interested in this,” Guentzel said.

“It is something I appreciate.”

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History professor Richard Gawthrop lectures to his East Asian course.

Gawthrop has also been to Germany and studied not far from Guentzel’s hometown, so he said it is a transatlantic link the two of them share and talk about.

Gawthrop teaches LA 102: The Past and Present: The World since 1750, Making a Modern Europe, German History, East Asian History, Russian History, Middle Eastern History and is also one of the coordinators for the senior seminars.

Junior Katherine Sergi is currently taking one of Gawthrop’s East Asian History classes.

“I like it,” she said. “It’s a weird class schedule, two days a week.

It’s longer, but he makes it interesting so he doesn’t make it feel like it’s longer.”

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New director brings more activities to FC

By Jacob Rund

jacob.rund@franklincollege.edu

Wesley Howell, the new wellness director at Franklin College, has had a passion for fitness his entire life.

“I always grew up loving sports,” he said. “Being the youngest of four and competing with my brothers, I always wanted to get to a level to where I could beat them whenever I needed to.”

Howell began working in wellness as a junior at Indiana University.

“I fell in love with being able to interact with people who were wanting to get healthy day in and day out,” Howell said. “I started to research and do as much work as I could to try and figure out how to pursue it as a career.”

Howell started on his path to a career in wellness by obtaining his personal training certification and teaching fitness classes. After he finished his bachelor’s degree at IU, Howell pursued a master’s degree at the University of Central Florida.

While at UCF, he worked as a graduate assistant for the campus recreation department.

“Being around people who really enjoyed fitness and wellness down there really inspired me and motivated me further to try and pursue it as a career,” Howell said.

The next step for Howell is to achieve his certified strength and conditioning specialist certification. In addition to his job as Wellness Director, Howell also holds a part-time position at Butler University working for the recreation department.

Howell said while Franklin is a smaller college environment than he’s used to, he enjoys working in such a friendly atmosphere.

“It’s such a nice place to work and people are so friendly,” he said. “I think a big factor in being a happy employee is being able to be around all those people that support your goals and support what you’re trying to do. I think it’s a great thing being on a smaller campus.”

Howell’s main goal for the Wellness Program this year is to get students, faculty and staff involved and started on the process of improving their lives through physical fitness.

“I love seeing people being able to improve their lives (through fitness) and seeing the changes they are able to make and the excitement they have for it,” Howell said.

As of last week, Howell implemented a new faculty and staff walking program. He hopes this will be the first of many initiatives put in place by the Wellness Program this year.

“This will be a cool initiative to get people thinking about how many steps they take in a day,” Howell said. “It’s just about getting people moving and doing whatever I can to help keep them moving.”

The Wellness Program is offering 37 combined wellness-related classes and speeches throughout the fall term for students. Howell teachers many of these include group exercise classes. Sports tournaments

and “bigger picture wellness events for students” are in the works for the spring semester, Howell said.

Sophomore Brittany Harcourt said one asset to the programs this year is that they are offered frequently at times when students do not have too many classes or labs.

“I think he’s done a really good job of taking the foundation the other coordinators have given him and taking off with that,” Harcourt said.

“I feel like he’s really committed to the program and provides a fresh set of eyes to make crucial improvement to reaching out to people and making a bigger impact on campus.”

Howell said there is “room to grow” when it comes to wellness programs offered to students. Howell also said he would like to continue to learn from other wellness programs across the country and to experiment with different ideas and events for the program here at Franklin.

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Wellness Director Wesley Howell instructs students during a workout routine involving planking (left). Afterward, Howell stretches with a senior Matt Bachman during the “cool down” period of the fitness session (right).

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features Music serves as a form of both expression and release for junior Allyn Pearson. Pearson is one of the 10 members of Franklin’s string ensemble.

She plays the cello, which she picked up 12 years ago after playing piano when she was younger.

Pearson said she enjoys playing because music allows her to express herself.

She loves playing the cello in particular because it “more closely matches the range of the human voice.”

“So sometimes I feel like I’m not just playing music,” she said. “I’m actually saying something.”

Pearson said playing music also serves as a way for her to relax because the atmosphere in the string ensemble is “really laid back.”

