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Security sends alerts on case-by-case basis ASHLEY SHULER

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Campus security sent its first-ever wasn’t believed to be in danger. alert concerning a student’s whereTwo hours after security received the abouts last week. initial report about Mansfield, the offiThe focus of the message was a first cer on duty notified the Franklin Police in Security Director Steve Leonard’s Department in an effort to “err on the 19-year career at the college. It came side of caution,” Leonard said. after campus security received a report “Someone can go to a movie and have from a student concerned about the their phone off,” he said. “Or go to dinway sophomore Simina Mansfield left ner. Or whatever they want to do. So it her residence hall was very easily on Sept. 26. determined, at Leonard, the that time, it’s primary decision If situations warrant it, not an appromaker in sending priate measure campus alerts, I will send one every day. to [send an asked people to I will send one every hour alert].” contact security But concerns with “information if I need to. If it’s detergrew the folconcerning the mined it’s something all of lowing day whereabouts” of when ManMansfield on Sept. campus needs to know about, sfield didn’t 27. show up to I wouldn’t hesitate.

The Franklin is class. identifying ManThat’s when – Steve Leonard, security director sfield because she Leonard conwas named in both ferred with the campus email and text alert. Man- campus officials and made the decision sfield did not respond to requests for to send the security alert. an interview.

It was sent at about 10 a.m. Sept. 27.

The message to campus came hours The student was located less than two after security was first alerted to the hours later. situation on Sept. 26.

“It’s a very conscious decision to not Students told security that Mansfield over send [the alerts],” Leonard said. screamed and left her personal belong- “I want this to be for true emergencies ings in the stairwell shortly before or serious situations that people will leaving Hoover, her residence hall. pay attention to when I send them.”

One student identified this scream as The college adopted the text system one of frustration, not danger. in the fall of 2008.

Security held off on sending an alert, Security uses Rave Mobile Safety, Leonard said, because the student a system many college campuses use

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across the nation, to send the alerts. Security pays each year and has unlimited use of the service.

“If situations warrant it, I will send one Zoie Richey | The Franklin every day,” Leonard said. “I will send one Students who are signed up for the emergency text alerts received these mesevery hour if I need sages last week: “Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of to. If it’s determined Simina Mansfield, please contact FC Security at 317-738-8888” and “Simina it’s something all Mansfield has been safely located. We appreciate the support of the campus of campus needs and Franklin communities.” to know about, I wouldn’t hesitate.”

The texts and emails are also useful Leonard has 11 templates preloaded in snowy or icy weather, when classes into the alert interface so he can fill in or evening campus events are canceled. the gaps and customize the messages Leonard says they use the messages to quickly before sending them out. disseminate information quicker than Above all, Leonard said the protocol through the local news. for sending alerts is on a “case-by-case” In the past, the system has been used basis and is about using resources and to alert the campus to dangerous sitthe advice of his emergency manage- uations like area armed robberies and ment team, rather than a by-the-book a student assaulted and robbed on checklist. campus.

Leonard has mostly used the sys“After situations like this, whether tem to warn the campus about severe it’s formally or informally, the key weather. players touch base to review,” Leonard When the Johnson County sirens go said. “How did everything go? What off, Leonard and Physical Facilities could we have done better? Should Director Tom Patz become short-term we have done something differently? I meteorologists, checking the radar and would agree that everything was done deciding if the weather is close enough appropriately [in Mansfield’s situaand severe enough to warrant sending tion].” an alert.

To receive future campus emergency The idea is to send out a message messages, log into myFC.franklincolwith enough notice but not too far in lege.edu, expand the “departments” advance for students, faculty and staff tab on the left side, click “security,” to get to safety on campus. and fill out the “emergency text registration” box on the right side.

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10/7 iMOCA exhibit opening

Visit a new exhibit, titled “UNLOADED,” which opens at The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art tonight. The free exhibit displays works by 19 artists exploring what usage of firearms means for the nation.

10/8–10/9 Chili & Wine Weekend Head to Mallow Run Winery in nearby Bargersville to bring in fall in the best way—with food, music and wine. Catch shows both Saturday and Sunday with complimentary tasting wine and free admission.

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There’s one goal Keri Ellington, assistant dean of students and student involvement, hopes to achieve at the annual homecoming pep rally tonight.

Inclusion.

After receiving a variety of feedback following the pep rally last year, changes were made to make this year’s event include all types of students.

Students can expect to see a few changes, but the one that has sparked the most conversation is about how the spirit stick will be awarded.

This year, the spirit stick competition—where students sing the fight song—will pit graduation classes, not organizations, against each other to win, Ellington said.

Ellington said when the change was officially made, the rumors started to stir.

“One of the rumors out there is that people can’t sit together by organization,” she said. “That is not true. If a student organization, fraternity or sorority wants to all come together and sit together in the stands and cheer together and dress similarly, they can absolutely do that.”

After months of planning, Ellington met with Student Congress and the Student Entertainment Board to brainstorm ways to include all students in the pep rally and create a more inclusive atmosphere.

“These changes are necessary because Franklin College needs to be more united and give more students a chance to love the school and their experiences here,” said Hanna Ballard, senior and Student Entertainment Board president. “Many students communicated that they felt they could not attend the pep rally because it was for only Greek organizations.”

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post on social media expressing her anger with what she referred to as a “Greek pep rally.”

In an October 2015 issue of The Franklin, both Moll, a non-affiliated student, and a Greek-affiliated student shared their positions on the overall atmosphere of the rally.

