The Franklin: Oct. 12, 2018

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GETTING IT RIGHT // SEPT. 28 ISSUE •

On page 12, President Thomas Minar did not attend the November 2017 meeting to discuss graduate housing.

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On page seven, the story stated the Indiana Department of Education implemented regulations that require colleges and universities to have at least 10 students enrolled in each track in their secondary education programs. The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation administers these regulations.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS BANK EXECUTIVE AS NEW CHAIR Due says he hopes to get more involved with campus EMILY KETTERER | STORY emily.ketterer@franklincollege.edu

The college Board of Trustees selected a Franklin College alumnus and longtime trustee to fill the open board chair position.

James Due was elected chair during the Sept. 28 trustee meeting. Due fills the seat of former chair Christine Fields, who retired after five years in the position.

Due is a 1982 Franklin College graduate and a board member since 2003. He also serves on the board’s executive committee as the chair of finance.

“I was very humbled and honored to accept the position because it’s a tremendous opportunity to continue serving the college,” Due said.

Due currently resides in Chicago as senior vice president and global head of banking for Northern Trust’s Global Family and Private Investment Office.

As chair, Due wants to remain an advocate for the college, a leader for the board and support the strategic plan of the college, he said.

“I want to be certain I’m playing an active role in assisting the college,” Due said.

As part of his advocacy for the college, one of his goals is to magnify the victories of the college and communicate what is happening on campus.

“I look at where we are as an institution and I feel we have a tremendous story to tell,” Due said.

Other goals include serving as a mentor for students and being a strong strategic partner to the college president.

As the board chair, he will work closely with the president.

Due said he wants students to know that

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OUT ABOUT: 10/13 - 10/14 MUSIC AT APPLE WORKS Head to Apple Works for live music and apple treats this weekend.

Artist Dave Miller plays from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and band Bomar & Ritter play from 2:30 to 5 p.m. both days.

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INBRIEF

LECTURE TO FOCUS ON BOOK ABOUT WASHINGTON’S ESCAPED SLAVE

Franklin College kicks off its 2018-19 Convocation Lecture Series with the first lecture, titled “The Founding of the Nation Through the Eyes of the Enslaved.”

Hosted by Erica Armstrong Dunbar, the lecture will focus on her book, “Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge.”

The book discusses President George Washington’s runaway slave, Ona Judge.

At age 22, Judge became the subject of an intense manhunt led by Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to try and recapture his property.

The lecture will take place Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Spurlock Center gymnasium.

Newly-elected Board of Trustrees Chair James Due | SUBMITTED PHOTO

PIANIST HAEWON YANG TO PERFORM ON CAMPUS

the Board of Trustees are dedicated to their roles at the college.

“The deep level of commitment that the trustees feel individually toward and for the college — it’s a group of very strong individuals,” he said.

He also wants to attempt to be on campus more than he has been in the past and provide opportunities for students to become more involved with all the trustees.

“It would be great for the students who are interested, to get to know the trustees,” Due said. “I think we have a lot to learn from one another.”

Franklin College’s music department is welcoming a series of guest musicians for recitals this year.

Korean-Canadian pianist Haewon Yang, will perform the music of Chopin and Liszt as part of the series.

Yang has been recognized with many awards for her musicianship and academic excellence, including the first prize from the 2016 Indianapolis Matinee Musicale competition and was invited to play in the historic Indiana Landmarks Center.

Her performance will take place Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in Richardson Chapel.

The performance is free and open to the public.

10/18 - 10/26 HAUNTED FRANKLIN TROLLEY TOURS

10/19 - 10/21 ‘HOCUS POCUS’ AT THE ARTCRAFT

Learn about Franklin’s spooky history with a trolley and walking tour through downtown Franklin to Greenlawn Cemetary.

The cult-classic Halloween film, “Hocus Pocus” will play five weekend-showings at the Artcraft Theatre in downtown Franklin.

Tours leave from the Johnson County Museum of History at 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Cost is $15.

Showings are at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 19 and 20. and 2 p.m. Oct. 21.

Tickets can be purchased online at historicartcrafttheatre.org or at the theatre.

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RUNNING TOWARD EXTRA COLLEGE CREDITS Running Start program helps high schoolers get ahead for college TAYLOR WOOTEN | STORY taylor.wooten@franklincollege.edu

For more than three decades, Franklin College has helped a number of local high school students earn college credits before they even receive their high school diploma.

The Running Start program offers the opportunity for high school students to take entry-level classes on campus as a way to earn credit for Franklin College and other state schools, while also preparing for typical college coursework.

“Running Start is really a community service,” said Kate Coffman, vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid.

“As long as they are doing well in high school and seem ready for the coursework, we allow them to take entry-level Franklin College classes.”