“I think that’s been good for me because I tend to be a very uptight person,” she said. “So music has really been a way for me to, at the end of day, just unwind and take a deep breath and take a step back from life and from homework and stress and just enjoy myself.”

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news >> Archivist Continued from page 6 College, (I use,)” Dorrel said.

When Dorrel went to college, she attended Ohio Wesleyan University to become a librarian. She was introduced to the Franklin College archivist while her daughter attended and ended up replacing her when she retired in 2003.

When Dorrel isn’t working on the archive project, she spends

time indexing as a volunteer at the Johnson County Museum.

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Archivist Ruth Dorrell takes notes while working to compile a complete list of Franklin College alumni.

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Professor Richard Gawthrop leads a study session Monday night.

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>> Rank Continued from page 3 averages and test scores. But he said the high ranking shows that “Franklin College is adding value to what students bring.”

Despite a good ranking, Moseley said, “rankings aren’t important.”

He said rankings fluctuate yearly and the college doesn’t plan to change anything due to the report.

because he puts them right on the study guides, which is helpful.

In past years, Gawthrop also taught the winter term course Inner-City Missions. He has taught the course six times since 1988 and last taught it in January of 2012. During the course, students gain background knowledge about homelessness.

The students stay overnight in a shelter to feel the experience from a homeless person’s point of view and volunteer six hours a day.

“They go into it with a lot of fear and stereotypes,” Gawthrop said.

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Then, students connect and develop relationships with the residents.

Gawthrop said he likes watching students learn about courage and adversity through Inner-City Missions, as well as watching them grow and learn overtime.

He said he runs into students who have taken his classes in the past and likes to check up on them and see how they are doing. Gawthrop said by doing so, he forms relationships with students that last beyond their time at Franklin.

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news >> Continued Wellness from page 7 Senior Matt Bachman, who has started to attend Wellness events this semester, seems impressed with Howell’s enthusiasm for the program.

“He’s definitely enthusiastic about it,” Bachman said. “He’s so passionate about it that I think it’s starting to rub off on people.”

One way for students to be involved with the Wellness Program is to join Student Team Wellness. This orga-

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“But it definitely made me have a stronger support for the civilians that work for the (Department of Defense) and the (Department of Homeland Security).”

Ayer said she never expected something like this to happen in the United States.

“You expect it all to happen when they’re deployed or overseas,” she said.

nization will begin having meetings this fall and its members will work closely with Howell to develop big picture wellness goals for the campus community. Anyone interested in joining Student Team Wellness should contact Howell via email at whowell@franklincollege.edu.

“It will be interesting to see what the students can come up with,

and I’m really excited to hear all of their ideas,” Howell said.

Harcourt is a health science major with minors in fitness and business.

She was a member of Student Team Wellness last year and looks forward to joining the team against this year.

“I really am passionate about the health of myself and others, so being on this committee that is organized and dedicated to campus wellness

has been very beneficial for me,” she said. “I really do enjoy seeing the procession of others in every aspect of wellness. It’s rewarding to see people involved in their heath.”

New Books in the Library Ayer said she hopes that Americans take away something more from this tragic shooting than just a new move in their legislative agendas.

“I think one of the most disrespectful things to do is to turn something like the Navy yard shooting into a legislative agenda about gun control,” Ayer said. “Having the gun control talk is fine, but not because of the tragedy of other people.”

Located on the new book shelf on the first floor • “Wicked Indianapolis” by Andrew E. Stoner A look at infamous Hoosier celebrities, criminals, disasters, and politicians from John Dillinger to Klansman John Duvall.

• “A Game of Thrones” by George R. R. Martin The epic fantasy brought to life in HBO’s award winning show.

• “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” by Sheryl Sandberg An influential and insightful book on the twenty first century woman.

• “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” by Reza Aslan The controversial and powerful bestseller that explores the historical aspects of Jesus.

• “How to be a Woman” by Caitlin Moran 71371 Hilarious and laugh out loud funny, this book is described as “the British version of Tina Fey’s Bossypants.”