“It feels like it is a Greek thing, but it shouldn’t be about that,” Moll said in the article. “It should be about our football team winning and us coming together as students and alumni.”

Ballard said the Student Entertainment Board and other student organizations on campus want to make it clear to all students that homecoming week is to “show our school spirit” and to “unite as a campus.”

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These changes are necessary because Franklin College needs to be more united and give more students a chance to love the school and their experiences here.

During her freshman year, sophomore Holly Short wasn’t affiliated with a Greek organization.

As she sat in the crowd of other non-affiliated students, Short said she didn’t feel excluded but wanted to be more involved on campus at the time.

“I think [the change] will be good because the pep rally is for everyone to support the school,” Short said. “It’s not an organizational thing, but I also feel like if they’re not involved in an organization, I’m not sure that doing this by class is going to get them there. It’s a personal thing—not necessarily an organization involvement issue.”

Short, also a member of Student Congress, joined the college’s Zeta Tau Alpha sorority chapter in February and said she looks forward to sitting with them at the rally tonight.

In another effort to include more students in the event, all fall sports teams were invited to be recognized at the rally.

Coaches had the option of whether to include their team in the overall recognition.

The homecoming celebration kicks off with the college’s first pre-pep rally tailgate, which starts at 7 p.m. tonight in the Spurlock Center. All students are invited.

“This came from an idea students thought of last spring where they felt like if they just walked into the pep rally without a huge group already, they felt less likely to want to do that,” Ellington said.

The tailgate will include food, music, door prizes, raffles, games and homecoming shirts for students who stay for both the tailgate and pep rally.

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Alumna Erin Moll, a senior at the time, was one student that expressed concern with the event last year.

This time last year, Moll created a

“I feel it can be beneficial to both sides, referring to students not involved in Greek life and those who are. Those involved in Greek life are more close-knit and can only grow as an organization, versus those not involved in Greek life.”

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Shayla Jones, junior

“I don’t think this change is just like that big of a deal because you can still sit with your organization throughout the thing except when you sing the fight song.”

Jamison Pittman, sophomore

“I didn’t go to Homecoming last year, but I did hear a lot about it. However with the changes that are being made, I personally don’t like it. It’s been this way for numerous years for a reason, and I understand they want to get more people involved, however, try to do it in a way that does not cut out the Greek affiliation.”

Big building donors have connection to college QUINN FITZGERALD elizabeth.fitzgerald@franklincollege.edu

Names engraved on buildings provide a guide for knowing where to go.

Behind the names, however, lies a second meaning—who donated the money to put it there.

The buildings around campus are given a name by either someone who donated money to have their name on the building, or by someone who wanted to name a building after someone else who made an impact on them while at Franklin.

But to Gail Lowry, vice president of development and alumni engagement, it’s much more than ensuring they get a name on a building.

By placing these names on buildings, Lowry said other donors can see what it does for the students who walk into those buildings each day.

“The recognition that we like to show donors when we put their name on a building helps us to tell other alumni and friends about the transformational impact they can have on a student as they work in a class,” Lowry said.

Although there are many avenues to donate to the college—which they call Ways to Give—the majority of the donations are given through checks.

“It is odd that most use the old fashioned, hard copy check,” said Kenna Wood, stewardship director, who is in charge of institutional-wide donor relations.

Wood and Lowry agreed that there’s a trend in how alumni give the money.

Younger people tend to give online. Older generations prefer to send checks, and sometimes even their credit card number to have it processed like in the old days.

In addition to the Ways to Give program, Wood and Lowry also manage Give to Griz, an annual one-day giving challenge that started four years ago.

Current students may recognize this day as the time when they dump their Griz Lee bear banks filled with spare change to donate to the college at the end of the year.

“I think that’s been a great way to get more younger alumni involved,” Lowry said.

With almost 9,000 alumni contact information records, the college’s alumni council routinely sends out letters and emails to alumni throughout the year to stay in touch with them, inviting them to different networking events and asking for donations.

“We really try to be proactive in our outreach to alumni to share with them what’s going on at the college and keep them engaged in the life of the college,” Lowry said.

One of the council’s biggest goals when reaching out to alumni is to understand what alumni are most interested in, which helps them get an idea of what they could be contributing to.

“It’s really up to us to listen to how alumni and friends want to impact the institution and build upon that,” Lowry said.

IN BRIEF: FIRST THEATER PRODUCTION IS MUSICAL, PLAYS THIS WEEKEND

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Old Main is really comprised of three buildings—Chandler Hall, which was constructed in 1847; Bailey Hall, which was completed in 1854; and Stott Hall, which was completed in 1888.

The hall is named after Franklin College President William Stott, who worked at the college from 1872 to 1905.

Lowry said that one thing to take away from donating in general is not to focus on the amount donated, but the reason to donate.

“Think of it not as donors simply giving money away, but donors who want to show a lasting impact,” she said.

“That’s really what it’s all about.”

The theater department will perform Stephen Sondheim’s “Side By Side By Sondheim” musical at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The production consists of more than 20 unforgettable songs from Sondheim’s previous work.

Student cast members are Christian Bowling, Troy Bridges, Claudia Hoffman, Chase Loyd, Abby Morris and Kiera Shackelford.

Performances of “Side By Side By Sondheim” will be in Theatre Margot in the Johnson Center for Fine Arts.

KROGER MARKETPLACE OPENS IN FRANKLIN There’s a new superstore in town.

A new Kroger Marketplace, which is twice the size of its predecessor, opened on U.S. 31 in Franklin.