Coffman emphasized coming in witb a lot of credits typically isn’t recommended because gaining too many credits could place a freshman in higher-level classes, skipping social and academic growth that occurs during those first couple years.

Current Running Start student and Franklin Community High School senior Alexandra Boardman takes two courses on

Alexandra Boardman goes through her notes during her calculus class on campus. LACEY WATT | PHOTO

campus, which give her eight credit hours total. While Boardman is unsure whether she wants to attend Franklin, she has enjoyed the experience so far.

“It is nice because I am able to still be a

high school student and be academically challenged as well,” Boardman said.

Coffman said the program is not a recruitment effort, but getting students on campus and in contact with Franklin students and faculty does occasionally lead them to choose Franklin. Since 1989, 463 students have gone through the program and 63 have come to Franklin College, Coffman said.

The program has about a dozen students each year, and Coffman doesn’t expect to see much expansion in its future, she said.

“It’s hard to get many students in the program because we can’t structure our classes to line up with the schedule of every high school, and for students to travel back and forth is challenging,” Coffman said. “So, it tends to appeal to a lot of homeschool students or students that are in more of a block schedule.”

While the idea of transforming Franklin’s program into something resembling Ivy Tech’s dual credit program has risen, Coffman said this isn’t a goal of the college anytime soon.

COLLEGE ADVANCES IN LIBERAL ARTS RANKINGS

Franklin ranks No. 6 out of eight nationally-ranked Indiana schools ABRAHM HURT | STORY abrahm.hurt@franklincollege.edu

Franklin College ranks No. 143 out of 233 liberal arts colleges across the country, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 Best Colleges list, released Sept. 10.

The college previously ranked No. 147 on the 2018 list and No. 168 in 2017.

“The steady and remarkable increase in our ranking of 20 spots over the last two years is representative of the innovative work being done by our faculty and staff,” said President Thomas Minar in a statement.

“We are very proud to stand in the rankings among such great company.”

Williams College of Williamstown, Massachusetts, ranked No. 1 on the liberal arts list for the 16th consecutive year. DePauw University and Wabash College earned the highest spot on the list of Indiana schools, ranking for a tie at No. 56. Other Indiana schools on the list include Earlham College at No. 81 and Hanover College at No. 113.

Of the eight ranked Indiana schools,

Franklin College is No. 6.

Kate Coffman, vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid, said the ranking definitely helps with recruitment at the college.

“A lot of students look at rankings or look at magazines that provide rankings and then choose schools on those rankings to be kind of a starting point for their college search,” she said. “We want to be ranked well and ranked in as many places as possible to help spread our name and make students aware of the quality education we’re offering.”

U.S. News and World Report ranks schools according to their performance across a set of “widely accepted indicators of excellence.”

Tim Garner, associate vice president for institutional analytics, said the majority of Indiana private colleges and universities are not ranked in the Best National Liberal Arts Colleges, but rather in the Midwest category.

“It can certainly be argued that the ranking methodology in question is biased,” he said. “But any upward movement in our annual ranking should be celebrated since many of the factors are used to formulate the rankings.”

The ranking system is based on a formula of quantitative and qualitative measures, which education experts deem as reliable indicators of academic quality.

In calculating the rankings, experts gather data from each college with 16 indicators of academic excellence. Those indicators include graduation rates, retention rates, faculty resources and expert opinions.

U.S. News and World Report uses the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education’s basic classification system to determine a college’s placement in certain categories, like the National Liberal Arts Colleges list — a system that has been in place since 1983.

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MAIN AND MADISON: ‘THE STARS ALIGNED’

New Franklin cafe opens in space where tradition and innovation meet ERICA IRISH | STORY erica.irish@franklincollege.edu

Well before sunrise, Franklin residents can find Main & Madison Market Cafe vibrant with food, coffee and decorative lights.

Co-owners Amy Richardson and Stephanie Northern opened the newest Franklin food destination on Sept. 10, which included a soft launch with limited hours dedicated to friends and family. On Sept. 17, their first restaurant venture went public.

The women are second cousins who have shared the dream of opening a coffee shop for some time, either in Richardson’s hometown of Beech Grove or closer to Northern’s home in Bargersville.

However, after spending several years as a businesswoman in Franklin, Richardson realized the city had numerous opportunities for first-time business owners.

“We’ve watched the landscape of Franklin change dramatically in the last three to five years,” Richardson said. “All of the stars really aligned economically in Franklin.”

They spent the majority of 2015 and 2016 in search of the right location. Richardson, however, said many of their preferred locations alongside the courthouse would be purchased before she even had time to consult with Northern.

One day, Richardson heard that a family medical practice on the south section of Main Street was about to go up for sale.