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Punk community should be more inclusive of women Last week, Alternative Press posted a feature on its website called “9 Things Women in Music are Sick of Experiencing.” The goal of the list was to highlight some of the ways the punk community, which boasts about being an inclusive space, has, in reality, remained very male-centered.

As a woman who is part of the punk community, the article resonated with me.

I am lucky to be from Louisville, where these issues are less prominent. But even in Louisville, punk is very much a boy’s club. The ratio of women to men at shows is often drastically skewed.

Why is that? Women who attempt to become a part of the community are often trivialized.

If a woman is in a band, it becomes known as “the band with the girl singer.” If a woman likes a band, it is assumed she likes it because she thinks the lead singer is attractive.

That is demeaning.

That is wrong.

That is one of the problems I have with punk rock. I do not want my musical tastes or abilities to be defined by my gender, nor should they be.

Punk should feel welcoming to everyone. Punk should feel like a second home.

If someone is saying, “Well I can’t go to that show because I’m not a boy,” or “I can’t like this band because I’m a girl,” then there is a problem that needs to be addressed.

And it needs to be addressed now.

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Franklin College uses offices, student organizations to broaden students’ horizons Franklin College is located in quintessential small-town America. Franklin residents all know one another, and college alumni still live in town so they can regularly attend football games and give their children the same childhood they had.

Considering all of this, it would be easy to assume that cultural opportunities are very limited at Franklin College, but the opposite is surprisingly true.

While attending Franklin, students have several chances to learn about different cultures and lifestyles, chances that aren’t available on all college campuses.

Each year, students have the opportunity to join several different cultural organizations, including Franklin Interfaith, S.A.S.O.M or FCLA3. Each of these organizations focuses on different aspects of a society’s culture, including religion, race, gender and traditions, and each hosts events on campus that immerse students in different cultural practices by teaching them about different traditions.

Additionally, the college’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion focuses all of its efforts into educating students about their differences and promoting those differences in a positive way. Like the student organizations, ODI hosts several educational events on campus and works with other campus organizations to promote unity and inclusion.

Franklin College also hosts speakers, like Jose Vargas on Thursday, to teach students about world issues.

The topics convocation speakers cover – like immigration – are often difficult and left unaddressed among students, but Franklin students frequently have the opportunity to confront these issues and form their own opinions.

Just two weeks ago, students’ lives came into direct contact with the Tibetan-Mongolian culture when the Buddhist monks came to campus. We had the opportunity to live, eat and speak with the monks, an opportunity that is not given to all college students. The monks were returning to campus for the second time, which is certainly a rare occasion among colleges and universities.

Whether or not you’re comfortable with different traditions and practices, having the opportunity to learn about them is extremely important. Many students come to college from small towns where the socio-economic make-up had almost no wrinkles, so they expect a sort of culture shock when they arrive on campus their freshman year. For some students, Franklin College is significantly larger than their high schools, so they’re already experiencing a different educational culture.

If students are already facing significant cultural changes in their personal lives, presenting them with entirely different cultures makes sense. College is the time to learn as much about ourselves and the world as possible, and doing the two simultaneously can open up a whole new world.

College is also a time in which students do a lot of searching.

They’re no longer comfortable with the “traditional” way things have been done in their hometowns, and they want to have new experiences. Providing opportunities to learn about new cultures could lead students to discover something new about the world or themselves that could shape the rest of their lives.

When we enter the “real world,” we’ll be expected to understand and respect other cultures. Inevitably, we will have co-workers from different

Our Position: The Franklin editorial board believes Franklin College better prepares students for life after college by giving them several opportunities to learn about other world cultures. traditions and backgrounds, and if we’ve had no experience with these backgrounds, we won’t be able to work together as well as we should.

Also, employers like to hire people who have past experience working with other cultures, so getting involved in our campus cultural organizations or participating in their events shows a willingness to learn and a tendency toward acceptance that is appealing to a potential boss.

Even though we’re a small campus in a very small town, we have the ability to broaden our worldviews placed right at our fingertips.

Franklin students should appreciate this opportunity and take advantage of it so that they are better prepared for life after college.