The store was a $19 million investment by Kroger, according to a news release about the opening.

This Franklin location is the fourth of eight Marketplace locations Kroger plans to open through 2018.

Along with bringing in triple the number of jobs as the previous location, the new store has a new experience for shoppers. There is a Starbucks, a bistro, a nurse practitioner-staffed clinic, and a natural and organic section of the store that the other location didn’t have.

The new Kroger also offers a service called ClickList, which allows customers to order online and pick up their items at the store at a later date.

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The Spurlock Center was built in 1975. Big donations to Spurlock were made by William and Clarice Spurlock, as well as Truman and Wildred Hoover.

On its opening day, the program for the building touted it has about 30,000 square feet and used about 105,000 bricks on the outer wall.

The Napolitan Student Center was originally named the Eli Lilly Campus Center when construction was completed in 2004. The center’s update cost $12.75 million, and a $3.5 million grant from the Lilly Fountain put the project funding over the top. The center is now named after Jim and Sandra Mock Napolitan. Sandra Napolitan graduated from the college in 1960. Jim Napolitan is a 2012 honorary degree recipient.

Since 1988, Shirk Hall has been home to the Pulliam School of Journalism and the Indiana High School Press Association. Shirk used to be the campus library and was originally constructed in 1903 through donations made by a wealthy central Indiana family who made their fortune in business banking. The children of Elbert Shirk’s estate donated $8,000 to build the building. @THEFRANKLINNEWS

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting its first Courageous Conversations discussion next week.

The first topic, which will be discussed on Wednesday in JCFA, is about the place of politics in the classroom.

The interactive discussion will question the role of a faculty and staff in teaching and talking about elections and ask students to ponder if their professor’s neutrality is essential or if it’s appropriate to point out candidate flaws and “stop stupid in the hallways.”

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Where are they now: The Moseleys take on retirement LAURA OLIVO maria.olivo@franklincollege.edu

For James and Candace Moseley, retirement means creating their dream home in Durham, North Carolina, visiting their grandchildren, and traveling together.

In 2002, James Moseley became the fifteenth president of Franklin College.

During his time here—before he retired—James Moseley’s main responsibility was to make sure everyone at Franklin College worked together to accomplish the college’s major goals.

“This was a rewarding, if occasionally daunting, job,” he said.

Fortunately, Candace was there to help James, and together, they tackled their assignments.

“I particularly enjoyed working with Student Foundation and attending student presentations of many kinds,” Candace said. “I traveled with President Moseley when he visited alumni and friends of the college, as well as foundations.”

James and Candace said, during their time at Franklin College, they met many wonderful people far and wide—students, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, parents of students and more.

“Through learning and working together with these good people, our

lives were blessed,” James said. “We saw the college move forward gaining strength upon strength.”

In 2015, Thomas Minar became the sixteenth president of the college.

The Moseleys left campus at the end of June 2015.

With a more flexible and relaxed schedule, the couple has been able to focus on themselves and their family.

“Soon after moving, I had a total knee replacement,” James said. “It went wonderfully, and we began to remodel our new home, which is virtually complete—to the extent. A home is never actually ‘finished.’”

James said he also enjoys reading and joined a book club with retired University of North Carolina and Duke University faculty members.

He’s currently reading “The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World” by Andrea Wulf.

Candace said she spends her time with their family, especially with her grandchildren.

She goes to her grandson’s cross-country meets and orchestra concerts and to her granddaughter’s soccer games and dance programs.

But the highlight of their retirement is traveling together to places they have wanted to visit.

“We just returned from two weeks in Alaska,” James said. “And now we are planning three weeks in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana.”

Even though they are 603 miles away, the Moseleys still cheer for Franklin College athletics games when Submitted photo they are broadcasted live James and Candace Moseley pose on their vacation in Alaska. The online. couple has more time for vacations and family now that they are “I miss the energy and retired. variety of life on campus,” James said. “But we will al“The icing on the cake was homeways cheer for the Grizzlies online and coming,” Candace said, “when those in our hearts.” same students, now graduates, would Candace said what she misses most return and share their successes and about Franklin College is living on introduce their families to us.” campus, being with students everyday Candace said she offers three bits of and seeing alumni return for home- advice to students: Get involved, get to coming. know someone who is very different She said it was a pleasure welcom- from yourself, and get help when you ing new students every year and watch encounter a challenge. them mature into confident upper“But the other major piece of advice classmen. is to remember to enjoy these four special years,” Candace said.

Beakers and brews: Class learns the science of beer ASHLEY STEEB ashley.steeb@franklincollege.edu

The Franklin College science department offers a project all about beer.

For the last three years, chemistry professor Fumie Sunahori has taught a project about the scientific process behind brewing beer.

Sunahori said students who participate in the project learn about the chemical reactions during the beer brewing process, what makes some types of beer different from others, and what effects alcohol has on the body.

Students also brew their own beer in the process.

Sunahori said the idea for the project stemmed from the negative reaction she got from students when she said the word “chemistry.”

“I just wanted to teach them how fun chemistry is and how close we are to chemical reactions,” she said. “What’s the best way to excite college students other than using beer as the lure?”

Since implementing the project into her curriculum, Sunahori said the beer

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brewing project has been the most popular among students.

Senior Sunday Okello participated in the project last year.

“I thought it was a great opportunity to put chemistry to use,” Okello said.

Senior Taylor Tichenor, who is currently participating in the project, said the project is useful.