The women submitted an offer to purchase

The inside of Main and Madison Market Cafe is typically packed during the lunch hour. ABIGAIL LARKEN | PHOTO

Owners of Main & Madison Market Cafe, Amy Richardson (left) and Stephanie Northern (right), pose in front of the shop. ABIGAIL LARKEN | PHOTO

within 24 hours of the property hitting the market; by the 36th hour, the property — a two-level, Gothic-style office — was theirs.

Renovating the historic building posed unique opportunities and obstacles to the owners.

It was first built in 1906 as Johnson County’s first hospital. Up until World War II, when Johnson Memorial Hospital opened, it was the only space in the county — and in much of the state — that could provide surgeries. Until 2016, William M. Province and his family managed a medical practice in the space.

Now, after an additional year of renovations, Main & Madison exists as a blend of the old and new.

The first level of the building is the main seating and service area, which includes a restored fireplace.

The second level is a meeting space called the Province Board Room, named in honor of William, Province II. The cafe also includes a small retail section near its serving line, where part of the floor includes restored blue-and-white tile and a drain used in an operating room once a part of the building.

Here, Main & Madison will sell locallyproduced “Indiana Grown” products. The options are limited to organic peanut butter

and jams at the moment, though Richardson and Northern have plans to expand after perfecting their restaurant-service model.

Emily Fink, a senior at Franklin College, currently works at the cafe around 15 hours each week. Like all employees, she said she was cross-trained to work in all positions, including coffee brewing, baking and customer service.

“I have seen many great businesses go into play over the years, but none like Main & Madison,” Fink said. “The business stands out in the Franklin community because of its sheer attention to detail in not only the restaurant but in the product.”

Richardson said more than 1,940 customers have been served since the soft opening.

She hopes that number will increase as her and Northern work on securing an alcohol service permit to sell beer, wine and mixed alcoholic drinks like mimosas.

The menu includes several beverages using Lavazza coffee, an Italian coffee blend. Items popular with customers include the chicken salad sandwich and cheese Danishes, but the menu includes a variety of salads, soups, sandwiches and pastries.

Main & Madison has its doors open on 100 N. Main St. from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

New college facility set to be a gathering place for innovation, collaboration

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beehive is a place full of energy and activity. That is what Franklin College intends to see when it opens its new educational space later this year.

The Hive, a space headed by President Thomas Minar and the provost’s office, is a new educational facility that will emphasize the importance of community-based learning.

“We are very excited about The Hive,” Minar said in a press release last month. “A dynamic, physical nexus of creating, connecting, learning and launching, The Hive will epitomize several of the most distinctive goals of our newly reimagined college curriculum. It will also inspire an entrepreneurial mindset to contribute new ideas and approaches to addressing complexities in today’s marketplace.”

Minar proposed The Hive’s name, Brooke Worland, assistant provost and dean of engaged learning, said. She said he noted the word “hive” is now commonly used in some social media and innovation or modern-day business contexts. Worland said he also liked the idea of the energy of a hive in the community — “something that’s always buzzing.”

The space is designed to allow students, alumni, faculty, staff, community and the college’s regional corporate and nonprofit partners to collaborate and brainstorm solutions to community problems. In addition, they can work on projects together or learn about new entrepreneurial strategies or innovative

technologies, Worland said.

By bringing everyone together, The Hive’s goal is to advance student-learning while also helping community members solve any problems they may face.

Worland said undergraduate research, a new element to the college’s curriculum, is also a focus of The Hive, specifically how students’ research interfaces with community partners.

She also said the space is also supposed to place more emphasis on entrepreneurial thinking, strategies and skills to reach across disciplines for all students to gain from.

“This is a way for us to feed the liberal arts with other interests in entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership,” Worland said.

“It will enrich your learning experience with interdisciplinary work and community-based work.”

It will also offer opportunities to strengthen communication and creative and critical thinking skills, which, Worland added, are abilities that employers want and are struggling to find.

Earlier in the fall, The Hive became more than just an idea when a former trustee, John Peterson and his wife, Nancy, gifted the college with $500,000 through the John and Nancy Peterson Endowment for Innovation and Leadership Development.

John Peterson of Zionsville, Ind., knew his endowment would benefit The Hive when he established it.

“I think that’s wonderful,” John Peterson said. “I would love to support that and get it

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going.”

He’s excited to see the space in motion.

Because the gift pays for the all start-up costs, The Hive will not cost the college any funds, Worland said.

The new facility is expected to open for the 2019 spring semester. It will launch in downtown Franklin at 66 Water St., which previously housed the Master of Science in Athletic Training program before it moved to a new location.