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 junior Adam Lee, sophomores Darian Eswine, Caitlin Soard and freshmen Brittney Corum and Halie Solea. Megan Banta, 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.

provs. con “Health” obsession among 20-somethings

Katie Cavin: The Franklin

“Obsession” may be necessary

“Healthy” is subjective

It’s not purely speculation when people say Americans are having a health epidemic. We see all sorts of statistics, charts and figures telling us we have a problem, with words like “obesity” and “sedentary” spattered among headlines.

It’s only logical that with this information and new-found awareness, people are taking the initiative to create and adopt healthy lifestyles.

It doesn’t take much to notice the exercise classes popping up all over town or the “fit-spiration” blogs cropping up online. Especially with the younger half of the population, getting healthy seems to be the new trend, and some are arguing that this trend is going too far.

With all of the publicity involving weight loss success stories and miracle cures, there are bound to be some people so desperate for a sense of accomplishment that they develop an eating disorder or work out to the point of hurting themselves. But those people are turning “being healthy” into a vanity thing and are making it about having the right body shape or muscle definition. It’s no longer a “health obsession,” but a “body image obsession,” and that is not the point of the health movement.

Many professionals in the field will say adopting a healthy lifestyle has to be a main focus for the individual. If to some this translates as an “obsession,” then maybe being obsessed isn’t a bad thing.

I am not against health – I mean, I don’t sit around all day with my two-liter of Mountain Dew and a box of Krispy Kremes. But the emphasis on and the obsession with the “healthy lifestyle” has become a bit much.

First of all, define the “healthy lifestyle.” The truth is, there can’t be a single definition because being healthy is different for every single person. If we can’t define what the healthy lifestyle is, then people will make their own assumptions – exercise a lot, don’t eat much, eat lots of green stuff, lose weight, etc.

Some of these tips are great, like exercising or eating greens. But it’s when the “healthy lifestyle” obsession spawns ideas like losing weight, not eating much and exercising a lot that things get dangerous. Exercising schedules should be different for every body type, and choosing to exercise as much as you can is not healthy. In fact, it can actually have a harmful effect on your body.

Additionally, the concept of “health” has become skewed; girls are striving to be stick-thin with thigh gaps and have to watch how many peanuts they eat. I’m not a guy, so I can’t speak for them, but I’m sure something similar is happening.

The point is, it’s great to want to be healthy for the right reasons, but you also need to just enjoy life. Yes, that sounds cheesy, but it’s the truth, and getting caught up in calorie counting and pant sizes will inevitably detract from that.

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On This Day in History: Sept. 27 We look back in history to learn from mistakes. We want there to be less war and violence and for the world to be in a state of harmony. It is up to our world leaders to promote the idea of peace, as President Franklin Roosevelt did when he appealed to Hitler for peace during World War II. It was Sept. 27, 1938, when President Roosevelt wrote to German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. The letter addressed Hitler’s belief that the territory known as Sudetenland was supposed to be part of Germany’s territory, not Czechoslovakia’s.

In his letter, Roosevelt wrote, “Negotiations between Germany and Czechoslovakia (should) be continued until a peaceful settlement is found.” The president had also written to Hitler just one day before, asking the chancellor to consider peaceful negotiations with Czechoslovakia rather than using military force. In response, Hitler told Roosevelt that Germany was entitled to the land because the Treaty of Versailles wrongfully gave Sudetenland to Czechoslovakia instead of Germany.

Unfortunately, Roosevelt’s appeals for peaceful negotiations did very little to ease tensions between Germany and Czechoslovakia, and the Germans invaded in March 1939. This started Hitler’s plans to control Europe and create a Third Reich rule over all.

No matter how hard we try to keep the peace, there will always be people who continue to create problems. Despite these people, it is the responsibility of not just government leaders, but of the human race as a whole to try to resolve conflicts peacefully.