“This project is definitely more relevant to a college student’s life,” Tichenor said. “It’s interesting to learn about something you can apply to your life right then and there.”

Sunahori has also had her fair share of memorable moments from the project.

“I usually start the project by giving them a lecture about the history of beer brewing and introducing them to the chemistry behind it,” she said. “By the end of lecture, one of the students came up to me and said, ‘Thank you for teaching us this.’ You don’t really get that by teaching generic chemistry and physics. I thought it was nice

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to be thanked for teaching something useful.”

Although Sunahori wants chemistry to be fun for students, the fun has to be responsible.

Sunahori has placed an age limit on the students who can participate in the science project. Only senior-level students, aged 21 or over, are allowed to participate.

After students finish brewing their beer, their drinks are showcased during the college’s homecoming week. Alumni have the chance to taste a cup of each student’s beer.

The beer will also be stored in a bottle so it can be presented to the students’ parents during the graduation ceremony at the end of the year.

Sunahori said she hopes the project will expand across departments in the future, such as having art students design unique logos for the brewed beers.

She said she also hopes an alumni-owned microbrewery will agree to sell the drinks in their restaurant.

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Students in Fumie Sunahori’s chemistry class brewed beer using chemical reactions. This project, in its third year, allows senior students to store the beer and present it to their parents at graduation.

Campus sculptures tell college’s history, future ABRAHM HURT

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Arches upon tilted columns.

The Declaration of Independence.

Benjamin Franklin, clothed in Indianapolis Colts attire.

These features may not seem to have anything in common, but each is featured on the Franklin College campus in an artistic form.

Standing Ben An iconic Benjamin Franklin statue greets visitors outside Franklin College’s main entrance.

The 12-foot tall, two-ton sculpture is most commonly known for being painted in Indianapolis Colts colors and pink for breast cancer awareness in previous years.

Franklin was sculpted out of solid marble by 19-year-old James Mahoney in 1874.

It originally adorned the Indianapolis headquarters of the International Typographical Union. In 1963, the union donated the statue to the college.

The statue was installed by workers on the lawn of Old Main on January 17, 1963, which was the 275th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birth.

The statue was valued at $3,000 dollars at the time of its donation.

After years of vandalism and being decorated for special causes and events, the statue was restored to its original marble and limestone base.

When the college spent an estimated $2,000 to refurbish the statue in 2014, students were no longer permitted to paint the statue—a situation some students referred to as the end of a tradition.

In an article from The Franklin last semester, Dean of Students Ellis Hall said that in the past—more often than not—the statue was being vandalized, not painted.

“There were times when what was painted on it was just paint thrown at it,” Hall said in the article. “Other times, there may have been an attempt to make a point or do something thematically, but it looked bad. It’s right at the front door of campus.”

Bronze Ben The Benjamin Franklin statue that sits outside the Napolitan Student Center was donated to the college after it was purchased by art collector Bohdan Mysko in 1990.

The bronze sculpture was crafted by artist George Lundeen, and it is one of 20 such sculptures.

The sculpture—which displays Franklin reclining on a bench reading the Declaration of Independence— is 51 inches tall, 77 inches wide and weighs 389 pounds.

The sculpture was valued at $225,000 dollars at the time of its donation.

Lundeen has sculpted for countless universities, foundations and corporations across the United States.

Lundeen is a member of National Academy of Design and the National Sculpture Society, and he continues to create art in Loveland, Colorado.

At the time of the addition, former Franklin College President Jay Mosley praised the statue in a 2005 press release.

“It will be visually interesting and a fun, permanent addition to the college where you can sit on the bench and chat with Ben,” he said.

Both Mysko and Lundeen were unavailable to comment on the statue for this story.

JCFA arch Outside the Johnson Center for Fine Arts, another structure stands tall.

Some view it as a jumbled mess, while others view it as a shelter from the storms of life.

The art, named “Transcendence,” was sculpted by Indianapolis artist Matthew Berg in 2002.

The sculpture was funded by Elizabeth Dabbs, who graduated from the college in 1933.

“For me, it feels like a lifetime ago that that piece was made,” Berg said.

“That was a really wonderful opportunity, and I really appreciated working with the people at the college, the landscape architect and the people that were involved. It was a very gratifying and challenging experience making that piece.”

During the planning and construction, Berg wanted to create a structure that conveyed the ideas of freedom and shelter.

“I want [viewers] to think and feel about the human condition,” he said.

“I want them to ponder: ‘Why would somebody build a structure like this?’

There is sort of a weirdness to making things in the world that aren’t tied to function. So obviously, my motivation was to use aesthetics, to use form and to use the relationship of those two forms to convey a kind of unity and a kind of freedom—and also, at the same time, a kind of humanness.”

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The bronze Benjamin Franklin and Declaration of Independence statue sits outside the Napolitan Student Center.

The 389 pound statue, crafted by artist George Lundeen, was donated to the college in 2005 by art collector Bohdan Mysko.

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Benjamin Franklin stands tall at the intersection of Branigin Boulevard and Monroe Street. The 12-foot statue, donated by the Indianapolis headquarters of the International Typographical Union, was installed in 1963.

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Indianapolis artist Matthew Berg’s “Transcendence” greets visitors outside the Johnson Center for Fine Arts.

The arch sculpture was funded by Elizabeth Dabbs, a Franklin College graduate of 1933.

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grizgrads The Franklin checked in with some successful Franklin College graduates to see what they’re up to, learn about their days at FC and get some advice on how to get the ideal career.