The large space in the front of the building will be set up for small group study spaces and will accommodate the classes held in the center. This building was chosen for in part because of its central location downtown. It’s close to businesses the college has close ties and partnerships with, and it’s also within walking distance to Franklin’s municipal buildings, Worland said.

With the costs covered and the plans in the works, the college is still searching for a new director of innovation and leadership studies to run The Hive and its many programs.

Three integrative programs geared toward learning and collaboration will make up The Hive. These programs include, The Hive Consulting Services, the Launchpad and Sandbox Technology, New Media and Creative Play Innovation. These programs will be implemented in phases, Worland said.

The Hive Consulting Services will be the first to launch. Students can use this program to apply relevant knowledge and skills needed to complete projects or work they are doing for community partners.

The other two programs will be implemented over a longer period of time.

“Students can help drive some of what they’re seeing as they work with community partners or on projects in classes,” she said.

Students will be able to help set up the Sandbox Technology, New Media and Creative Play Innovation program by offering input on what they would like to see in the space.

The Launchpad will host group-sharing sessions, where students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members can gather to brainstorm and share concepts and ideas, Worland said.

Emily Jones, assistant professor of accounting, who was involved in the first stage of the creation of The Hive, said the economics, business and accounting department is looking forward to using the new facility.

“We think it will provide our students with a practical learning environment in which they can connect and learn from businesses in an off-campus setting that may be more professional and exciting than what they’re traditionally exposed to,” Jones said.

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GROUP EFFORT

Students on campus bond over an interest in gaming

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ix nights a week, the commuter lounge remains fairly quiet, but on one night, the lounge rings with the sound of arguments and laughter over quests, characters and hungry packs of wolves.

Pathfinder, a tabletop game similar to Dungeons and Dragons, sparks debate amongst its players over the quests the group embarks on. The group laughs over certain choices made by their characters and plot twists that arise in the game.

At the beginning of the fall semester, the members met and created characters with their own personalities and traits. As the game continues throughout the year, everyone is expected to roleplay as those characters and make decisions that only their character would make.

“I really like the creativity,” sophomore Olivia Oren said. “There are lots of rules,

but you have to be able to imagine yourself as the character.”

On Friday nights, the Pathfinder group on campus sets up in the commuter lounge and hashes out that week’s narrative.

The group describes the game as a book, with each week being a new chapter. Oren, the dungeon master, creates the overall storyline, and spends one night a week planning out that Friday’s chapter. She creates quests for the different characters to go on, battles to hash out and an immersive narrative that changes every week.

“It does take quite a bit of planning. But I try to plan ahead, and schedule time in my week for the planning,” Oren said.

Last year, Oren decided to join the Dungeons and Dragons group on campus.

Being the only underclassman in the group, she pledged to continue the group for years to come.

This year, Oren established the current Pathfinder group.

“When I first was on campus, I was afraid I wouldn’t find other gamers like me,” Oren said. “So I decided to continue the group so other gamers would feel included, too.”

Oren advertised the group near the commuter lounge at the beginning of the semester. Six people showed up to the planning session, including freshman Felix Engbrecht.

“I saw a flyer for [the group] by the mailroom, and I thought it would be fun to join on campus,” Engbrecht said.

Engbrecht is no stranger to gaming. Typically playing video games on his Nintendo Switch, Pathfinder is a new opportunity to express his interest in gaming on campus.

Even with the hours of planning required, Oren said it’s all worth it.

“Everyone is really close, and I get to create this new world for other people,”

VICTORIA RATLIFF | STORY EMILY HALES | DESIGN JESSIE MCCLAIN | PHOTOS Oren said.

Engbrecht said the group helps people find common interests and learn new skills such as decision making, problem solving and teamwork.

“It also helps people bond over this commonality that we all have, even when we don’t have much else in common,” Engbrecht said.

The group is open to any Franklin College student, and no gaming experience is required, Oren said. Her goal for this upcoming spring semester is to get the group officially recognized as a club by the college.

The group is working towards establishing a constitution and hopes that by this time next year, they will be the Pathfinder club on campus.

“By the time I graduate I don’t want it to necessarily be popular, but at least an option for people who want to be able to play”

Oren said.

Oren is not worried about gamer stereotypes interfering with students joining the group, even though she believes that gaming does come with some stereotypes.

“We do get stereotyped a lot,” Oren said. “People might think we’re weird, or that there aren’t that many girls in these groups, or that we’re all 30-year-olds living in our parent’s basement.”

OPINION

EDITORIAL | EDUCATION MEANS MORE THAN NUMBERS Accrediting bodies should offer special considerations to small institutions The liberal arts are in danger, at a time, perhaps, when students need the program the most.

Last month, The Franklin reported a major change that will affect students enrolled in the college's undergraduate-level secondary education program.