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sports Scores Sept. 21 Football v. Manchester: 48-7 Women’s Soccer v. Wilmington: 2-1 Men’s Soccer v. Case Western Reserve: 3-4 Women’s Cross Country, IN Intercollegiate Meet: 9th Men’s Cross Country, IN Intercollegiate Meet: 7th Women’s Tennis v Defiance: 9-0 Volleyball v DePauw: 0-3 Sept. 22 Women’s Golf, Rose-Hulman Invite: 4th Women’s Tennis v. Saint Joseph: 5-4 Sept. 23 Men’s Golf, Dick Park Invite: 6th Sept. 25 Women’s Tennis v. Rose-Hulman: 4-5 Volleyball v. Spalding: 3-0 Women’s Soccer v. Spalding: 3-0

Men’s golf grabs sixth place in home invitational

Grizzlies host annual Dick Park Invitational at Legend’s Golf course

By Carney Gillin

carney.gillin@franklincollege.edu

Nine schools gathered in Franklin on Sunday and Monday for the Dick Clark Invitational hosted by Franklin.

The men’s golf team finished sixth overall with a final score of 634 – 313 on Sunday and 321 on Monday.

Junior Chris Arnold led the Grizzlies, finishing the first day of play tied for first place with a one-under par of 71. He started Sunday off with a double bogey on the first hole.

“I didn’t start well,” he said.

“But, I pulled it together and got it back on the next two.”

After a great showing on Monday, Arnold shot a 77, tying him for fourth place.

“Everyone struggled,” he said.

“The guys who played well Sun-

day had higher scores Monday, and the guys who didn’t do so well Sunday played well Monday.”

Senior Will Reno knew he and his team had more to give.

“We have a good crop of guys,” he said. “We are still trying to find the right five to put out there. I am more than confident in the team we have.”

Reno had a rough day on Sunday, scoring an 89, but was able to improve on Monday with a 79.

“I take it personally when I don’t play well,” he said. “I care about the team, and we didn’t play our best golf.”

Franklin looks to bounce back next month at the DePauw Invitational on Oct. 12 and 13. Arnold won’t be

“We have a good crop of guys.

We are still trying to find the right five to put out there.

I am more than confident in the team we have.”

Will Reno, senior golfer competing in the invitational, forcing the Grizzlies to play without their number one golfer, but Reno’s confidence in his team doesn’t stray.

“We are the best ball strikers in the conference,” he said. “We just struggle in our short game.”

Reno and the team know what they need to work on in the next couple weeks for their trip to Greencastle.

Tennis falls short to early-season favorite Grizzlies fight Rose-Hulman until after dark before falling short

By Ben Brown

benjamin.brown@franklincollege.edu

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Freshman Kayla Walker reaches to serve in Wednesday night’s match against Rose-Hulman.

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The Franklin girls’ tennis team lost a hard-fought battle on Wednesday night.

The Grizzlies were up against early-season conference favorite RoseHulman, and they proved that they were also a team worth mentioning.

Taking advantage of the lighting on the new courts, Franklin played a very competitive game into the late hours of the night, ultimately losing lost 5-4.

“It went down to the wire,” head coach Rusty Hughes said.

Two of the Grizzlies’ losses have been down to the wire, finishing with the same 5-4 result. The losses were to NAIA IU-Southeast and Division II Saint Joseph.

“We’re not real consistent, but we have played decent,” Hughes said.

Junior Bethany Harris believed her match went well.

“It was definitely a much better match than the last time

I played her,” she said. “She is a very tough opponent.”

Harris played against Suzana Mohd, losing 6-1 and 6-3.

Franklin grabbed three wins in single play from sophomores Melissa Sanders, Chelsea Howell and Shawnee Bayes, and one in doubles, from freshmen team Alison Meyer and Emily Helvie.

“The team is very young, and as the season progresses, we are going to continue to improve,” Harris said.

“We just need to gain experience and make sure to stay mentally tough and focused during matches.”

This experience will come quickly to the team as the Grizzlies take on four of the five toughest teams on their schedule in the next upcoming matches. Hughes said he knows they can handle it.

“We have been preparing for this all year,” Hughes said. “We will be playing Manchester

University, Hanover College. They are as good as Rose-Hulman.”

Harris said no one on the team will give up easily.

“On any given day, we can beat anyone and we’re only going to get better the more matches we play,” she said Hughes thinks that, all things considered, the team is doing well.

After losing five seniors last season, Franklin has started 11 different players this year, but it would have been 12 if it were not for an injury, Hughes said.