Staying busy helped 1996 graduate Marina Dobrosavljevic Marich get the most out of her time at Franklin College. The double major in print journalism and Spanish stayed involved in Student Foundation, The Franklin, the Franklin College magazine and Tri Delta. Marich held many leadership positions throughout her time.

Not only was Marich involved, she also already had quite a few professional experiences under her belt. She interned in Washington, D.C. and Marion, Indiana during her winter terms at Franklin College.

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something in theory, but being able to apply it is what matters,” Marich said. “My professors were always encouraging us to take what we learned in the classroom and to test it through internships and other experiences.”

While recalling beneficial moments from her time at Franklin, Marich noted a time one of her journalism professors told her class to always try to experience what they were writing about.

“I had the opportunity once when I was covering a story about the anniversary of Harley Davidson,” Marich said. “Instead of just asking the riders what they thought of Harleys and why Harleys were better

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than other motorcycles, I went for a ride on one to truly experience it.”

Following graduation, Marich worked as a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis, Phoenix, Arizona and Danville, Illinois. She then moved to Washington, D.C. for graduate school, studying public communications at American University.

“During grad school, I worked for a Newspapers in Education program at the Washington Times and then started working at a public affairs/advertising firm before and after graduation,” Marich said.

She then went to work for a large public relations firm, Ketchum, in the public affairs department, where she first started working in crisis communications. She said this is when her journalism training truly became handy.

For the following 10 years, Marich worked at two diferent public affairs firms, working on major accounts and playing large roles in helping the company move past major crises.

Then in January 2013, Marich decided to start her own communications firm located in Evanston, Illinois—Dobro Communications.

“Having my own firm has been exciting and has given me the chance to do more handson work with clients to help them tell their stories to their key stakeholders,” Marich said.

Marich said what you learn in college will benefit you for the rest of your life.

“Enjoy this time. It goes quickly but it’s the foundation for all of your future experiences and opportunities,” Marich said.

Rubik’s Cubes, cards and cash—just some of the essentials one Franklin College graduate always had with him on campus.

For 2007 graduate Caleb Wiles, time between his pure mathematics and secondary math education classes weren’t spent participating in extra-curricular activities. Instead, classmates could find Wiles practicing and performing sleight of hand magic.

“My favorite memories from Franklin College are definitely the impromptu magic shows,” Wiles said.” I would get to perform where someone would ask to see a trick and then I would be surrounded by people wanting to watch.”

Wiles’ consistent practice paid off early.

While at Franklin College, he was asked to perform at restaurants located all around central Indiana. Viewers wouldn’t watch Wiles pull a rabbit out of a hat or saw someone in half. Rather, he performed upclose magic with everyday items.

“I think the most important thing you can do is to go ‘all in’ with the college experience.

Put your full effort into your studies and push yourself in every way you can,” Wiles said.

“The skills and discipline you develop from doing that are more important than anything

else you’ll learn during those four years.”

Wiles took a semesterlong independent study course.

The course focused on mathematics of splitting a card deck into equal halves that are interwoven perfectly.

This is known at the faro shuffle.

“The main thing I learned from FC was how to be a lifelong learner,” Wiles said. “The professors I had all had a passion for their fields and influenced me to chase my own passions in life.”

He said he would not be the person nor performer he is today if it weren’t for the constant support of Franklin College’s faculty and staff.

Following graduation, Wiles worked as a high school math teacher for three years.

He then became an Assessment Specialist at McGraw-Hill. He was recently hired at Educational Testing Service.

“My main responsibilities are authorizing and reviewing math test questions, managing projects and training others,” Wiles said.

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Wiles still had a passion for performing, so he decided to take his passion and talent to the next level, while working his full-time job.

“I have written three books on sleight-ofhand magic,” Wiles said. “I was a regular columnist for the largest magic trade magazine in the world.”

Wiles travels North America, performing and lecturing about his original magic tricks, which are performed by magicians all over the world. He was recently a featured performer on The CW’s popular American-British television magic show, Penn and Teller: Fool us.

“All of these experiences were set in motion in my college days by pushing myself to work outside my comfort zone,” Wiles said.

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Getting married in college: Is it worth it?

EDITORIAL

OPINION

Marriage is a commitment.

Some may say it is the biggest commitment a person can make. We’re taught that marriage is a big deal and we should wait until we’re “older” before just before taking the plunge.

When people get married young, it can be frowned upon and people begin to question whether a young marriage can even last. A lot of focus is put on how young people tend to change their minds quickly and change as they grow older.

However, they do not use that as an excuse when an 18-year-old is choosing what they want to do as a career. Some make the argument that if you are old enough to be decide your career path, then choosing who you want to be with shouldn’t be a big deal.

Getting married at a young age can

be difficult, but those who do marry everyone thinks it is. young see it as a worthy decision. They The National Center for Education enjoy the fact that they get to start Statistics found that only 18 percent their life with the person they love of 20,928 undergraduates surveyed sooner and see it were married. as an opportunity The national OUR POSITION to get the life they average age to want started. married is The majority of the staff get Others see college 28. as a purely academic believes that students should On the other setting with no time side, getting for socializing or wait until after college before married in going out, so being getting married. college could married doesn’t come with bother them. its own set of To them, being problems.

If married gives them an opportunity to you and the person you’re married balance their school and marriage life to live on campus in dorm rooms, like they would if they had a job and you won’t be able to get that quality were married. alone time that couples need to make Young marriage isn’t as popular as a marriage work. Renting or buying a

house, or even an apartment, may not be feasible to young married couples either, especially if they have student loans to pay.