In the article, reporter Victoria Ratliff spoke with Provost and Dean of the College Lori Schroeder about the impending changes.

The Franklin learned and reported last month that due to a rule enacted by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation in 2017, the college's secondary education major program would be repurposed into a minor track for students.

The rule that triggered the change, according to David Moffett, chair of the college's education department, and Schroeder, targeted small schools with a lack of enrollment across secondary education major tracks, including Franklin College.

Moffett said CAEP requires 51 percent of all majors across secondary education divisions have at least 10 graduates during a three-year period. For the last three-year period, he said, in the program only 37 percent of the major concentrations saw this happen.

It has become even clearer that this mandate, in partnership with Indiana law, is problematic at its core. The Franklin believes its design will fundamentally harm higher learning institutions like Franklin College over time and believes it prioritizes largescale, public school models over small school culture and the liberal arts.

Indeed, the rules directly target schools

with smaller enrollment counts. When the number of students in the class is a primary measure of a course's success, it is no surprise that programs like the secondary education track at Franklin College would be shut down over time.

CAEP's current standards for program review, as outlined in a 2018 handbook for undergraduate secondary education programs, say that institutions should be prepared to provide samples of at least 10 students for program review.

While CAEP and the state are justified in gathering data to effectively measure the quality of secondary education programs, this standard is harmful.

As Franklin College prepares a new program proposal for future teachers, Wabash College will be discontinuing its own program due to a lack of enrollment.

"We as a society have been driven by economic efficiency," Moffett said. "So when [accrediting bodies] look at numbers, they may well justify rejecting small numbers because of the inefficiency of those and the cost to maintain them."

There is, too, a larger issue at play circling the divide between Franklin College and national accrediting groups like CAEP. This is a prioritization of career readiness over academic exploration through the liberal arts.

While The Franklin's editorial board believes higher learning should grant students a major return on their investments — or, college should provide the skills necessary to find, keep and excel in an appropriate career — we also believe students should have the

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option of exploring alternative interests, topics and disciplines that are only available in a higher learning setting.

The college, certainly, can move forward without CAEP accreditation. In a way, as Schroeder mentioned, the minor track may be better for students as it offers more paired options with specializations not offered previously, like music, theatre and journalism.

A liberal arts program is the best way, in The Franklin's opinion, for students to broaden their intellectual horizons, rather than limit themselves to a series of steps toward the single goal of earning a degree and job.

College is an investment in the future.

But it is also an investment in the self, the unknown and in the world at-large; it is the single-most beneficial opportunity to take the time necessary to explore and learn from experiences different than our own.

The state of Indiana, in partnership with national accrediting bodies, should not substantially restrict how liberal arts colleges — particularly small schools – are structured based on quantitative data alone. There is much qualitative evidence at Franklin College that suggest these programs are unique, impactful and in-depth, even if they lack enrollment figures to match.

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OVER THE LAST DECADE, SECONDARY EDUCATION ENROLLMENT DROPPED 41 PERCENT.

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GUEST COLUMN | LISTENING TO COMPLICATED STORIES

Campus chaplain details the benefits, challenges of confronting the past We live in a society where we love to romanticize the past.

If you turn on the TV, you’ll see shows and HANNAH sitcoms that are either reboots ADAMS INGRAM of old shows (“Murphy Brown” just started back this week) or shows that take place in another decade (“The Goldbergs,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “Mad Men”). If you go to the movies, you can see reboots of old movies or endless sequels. And if you go to The Artcraft, you can watch an old movie from back when movies were good, and you can even watch cartoons like our parents and grandparents used to, and for a bit, all will be right with the world. Not like it is now…

We love the past. At least, we love commemorating what we remember as the best of the past. We love the memories that brought us joy, and that makes sense because, of course, we want to relive those moments.

Where it gets complicated, however, is when we insist on reliving all the good of the past while forgetting all those things that

weren’t… that… good. If someone brings up the pain of the past, we’re tempted to move right through that, right? We don’t want to think about it. We say things like, “Leave that in the past,” “Don’t stir things back up,” “That was so long ago that we should be past that.” We only use these phrases about negative memories, not the positive ones. No one shuts down a delightfully fun memory by saying, “Leave that in the past. Don’t talk about it.”

The national conversation on memory and accountability has been building over the past couple weeks since the Senate hearings with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

And I’m not here to tell you how to think about what is on the news or what to believe about who says what.

In fact, as a minister, I’m less concerned about the specifics of national stories than I am about the trauma that people watching the national stage experience again when stories like these are on the news. People have held in stories of trauma because they didn’t know if they would be believed or if they were speaking “too late” for their stories to matter. People in our classes, in our churches and in our families watch the news and wonder if telling their stories of trauma

might infringe on everyone else’s happy memory of an event, which might end up in their dismissal.