Hughes believes his team has the will to win.

“We have a strong will to win,” he said. “We may not be the prettiest team in the world, but everyone is stepping up.”

The Grizzlies travel to Anderson Saturday to take on the Ravens at noon for another conference match-up.

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Pacers step up off the court

Junior Brooke Stamper reaches to pass the ball in Wednesday night’s game against Spalding.

Megan Banta: The Franklin

Tables turn for volleyball from beginning of season

By Jesse Wilson

jwilson@franklincollege.edu

A straight three game sweep of Spalding in Wednesday night’s game moved Franklin’s record to 8-6.

The Grizzlies grabbed two close games before snatching the third game with a 15-point cushion, winning 25-18, 25-19, 25-10.

Although the Grizzlies were back and forth with the Golden Eagles throughout the night, their streaks of success helped lead them to a victory.

This is something that may not be reflected from the first week of play for this season, but things have turned around for Franklin.

Franklin started its season with a disappointing 0-4 series on a trip to California, but head coach Mary Helak thought the team played an extremely tough competition on the west coast.

“We’re looking at California as a kind of preseason. We were trying to figure out some holes in our line up, as well as battling a couple of injuries,”

she said. “Now, we are in full swing, and the team is really in sync.”

The Grizzlies have an entire team without seniors. As one of the three juniors, Brooke Stamper has stepped into a role as team leader.

“I’m not the typical motivator,” she said. “We’re not the typical team. I just have little talks, I set goals that we have to achieve, we pray and then, we go out.”

Aside from Stamper, Montanea Daniels is another junior that Helak says the team looks to for leadership.

“Montanea brings excellent play, excitement and energy to the team,” Helak said.

Franklin is stacked from end to end with good talent, allowing Helak to look to the entire team to come through when she needs it, like Wednesday’s game against Spalding.

Sophomore libero Mackenzie Wieneke is just one example.

“Mackenzie is not much of a vocal leader, but she just plays so hard and so well that it makes the rest of the team better,” Helak said.

The combination of sophomore Kourtney Settle, junior Jordan Finke and freshman Alexandria Colclazier helped the Grizzlies grab the win against the Golden Eagles before they get into the heart of the season.

With the talent and excitement Franklin brings to the court, Helak and her team look forward to conference play with eager eyes.

“The girls, or rather I should say the women, in the program have decided that they are going to win,” Helak said. “They now have that expectation everyday.”

The Grizzlies open up conference play this Saturday against Manchester. They host the Spartans with a start time of 1:00 p.m. and continue their play Saturday night at 5:00 against IU-Kokomo at home.

Indiana has always been my home, and in the time I have lived here, the Pacers have been a small blip on my radar.

I never had a lot of respect for the guys that played for Indiana, simply because of incidents like Ron Artest and his brawl with a fan.

They’ve fit the part of troublemakers. Until now.

This semester, I’ve been lucky enough to spend my days at Bankers Life Fieldhouse as an intern. In my mere three weeks there, my eyes have been opened tremendously.

Just Monday, I was at a golf outing with Roy Hibbert, Paul George and some of the other players. I didn’t think much of it because why would I? The image in my mind was always bad, but this time it was different.

These guys are regular Joes, which helped me realize that our Hoosier hoopsters aren’t the players of the past. While teams will always have slip ups, these players are changing their images in Indiana.

An August article explained how George Hill made it on TMZ for the right reasons.

Hill skipped Team USA training camp to do something for the kids. He set an example that others should follow.

“At the end of the day, basketball means a lot, but encouraging kids to do better and going for their goal is always the most important thing,” he said.

Well said G3.

That should bring warmth to anyone’s heart, except for probably USA coach Mike Krzyzewski, but it especially sits well with me.

It shows me that I can clear my mind of the old Pacers to make room for the new. They’ve truly come a long way in the past decade.

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2 The 66 Water St. Arts Cafe has been open a year and was recently remodeled.

3 Sophomores Emily Irvin and Megan Ruggles enjoy hot chocolate and popcorn during a residence hall program in the student center atrium 4 The women’s soccer team huddles after a group drill during practice.

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