Either way, something everyone can agree on is that getting married at a young age takes a lot of time and hard work to make it work. If you really want to make it work, then as long as you put in the time and effort, it will work out.

OUR BOARD The editorial board represents the opinion of The Franklin and its staff members. Opinion editor Christina Ramey moderates the board and its members, including Brittney Corum, Marissa Hendricks, and Ashley Steeb.

Leigh Durphey, the executive editor, sits on the board.

If you have an issue you would like the board to cover, email christina.ramey@franklincollege.edu.

around campus:

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON GETTING MARRIED IN COLLEGE? “It’s ultimately up to the individuals in the relationship as to whether they do or don’t get married. However, getting married before graduating has it’s perks. Outside of being with the one you love forever of course, young married students are generally able to get more financial aid.”

Dr. Hayes, music professor

Laura Smith, freshman

Annalise Lowry, junior

“They are in school for four years...that is their job.

Nothing as distracting as marriage should come into play while they are attempting to forge their career path.

Marriage can always wait.”

“In general, I do not believe you should get married in college, unless it is for sure and you have that special feeling inside.. Other than that, in my opinion it is crucial to focus on yourself in college—who you are, what you are meant to do in this world and just experiment with different things of all sorts. Patience and learning is key.”

Angie Walls, math professor

I would encourage students to finish their degrees before getting married. I know I was 19 when I got married, but my husband had just graduated from college and was beginning his career. It was not easy at first. It worked out for me, but it was hard to do. I would not recommend it to everyone—it is not for everyone. If a student can wait, they should. You will have many years after college to be married. College is such a small part of your life and rushes by.

These quotes were edited for length and clarity.

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RELATIONSHIPS

Can politics come between you and the one you’re with? How do you make a relationship last through the years? What about long distance?

POLITICS AND RELATIONSHIPS

MARISSA HENDRICKSON marissa.hendrickson@franklincollege.edu

When I first met my ex-boyfriend’s mom, she made it very clear that she was a Democrat.

Not knowing that I am a Republican, she made sure to call conservatives every name in the book, from “loony” to curse words.

After dinner, I explained to her that I was a Republican and she felt genuinely sorry. We ended up talking about hot button issues for hours, both of us making it a point to listen to each other’s perspective and trying to understand.

In the end, we broke up for a multitude of issues, but one of the issues was definitely our differing political opin-

ions. We tried to find common ground, but never quite could. Learning from that experience, I now ask a person who I may potentially date what their political views are because I don’t want to waste my time. Of course, not all relationships will end over a difference in political views, but it is important to some.

A fellow peer, sophomore Dakota DeBaets, said her political differences from a significant other has never ruined a relationship, but has deteriorated some and strengthened others.

“My family and most of my friends are conservative Republicans and it’s difficult to talk about politics since both sides can get really upset about certain topics,” DeBaets said. “I would say I only have two exceptions to that and we make a point to talk about it to understand both sides and come out more informed and educated.”

A difference of political opinions can strengthen or ruin a relationship. If I could have another chance, I would have put my relationship before my personal views.

LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS

SHELBY MULLIS shelby.mullis@franklincollege.edu

“You’ve been dating for six years?”

“You mean to tell me you’ve never broken up?”

“Since eighth grade? You’re kidding.”

Yes, my boyfriend and I have been dating for six consecutive years. No,

I’m not kidding.

Forget high school sweethearts— we’re middle school sweethearts. So, how has our relationship changed from middle school, into high school and now in college?

Well, my text message signature is no longer “MBT<3 9/10/10” and we can actually go on dates without our parents dropping us off at the door of the middle school dance.

Over the last six years, I’ve lost two necklaces and a ring (we found the ring after digging through the Taco Bell trash can).

The best part?

Over six years, I’ve shared the best

and worst moments of my life with my best friend. I can always count on him to buy me fries when I’m down, and he never fails to be the best he can be.

There is just one thing people do not understand.

A relationship doesn’t happen overnight, and your so-called soul mate doesn’t just pop up out of nowhere.

When I first met my boyfriend at age 13 (I should mention he “slid into my DMs” by asking me for my “numba”), I never knew he would be the man I’d spend a large portion of my life with.

People are always asking what the secret to a long relationship is, but it's simple.

The secret is loving each other unconditionally and never giving up on one another.

Whether it be poking fun at each other, or bickering over a cookie, or laughing until we cry, or calling on each other when we can't think of the right word to say in a prayer—we always make the most of every second we spend together.

It's not easy. It takes work. But when you find that special someone, you'll know. And it will all be worth it.

nificant other every single day would drive me crazy. The relationship would actually end sooner if there was no separation between our lives.

Statistics are hard to track, but the studies show more college students and young adults moving toward long-distance relationships. Or they would not end their relationship if their significant other had to move.

In a 2005 study featured in a 2013 article from Today.com, up to 50 percent of college students are in long-distance relationships. Participants of the study in long-distance relationships said

they feel closer to their partner when compared to couples who see each other every day.

I understand those statistics take a variety of factors into account, but it still proves the naysayers halfway wrong.

A long-distance relationship doesn’t mean you love your partner less than you would if you saw them every day.

You might have to work harder to keep love alive, but the relationship can work—don’t give up hope. ­

LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS

ASHLEY STEEB ashley.steeb@franklincollege.edu

I am not a love expert. In fact, I don’t even really like romance. If love movies and songs are too sappy, they can

sicken me.

To be honest, I have never been in a relationship because romantic love just never appealed to me.