I am a college chaplain who works day in and day out with young people who experience the highest of highs and lowest of lows, both on this campus and off. The stories we hear on the news and discuss with our friends online or over dinner are stories that I hear frequently. Stories that happened long ago and stories that happened last night.

Stories that mark the past with pain that are often forgotten as soon as we enter nostalgia mode. Stories that are ignored and silenced when they don’t fit the narrative of how good the past was--how innocent childhood was, how great the parties in high school were, how silly it was to get that drunk last night, how wholesome it was to go to the movies in the 50s even though not everyone was allowed to sit together.

Telling stories of the past is complicated, hard, messy, as is discerning the truth. Not all of our stories match one another. Some of us have fond memories where others remember pain. But telling whole, messy, complicated stories is important. Hearing these stories is even more important.

TO DO | VINTAGE FLAIR FOUND AT ECLECTIC JADE Local retailer offers space for vendors, supports other local shops An old, refurbished house in downtown Franklin is the home of Eclectic Jade, a store full of possibilities and unique items ARIANA LOVITT with a vintage feel.

Selling everything from upcycled clothing to cute handmade signs and plastic succulents, candles and soaps, the store is filled to the brim with items that appeal to every taste.

Kennedy Surface, a Franklin College junior and vendor, met me in front of the shop. There, she unloaded plaid shirts from her car and led me to her section of the store. The walls of her section were decorated with her handmade wooden signs, celebrating everything from family gatherings to football season to Halloween.

As she cleared out a space to hang the

shirts, I noticed the white lace-like trim she had sewn onto the hems. Everything she made seemed to match her personality and interests: vintage-looking with a country or farmhouse influence.

Although she started with hand-painted signs, Surface she now makes a variety of products, including pillows, decorated mason jars, bracelets and more.

Surface started her own business in January. For the most part, she began selling items via Facebook to family and close friends. In July, she moved into Eclectic Jade.

"I love the idea of doing all of this and arranging things instead of just selling one-on-one,” Kennedy said as she gestured to a variety of items in her section of the store. She was sitting on a white wooden bench, which she later told me she had made herself.

No matter the venue, Surface said, she knew her business model would include vintage products, all made by hand. This is

different, for example, from vintage stores that resell old items or put new finishes on vintage items.

Even though that isn't a major part of Surface's business, she appreciates the practice.

"It's really fun how you can find something that looks so bad or that's super old and really turn it into something new and unique," Surface said. "It's like you're giving a piece a second chance."

Surface said she finds most of the ideas for her products on Pinterest and Instagram, but puts her own twist on whatever she finds interesting.

As the store nears its one-year anniversary, Eclectic Jade owner and vendor Christy Norton says she also appreciates the freedom she finds in being a local business owner.

"Even though I'm here two days a week, it's still a full-time job," Norton said. "There's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff that takes place."

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REALITY CHECK PRIVILEGE MUST BE ADDRESSED

The college community should repurpose privilege to advocate for diversity Privilege is defined as any advantage one has above other groups. Sometimes, according to the National Conference for CAROLINA Community and PUGA MENDOZA Justice, it is based on gender, race or ethnicity.

Experts have now defined social power, Christian privilege, class privilege, white privilege, male privilege, adult privilege and many others. But all of these terms, at their core, are associated with profiling.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines profiling as: “Extrapolating information based on known traits.” In other words, it involves generalizing or assuming how a person acts because of specific physical characteristics, like skin color.

“Many people misunderstand what privilege is. They think it means that majority populations don’t struggle. That is not the case,” said Terri Roberts-Leonard, director of Franklin College's Center for Diversity and Inclusion.

“It means that the type of the struggles is different from other groups because they are considered the ‘normal’ group by an

overwhelming majority of the systems in which people interact with, and oftentimes those struggles are more easily overcome as there are fewer barriers in place.”

In the beginning, I thought white privilege was the worst, as it is mainly targeted in modern culture. But after talking to Jason Jimerson, chair of the college's sociology department, I came to understand that we all have privilege.

“When the assumptions are positive, that is an example of privilege but when the assumptions are negative that’s an example of stigma,” Jimerson said.

We all experience privilege, and we all face profiling. For example, black men are assumed to be good at basketball. That’s privilege. Skin tone, for some, can represent better language abilities, or white males might be viewed as natural leaders or professors.

Additionally, black people might be viewed as criminals, certain skin tones can lead to questions about citizenship or residency status, and white males who want to work with children might be viewed as pedophiles.

Your ability, your gender and your sex all contribute to where you are placed on the privilege scale.

WHAT PRIVILEGE LOOKS LIKE CITIZENSHIP

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SEXUAL ORIENTATION

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GENDER IDENTITY

Sophomore Fiyah Kirby, B.O.L.D. House representative and diversity advocate, shared her own experience with profiling. She noted that when she goes to public places alone, some people treat her as suspicious. But the same thing does not happen when she goes with her white friends.

Kirby said she experienced privilege, on the other hand, when she went overseas to St. Lucia. There, black people receive benefits and pay less than their white counterparts. Privilege, too, depends on the demographics and culture.

Then, how do we overcome our privilege to better understand others for who they are?

Attending college or traveling abroad might seem like a grand thing to do, but in some ways, these opportunities are still a form of privilege.

Instead, to overcome privilege you must understand and admit that you are a person of privilege. You have to stop taking it for granted and overcome feelings of entitlement. If you have privilege, you must understand just how fortunate you are.

It is not your fault that you were born with that specific skin color or those specific privileges. But understand and embrace that you do benefit from them, and it is your fault if you remain ignorant or fail to help others.

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SOURCE : GINA CROSLEY-CORCORAN, “EXPLAINING PRIVILEGE TO A BROKE WHITE PERSON”

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Shopping local is a major part of the downtown Franklin community, Norton said.

From East to West Jefferson Street, there are easily eleven local stores specializing in handmade or vintage items.

“There’s power in numbers. The more we have to offer, the more of an audience we can get,” Norton said. “Franklin has become a destination. I don’t think people come to Franklin to visit one shop; I think they come for the entire experience.”

Eclectic Jade is located on 462 E Jefferson St. Go in and check out all kinds of vintage and handmade wares.

Junior Kennedy Surface’s booth in Eclectic Jade offers a variety of handmade signs, clothing and accessories. She started her business online. PEYTAN MILLS | PHOTO

WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAM OFF TO STRONG START Tennis teammates credit close bond for winning season TAYLOR BROWN | STORY taylor.brown@franklincollege.edu

The Franklin College women’s tennis team is off to an impressive start this season. The Grizzlies, now 6-1, started the season perfect, going 5-0, until they lost to Hanover College Oct. 3.

Senior Karen Dringenburg has never been focused on making sure the team stays perfect this season. To her, it’s about making sure the team is playing to its full potential.

“We want to keep playing like we have before and keep going into each match with the same attitude of, ‘No, we’re not the best team out there, but we’re gonna play as best as we can,’” Dringenburg said.

The team of 11, including five seniors, made it a team goal to focus on being better teammates to one another this year. Dringenburg said this has led to a better season since day one. She said some people think tennis is an individual sport, but she believes the players supporting one another is what makes them win.

Dringenburg doesn’t stand alone with this belief. Freshman Grace Otte said the family-like bond has pushed her and the other freshmen to play better.

“Just watching them and their leadership has kind of helped us step up and play our best no matter what,” Otte said.

Though the dream of going undefeated no longer remains for the team, it’s still a possibility for Dringenburg and her doubles partner, freshman Maddie Bright.

Bright, who didn’t play doubles in high school, has made an impressive partner for the experienced senior. The duo has gone 6-0 so far and hope to remain undefeated through the season. While Dringenburg is passionate about doubles and has wanted to go undefeated for a while, she thinks this accomplishment would mean more to her partner.

“Coming in as a freshman, I think that would boost her confidence going forward for years to come,” Dringenburg said.

The Grizzlies are still focused on one goal collectively: to make it to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference finals.

The HCAC preseason rankings predicts the Grizzlies will place third overall this year, after going 6-1 in conference last season.

SPORTS

IN BRIEF WOMEN’S GOLF FINISH OFF THEIR REGULAR SEASON, PREPARE FOR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Franklin College women’s golf team played at the Pat Clouse Invitational, hosted

by Wittenberg University, Oct. 6 and 7. This was the team’s last tournament before the conference championship.

Franklin placed sixth out six in the two-day tournament with a score of 720 (373-347).

Senior Hannah Sharkey shot the best score for the Grizzlies, coming in 22nd place overall. Following Sharkey, senior Keely Townsend and sophomore Jaley Schlosser tied for 27th place.

Rounding out the Grizzlies’ lineup, sophomore Megg Hensler placed 30th, sophomore Mackenzie Black finished in 35th place, and freshman Avery Auton took 36th place.

The Grizzlies will tee off on Oct. 13 and 14 at Liberty Country Club in Liberty, Indiana, for the 2018 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship.

Senior Karen Dringenburg serves the ball at an alumni vs. student doubles tournament at Grizzly Park.

AJ PROHASKA | PHOTO

Freshman Grace Otte hits the ball during a doubles tournament Oct. 6.