However, if I did choose to be in a relationship, I would prefer a long-distance relationship.

Long-distance relationships receive a lot of criticism. People say, “How can you really be in relationship if you can’t see each other every day?” or, “It will not last long because you only talk on the phone.”

I’m going to be honest—I’m not the biggest people-person. Seeing my sig-

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Nationally ranked Grizzlies face Quakers

IN BRIEF:

From the annual homecoming pep rally and privy burn to the football matchup against Earlham College, the Franklin College community is gearing up for a busy weekend.

“Earlham is a good team,” junior wingback Lee Wroblewski said. “We can’t overlook them, and it’s homecoming, so we know a lot of people will be there.”

Head football coach Mike Leonard received an email from the athletic trainer’s office, which said only one player of the 122 team members will be out for this game—something Leonard called “pretty incredible.” Earlham has 37 players on their roster.

“This weekend is homecoming and throughout the year, we have had a really good home attendance and we are thankful for that,” Wroblewski said.

“We wish everyone to come out this weekend and support us still.”

Along with the usual pregame festivities and the announcement of the 2016 Homecoming King and Queen, the Grizzlies are going for their 21st Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference victory—the sixth longest active conference winning streak in NCAA Division III. The team has won six straight league titles.

For senior defensive lineman Devante Ash and his fellow graduating seniors, this game holds a little extra meaning.

“It’s really exciting and a little

MEGAN POWELL megan.powell@franklincollege.edu

SPORTS

MEN’S GOLF WINS WABASH FALL CLASSIC

The men’s golf team won the Wabash fall classic for the third straight year on Oct. 2. There was a 20 stroke margin from the first place to the eighth team. The team posted a score of 593 over the 36 hole tournament. Freshman Jackson Williams received his collegiate medalist honor. Freshman Colton Kuppler tied for second place individually with a 146 score, highlighted by a 72-stroke score on Oct. 1.

The end of the tournament concluded the team’s fall schedule.

WOMEN’S SOCCER DEFEATS HANOVER COLLEGE Wednesday night, the women’s soccer team won their sixth straight victory. Sophomore Maddie Fleet scored her 15th goal of the season 55 seconds into the contest. Later, the Grizzlies (9-2, 2-0 HCAC) took a 2-0 lead on a goal from junior Haley Lowe in the 26th minute. Fleet set up the scoring chance off a left corner kick to increase her lead among NCAA Division III players with 43 points (15 goals; 13 assists).

Franklin is ranked fourth in the Great Lakes region by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Freshman goalkeeper Lexi Short made three saves in recording her fourth shutout of the season.

VOLLEYBALL LOSES ROAD HCAC MATCH TO ROSE-HULMAN In three straight sets, the Grizzlies lost to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference undefeated Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (25-20, 26-24, 25-21) Wednesday.

The Grizzly volleyball program (118, 1-2 HCAC) was led by junior Amanda Lelivelt with 10 kills compared to three hitting errors. Freshman Kennedy Surface added seven kills, while junior Brooke Harvey and freshman Jenna Spini each had six kills in the match.

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nerve-racking, just because it is our last homecoming to be a part of from this standpoint,” Ash said. “I feel like the team is ready and we are excited to play in front of our fans and everyone coming home.”

Going into this weekend, the team is 4-1 overall and Quinn Fitzgerald | The Franklin 3-0 in conference Burton is the reigning HCAC Offensive Player of the Week after tossing six touchplay.

“We are excited down passes and throwing for 395 yards against Manchester University. at where we are of the season, the team noted discisitting,” Leonard said. “If this is a race, if you will, we pline as a key factor.

“Having the discipline and being are kind of in position right where we thought we could be and excited for able to take care of things not only on the field, but making sure we are the second half of the season.”

Like all teams, coaches and players taking care of things off the field and focus on what can be the most benefi- those are the things that can derail you cial improvements on the field for the more than anything,” Leonard said.

Derailment factors seen on the field team’s overall well-being. But coaches are bad attitudes and selfish behavand athletes also have to acknowledge iors.

Leonard has instilled the thought threats to the season.

“I always relate it to pool, the game of “to blame is to be lame” and focus of billiards,” Leonard said. “If we just more on building a positive team atkeep care of each of the balls, one at a mosphere and to build a family.

Fans are encouraged to wear gold time, but know that there is this eight this weekend to participate the team’s ball on the table somewhere and could “Gold Out” theme to raise awareness be the eight balls that could derail our for pediatric cancer. Kick-off is at 1:30 season, so we have to be careful.” p.m.

In an early team meeting at the start

Grizzly tailgates: a blue and gold tradition LAURA OLIVO maria.olivo@franklincollege.edu

Around 1,000 spectators are expected at the homecoming game this Saturday, according to alum Gordon Cox ‘85, president of the football program’s Touchdown Club.

“I usually arrive on campus on game days about eight in the morning,” Cox said. “I have a volunteer staff that helps set up. We have parents bring sides, chips, desserts, drinks and we supply all the grilled meats.”

The Touchdown Club was founded in the early 1990s to give Franklin College alumni, friends and families the opportunity to engage with each other.

“I have been to many other Division III sites and no one comes close to our game days,” Cox said.

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Emily Wood ‘95, assistant director of alumni engagement and secretary of the Touchdown Club, said she didn’t see much tailgating as a student except for homecoming.

“The fact that there is even a tailgating presence at Franklin College is a big change,” Wood said. “I often tell alumni if they haven’t been back to campus for a game, they would be very surprised to see how many people tailgate.”