AJ PROHASKA | PHOTO

MEN’S SOCCER OBTAINS FIRST CONFERENCE WIN WITH HELP OF THOMAS’ TWO LATE GOALS The Franklin College men’s soccer team defeated the Bluffton University Beavers, 2-1, in Bluffton, Ohio, Oct. 7. This marked the team’s first conference win of the season.

The Grizzlies’ two goals were scored by junior midfielder, Jordan Thomas, during the second half of the game, less than 12 minutes apart. The second goal was made with only six minutes remaining in the game.

Franklin started the match with five consecutive shots, but fell behind after a player on the opposing team scored a goal 20 minutes into the game.

The Grizzlies, currently 3-9 and 1-2 in conference, outshot the Beavers, 1-11 and 0-3 in conference, 15-4 in the second half.

Thomas’s first goal was assisted by senior Sam Stallsmith. Freshman Angel Tapia passed the ball to Thomas, who sprinted through the Beaver’s defensive line to make his second goal of the afternoon — his fourth goal of the season.

Another key player of the game was freshman goalkeeper Jake Hendricks, who kept the Beavers’ goal-count to one. Hendrix made six saves in total, including two game-saving stops in the final six minutes.

SOURCE: FRANKLIN COLLEGE ATHLETICS

a journey toward greatness STORY | CAROLINA PUGA MENDOZA PHOTO | HOPE SHRUM DESIGN | SHELBY MULLIS

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any people compete in life to get to the peak of their careers, to be recognized and to be remembered. Mike Leonard, however, finds delight in his work because of the students and staff he works with.

The late Stewart “Red” Faught served as Franklin College’s head football coach from 1957 to 1988. He holds a place in eight halls of fame, including the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.

His legacy at Franklin includes 120 wins throughout his 31-year career, but Leonard, the college’s current head football coach, is now only one win away from breaking the record in his 15th year at Franklin.

Born in Speedway, Leonard attended Speedway High School where he met his wife, Susan. They have been married for 31 years and have two children: Bart, 28, and Emily, 23, both Franklin College alumni.

Leonard fell in love with athletics at a young age. Throughout his high school years, he explored a variety of sports. During his senior year, however, he lost the thing he loved most after suffering a knee injury while playing football.

“I was done playing forever and I had surgery on [my knee], and one day I was on crutches watching practice after my surgery,” Leonard said. “And that’s when I realized I wanted to become a football coach.”

For 19 years, Leonard served in a variety

of coaching positions at various colleges and universities in Indiana, Massachusetts, Alabama, Oklahoma and Ohio. He even coached professionally for four years in Tokyo as the offensive coordinator for the Tokyo Seagulls.

It wasn’t until 2003, when he landed a head coaching position at Franklin, that he decided this was the place for him — a place focused on community.

“Why would I want to be anywhere else?

The people are great; the town is great; the city is great,” Leonard said. “There have been people knocking at my door too much trying to get me to go somewhere else, but this is home.”

Leonard said his greatest strength is caring — he wants people to see how much he cares for the students, more than just their athlete title.

His philosophy is based on the acronym BEPHASTOR: Be Early and Prepared. Play Hard And Smart. Treat Others Right.

“His philosophy is all about making sure the guys are enjoying playing football and making sure they work hard and get the job done,” said Dominic Centofanti, head strength and conditioning coach.

He wants his athletes to think positively, to strive for perfection and to stay aggressive, all while enjoying the experience.

Although his wins are something to celebrate, Leonard does not talk much about his

victories, simply because he said he enjoys the journey more. He treats his players as people — he wants them to have fun during the game, without forgetting to tackle for triumph.

Freshman Jake Campbell said Leonard looks out for his players individually. He said his coaching makes the games enjoyable, as well. “[Leonard] is never not smiling, so when you are with him, it’s hard not to be happy and excited about what you do that day,” Campbell said. “There’s nothing about what he does that I would change; he’s the most perfect coach I’ve had.”

Leonard doesn’t look far into the future — he focuses on what’s happening now. He tries to make improvements daily, monthly and annually by listening to what others have to say and learn from those experiences. He said he’s always learning from his colleagues and students.

“Are there any other things I might enjoy doing in life?” Leonard said. “Absolutely, but for the time being, coaching football at Franklin is the greatest. I have so many people that are coaching at higher levels of football who tell me I have the greatest job in the world, and I don’t disagree with that.”

“There’s nothing about what he does that I would change; he’s the most perfect coach I’ve had.”

FRESHMAN JAKE CAMPBELL

LAST LOOK JESSICA SHEARER, FRESHMAN

Shearer pets a dog during Pet Therapy Day on Dame Mall. “I participated because I really miss my dog, Lilly, and I had a good amount of time to spare that particular day. I think it’s a great event for everyone included,” she said.

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