As a transfer student, Junior split end Deontez Alexander said he never saw students or fans participate in tailgates like Franklin.

“It makes us hype and we have people to perform for,” Alexander said.

Kappa Delta Rho President Ryan Jones said his fraternity will pitch a tent at homecoming.

“You don’t have to be a part of an organization to tailgate—simply have quality fun with friends or family,” Jones said. “Our main focus for our tailgates is for our alumni and active members.”

Tailgating is another function on campus where many people get out, play a variety of games and support the football team.

“Different organizations can get together for a common reason and the football games are a great reason,” Willoughby said. “It’s always a good time.”

OVERCOMING OBSTACLES Cheerleader keeps passion despite medical issues

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ince her first handstand, freshman Macy Huff has admired the sport of gymnastics.

Huff enrolled in her first tumbling class at a young age for an hour once a week.

Her teacher, who also coached cheerleading, recruited Huff to participate in competition cheer at age 7 and continued to do so throughout her freshman year at Ben Davis High School.

Before she reached high school, Huff endured two spinal surgeries. In sixth grade she learned she had scoliosis, a curvature of the spine.

Huff’s doctor informed her nothing would need to be done about it. But a month after visiting the doctor, she had intense pain and went back to the doctor for more x-rays.

The summer before Huff’s eighth grade year in 2014, she had scoliosis surgery.

After some time after the surgery, Huff was in serious pain and revisited the doctor, who said physical therapy would alleviate the pain. But it didn’t. Cortisone shots didn’t help either.

Her body was attacking the rods that had been put in to straighten her spine as though they were a foreign substance, so Huff had to receive another surgery to extract the rods.

“Three months after I had that surgery, I was back in the gym full force going at it,” Huff said. “Like, cheer is my life. ‘I just had surgery three weeks ago, and I’m already back in the gym tumbling stunting in full force.’”

Although she went to practice, Huff was in pain, but she suffered through it.

Then Huff started her high school career at Ben Davis High School.

As Huff practiced cheer routines in her competition gymnasium just two nights before the Ben Davis cheerleading tryouts, a tumbling pass went horribly wrong.

Huff’s coach wanted her to show another individual a stunt that Huff hadn’t done since learning basic cheerleading techniques years before. After some convincing from her coach, Huff agreed and prepared for the pass.

“I go, and I do it and basically I just over-rotated and landed on the top of my head and dislocated a vertebrae in my neck in my cervical spine,” Huff said. “I dislocated my cervical vertebrae 5 and 6, which is pretty high up.”

After the accident, Huff immediately fell motionless into the fetal position. Huff’s coach called for another assistant, and they began touching her lower extremities to see if Huff could feel anything -- Huff couldn’t feel anything.

“So, I am laying there and [my coach] comes over and I’m like, ‘Nicole, I’m pretty sure I’m paralyzed,’” Huff said.

Huff’s coach reassured her that she was fine, saying her body had not taken that much of a hit before and was not used to the shock.

But Huff told her coach she couldn’t move or feel anything.

From the time of the fall to the hospital, Huff was wide awake until she was heavily medicated in the emergency room.

S T O RY + D E S I G N M E G A N P O W E L L | P H O T O M AT T T H O M A S When Huff’s mom was able to talk to and see her daughter for the first after the accident, she thought it was just a typical sports injury that could be fixed.

But her daughter was sure it was more serious when she was in the ambulance.

“We are really kind of a joking family and we are making jokes and hanging and chilling in the ambulance and the guy is doing all of my evaluations and blood pressure and he goes ‘Macy, I don’t usually sweat, but you’re making me sweat,’” Huff said. “I already had known it was serious, but once he said that, I really knew it was serious.”

Once she got to the emergency room, they did some scans and determined that there were problems with her cervical spine.

Huff had surgery the day after the incident and started inpatient physical therapy through Riley a week later that continued for six weeks. The physical therapy helped Huff regain some movement in her arms.

“Obviously none of [my arm movements] are nearly where they used to be, but I have use of them and I am very thankful for that,” Huff said.

A few days later, Huff was diagnosed with Klippel-Feil syndrome, which means the cervical spine fuses itself. Huff said that means she “should not have been cheering, and [she] shouldn’t have been tumbling at all.”

When Huff fell, the impact shot her weak vertebrae, which hit her spinal cord, which ultimately left Huff paralyzed.

After being released from Riley, Huff went to the Rehab Hospital of Indiana where she did out-patient physical and occupational therapy three days a week for almost two years, while also managing school.

“I did not have a last period class, I had a study hall so my dad would always come and pick me up and I would go to therapy three days a week,” Huff said.

To deal with some of the depression from the accident, Huff said she became a more upbeat girl and started to advocate for anything related to special education.

Huff said after the accident, “you definitely find out who your real friends are because I lost a lot of friends throughout that.”

After two years, there was no longer a reason for her to continue the therapy the Rehab Hospital of Indiana offered.

Since being released from the Rehab Hospital of Indiana, Huff has been doing therapy at NeuroHope. She is currently on a break due to college.

“Think about your surroundings,” Huff said. “Obviously it’s not every day that you’re with someone in a wheelchair, but if you were with someone in a wheelchair, could they get to where you’re going?”

Huff has thought about doing more advocate work such as public speaking, but she is currently just doing what she can as a 19 year old.

“Keep a positive mindset,” Huff said. “You can overcome anything, and I’m definitely living proof of that.” @THEFRANKLINNEWS

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